Tulane defends the belt, 27–7, on the road at Alabama.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Tulane came in 7 days into reign #112, which began with a win over Auburn, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. It was the last defense: Vanderbilt took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 12, 1955.
For Alabama this was its 7th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time it is 1–1.
About this game
Tulane traveled to Alabama on November 5, 1955, as the belt holder and defeated the home team 27-7 to retain the championship. The belt remained with Tulane.
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 32998) · This game in the downloadable dataset