LSU defends the belt, 7–0, at a neutral site over Clemson.
AP poll, week 11: Clemson No. 12 at LSU No. 1 · No. 1 that week: Pittsburgh. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
LSU came in 61 days into reign #121, which began with a win over Ole Miss, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. LSU went on to defend it 7 more times before Tennessee took it on November 7, 1959, 371 days after the reign began.
For Clemson this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time LSU leads 2–0.
About this game
LSU defeated Clemson 7-0 on January 1, 1959, in a postseason matchup played at a neutral site. As the defending belt holder, LSU successfully retained the championship with the victory.
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 34916) · This game in the downloadable dataset