Alabama defends the belt, 36–6, at home over Tulane.
AP poll, week 3: Tulane unranked at Alabama No. 3 · No. 1 that week: Arkansas. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Alabama came in 269 days into reign #126, which began with a win over Ole Miss, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Alabama went on to defend it 8 more times before Texas took it on January 1, 1965, 366 days after the reign began.
For Tulane this was its 10th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
It was the 2nd of 2 belt games between the two; going in, Tulane led the belt series 1–0; all-time it is 1–1.
About this game
Alabama defeated visiting Tulane 36-6 on September 26, 1964, in a regular season week 3 matchup. Alabama was the belt holder entering the game and successfully defended it 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 38016) · This game in the downloadable dataset