Alabama defends the belt, 27–0, at home over Pensacola NAS.
AP poll, week 5: Pensacola NAS unranked at Alabama No. 5 · No. 1 that week: Georgia. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Alabama came in 282 days into reign #89, which began with a win over Texas A&M, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. Alabama went on to defend it 2 more times before Georgia took it on October 31, 1942, 303 days after the reign began.
For Pensacola NAS 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 Alabama and Pensacola NAS have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Alabama defended the belt on October 10, 1942, defeating visiting Pensacola NAS 27-0 in a regular season matchup. The Crimson Tide retained the championship with the shutout 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 Game record: College Football Data (id 25032) · This game in the downloadable dataset