Vanderbilt takes the belt, 20–7, on the road at Tulane.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Vanderbilt took the belt here, ending Tulane’s run of 14 days and 1 defense (reign #112) and starting reign #113. It lasted 14 days and 1 defense, until Tennessee took it on November 26, 1955.
For Vanderbilt this was its 5th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time Tulane and Vanderbilt have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Vanderbilt traveled to face Tulane on November 12, 1955, in a regular season matchup. Vanderbilt won 20-7, taking the college football belt from Tulane on the field.
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 33056) · This game in the downloadable dataset