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Belt / 1932 season / Reign #67 · Game 551 of 1,637
September 18, 1932 Week 1 · Regular Season Belt defended

San Diego Marines defends the belt, 7–6, at home over West Coast Army.

Home · Defending Holder
San Diego Marines 7
AT
Away · Challenger
West Coast Army 6
Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

San Diego Marines came in 294 days into reign #67, which began with a win over Loyola Marymount, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. It was the last defense: Fresno State took the belt in the very next belt game, on September 24, 1932.

For West Coast Army this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.

This is the only time San Diego Marines and West Coast Army have met with the belt on the line.

Historical Note

About this game

San Diego Marines defeated West Coast Army 7-6 on September 18, 1932 in the season opener. The defending belt holder 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 "San Diego Marines Beat Army Eleven," News-Pilot (San Pedro), Sept. 19, 1932, p. 2 · 1932 San Diego Marines Devil Dogs football team (Wikipedia) · 1932 West Coast Army football team (Wikipedia) · Added by hand: not in College Football Data · This game in the downloadable dataset