Auburn defends the belt, 32–0, at home over Samford.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Auburn came in 678 days into reign #91, which began with a win over Georgia, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Auburn went on to defend it 1 more time before Georgia Tech took it on October 14, 1944, 693 days after the reign began.
For Samford 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 Samford have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Auburn hosted Samford on September 29, 1944, and defeated the visiting team 32-0. Auburn was the defending belt holder and retained it 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 25966) · This game in the downloadable dataset