Auburn defends the belt, 33–13, at a neutral site over Baylor.
AP poll, week 11: Baylor No. 9 at Auburn No. 15 · No. 1 that week: Navy. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Auburn came in 55 days into reign #111, which began with a win over Miami, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Auburn went on to defend it 5 more times before Tulane took it on October 29, 1955, 357 days after the reign began.
For Baylor this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Auburn and Baylor have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Auburn defended the College Football Belt on December 31, 1954, defeating Baylor 33-13 in a postseason matchup played at a neutral site. The victory allowed Auburn to retain the belt.
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 32569) · This game in the downloadable dataset