LSU defends the belt, 27–3, at home over Miami.
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Where this game sits in the lineage
LSU came in 343 days into reign #121, which began with a win over Ole Miss, with 7 defenses already behind it; this was its 8th defense. LSU went on to defend it 3 more times before Tennessee took it on November 7, 1959, 371 days after the reign began.
For Miami this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.
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 Miami 27-3 on October 10, 1959 in Baton Rouge. The defending belt holder LSU retained the belt 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 35109) · This game in the downloadable dataset