Colgate defends the belt, 24–0, at home over Bucknell.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Colgate came in 322 days into reign #37, which began with a win over Brown, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Colgate went on to defend it 1 more time before Brown took it on October 27, 1917, 336 days after the reign began.
For Bucknell this was its 4th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Bucknell and Colgate have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Colgate defended the belt on October 13, 1917, defeating visiting Bucknell 24-0. The belt remained with Colgate.
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 Game record: College Football Data (id 9863) · This game in the downloadable dataset