Miami takes the belt, 13–7, at home over Baylor.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Miami took the belt here, ending Baylor’s run of 277 days and 2 defenses (reign #115) and starting reign #116. It lasted 6 days and 0 defenses, until North Carolina took it on October 11, 1957.
For Miami this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before — and it took it back here.
This is the only time Baylor and Miami have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On October 5, 1957, Miami defeated visiting Baylor 13-7 in a regular season game to claim the College Football Belt. The victory gave Miami possession of the lineal championship, which had been held by Baylor.
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 33868) · This game in the downloadable dataset