Alabama takes the belt, 12–7, at a neutral site over Ole Miss.
AP poll, week 12: Ole Miss No. 7 at Alabama No. 9 · No. 1 that week: Navy. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Alabama took the belt here, ending Ole Miss’ run of 424 days and 13 defenses (reign #125) and starting reign #126. It lasted 366 days and 10 defenses, until Texas took it on January 1, 1965.
For Alabama this was its 9th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before — and it took it back here.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Alabama leads 2–0.
About this game
On January 1, 1964, Alabama defeated Ole Miss 12-7 at a neutral site in a postseason matchup. With the victory, Alabama took the College Football Belt from Ole Miss.
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 37957) · This game in the downloadable dataset