Auburn defends the belt, 14–0, at home over Birmingham-Southern.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Auburn came in 265 days into reign #82, which began with a win over Michigan State, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Auburn went on to defend it 1 more time before Tennessee took it on October 8, 1938, 280 days after the reign began.
For Birmingham-Southern 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 Auburn and Birmingham-Southern have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Auburn defended the belt at home against Birmingham-Southern on September 23, 1938, winning 14-0 in week 2 of the regular season. The victory allowed Auburn to retain the College Football Belt.
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 22278) · This game in the downloadable dataset