Auburn retains the belt after a 0–0 tie with Tulane.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Auburn came in 273 days into reign #82, which began with a win over Michigan State, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. It was the last defense: Tennessee took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 8, 1938.
For Tulane this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. A tie leaves the belt with the holder, so it went home empty-handed.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Tulane leads 1–0–1.
About this game
Tulane visited Auburn on October 1, 1938, in a week 3 matchup that ended in a 0-0 tie. Under the belt's tie rule, Auburn retained the championship.
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 22348) · This game in the downloadable dataset