Auburn defends the belt, 13–0, at home over Florida.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Auburn came in 329 days into reign #111, which began with a win over Miami, with 5 defenses already behind it; this was its 6th defense. Auburn went on to defend it 3 more times before Tulane took it on October 29, 1955, 357 days after the reign began.
For Florida this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 3 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Auburn leads 3–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Auburn defeated Florida 13-0 on October 1, 1955, in the third week of the regular season. As the belt's defending holder, Auburn 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 32676) · This game in the downloadable dataset