Alabama takes the belt, 29–21, at a neutral site over Texas A&M.
AP poll, week 7: Texas A&M No. 2 at Alabama No. 18 · No. 1 that week: Minnesota. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Alabama took the belt here, ending Texas A&M’s run of 26 days and 0 defenses (reign #88) and starting reign #89. It lasted 303 days and 5 defenses, until Georgia took it on October 31, 1942.
For Alabama this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
It was the first of 3 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Alabama leads 2–1. Every meeting →
About this game
On January 1, 1942, Alabama defeated Texas A&M 29-21 at a neutral site in a postseason matchup. With the victory, Alabama claimed the College Football Belt from Texas A&M.
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 24857) · This game in the downloadable dataset