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Belt / 1932 season / Reign #67 · Game 550 of 1,637
September 12, 1932 Week 1 · Regular Season Belt defended

San Diego Marines defends the belt, 11–0, at home over Santa Barbara Athletic Club.

Home · Defending Holder
San Diego Marines 11
AT
Away · Challenger
Santa Barbara Athletic Club 0
Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

San Diego Marines came in 288 days into reign #67, which began with a win over Loyola Marymount, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. San Diego Marines went on to defend it 1 more time before Fresno State took it on September 24, 1932, 300 days after the reign began.

For Santa Barbara Athletic Club this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t; this remains its only belt game.

This is the only time San Diego Marines and Santa Barbara Athletic Club have met with the belt on the line.

Historical Note

About this game

On September 12, 1932, defending belt holder San Diego Marines defeated Santa Barbara Athletic Club 11-0 at home. San Diego Marines retained the belt with the victory.

Written by Claude, strictly from this site’s own record of the game — the score and what it meant for the belt. CFBD doesn’t have a box score for games this old, so nothing here is invented beyond what’s verifiably on file.

Sources "Marine Grids Winners," Los Angeles Times, Sept. 12, 1932, p. 6 · 1932 San Diego Marines Devil Dogs football team (Wikipedia) · Added by hand: not in College Football Data · This game in the downloadable dataset