Auburn defends the belt, 15–6, at home over Chattanooga.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Auburn came in 322 days into reign #111, which began with a win over Miami, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. Auburn went on to defend it 4 more times before Tulane took it on October 29, 1955, 357 days after the reign began.
For Chattanooga this was its 4th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 8 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Auburn and Chattanooga have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Auburn defended the College Football Belt on September 24, 1955, defeating visiting Chattanooga 15-6 in a regular season matchup. The victory allowed Auburn to retain possession of 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 32617) · This game in the downloadable dataset