Georgia Tech takes the belt, 27–0, at home over Auburn.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Georgia Tech took the belt here, ending Auburn’s run of 693 days and 3 defenses (reign #91) and starting reign #92. It lasted 21 days and 2 defenses, until Duke took it on November 4, 1944.
For Georgia Tech 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 Georgia Tech leads 2–1. Every meeting →
About this game
Georgia Tech defeated Auburn 27-0 on October 14, 1944, in Atlanta during week 8 of the regular season. With this victory on the field, Georgia Tech claimed the College Football Belt from Auburn.
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 26086) · This game in the downloadable dataset