Baylor takes the belt, 13–7, at a neutral site over Tennessee.
AP poll, week 11: Tennessee No. 2 at Baylor No. 15 · No. 1 that week: Navy. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Baylor took the belt here, ending Tennessee’s run of 402 days and 10 defenses (reign #114) and starting reign #115. It lasted 277 days and 2 defenses, until Miami took it on October 5, 1957.
For Baylor this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time Baylor and Tennessee have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On January 1, 1957, Baylor defeated Tennessee 13-7 at a neutral site in a postseason matchup. With the victory, Baylor took the College Football Belt from Tennessee.
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 33732) · This game in the downloadable dataset