Mississippi State defends the belt, 14–0, on the road at Tulane.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Mississippi State came in 7 days into reign #109, which began with a win over Arkansas State, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. It was the last defense: Miami took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 15, 1954.
For Tulane this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Mississippi State and Tulane have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Mississippi State visited Tulane on October 9, 1954, in a week 4 regular season matchup. Tulane won 14-0, but Mississippi State was the belt holder and retained the championship on the road.
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 32177) · This game in the downloadable dataset