Maryland takes the belt, 21–7, at home over North Carolina.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Maryland took the belt here, ending North Carolina’s run of 8 days and 0 defenses (reign #117) and starting reign #118. It lasted 7 days and 0 defenses, until Tennessee took it on October 26, 1957.
For Maryland this was its 4th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time Maryland and North Carolina have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Maryland defeated North Carolina 21-7 on October 19, 1957, in College Park. With this victory, Maryland took possession of the College Football Belt from North Carolina.
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 33988) · This game in the downloadable dataset