Miami takes the belt, 27–13, at home over Mississippi State.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Miami took the belt here, ending Mississippi State’s run of 13 days and 1 defense (reign #109) and starting reign #110. It lasted 22 days and 2 defenses, until Auburn took it on November 6, 1954.
For Miami this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time Miami and Mississippi State have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On October 15, 1954, Miami defeated Mississippi State 27-13 in week 5 of the regular season. With this victory on the field, Miami claimed the College Football Belt from Mississippi State.
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 32204) · This game in the downloadable dataset