Auburn defends the belt, 7–0, at home over Fort Benning.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Auburn came in 686 days into reign #91, which began with a win over Georgia, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. It was the last defense: Georgia Tech took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 14, 1944.
For Fort Benning 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 Fort Benning have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Auburn defended the belt at home against Fort Benning on October 7, 1944, winning 7-0 to retain 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 26028) · This game in the downloadable dataset