Miami defends the belt, 9–7, at home over Maryland.
AP poll, week 6: Maryland unranked at Miami No. 16 · No. 1 that week: Arkansas. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Miami came in 7 days into reign #110, which began with a win over Mississippi State, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Miami went on to defend it 1 more time before Auburn took it on November 6, 1954, 22 days after the reign began.
For Maryland this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Maryland and Miami have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Miami defeated Maryland 9-7 on October 22, 1954, in week 6 of the regular season. As the belt's defending holder, Miami retained the championship with the 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 32261) · This game in the downloadable dataset