Alabama defends the belt, 24–7, on the road at Georgia Tech.
AP poll, week 10: Alabama No. 2 at Georgia Tech unranked · No. 1 that week: Arkansas. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Alabama came in 318 days into reign #126, which began with a win over Ole Miss, with 8 defenses already behind it; this was its 9th defense. Alabama went on to defend it 1 more time before Texas took it on January 1, 1965, 366 days after the reign began.
For Georgia Tech this was its 9th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
This is the only time Alabama and Georgia Tech have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Alabama visited Georgia Tech on November 14, 1964, in a regular season week 10 matchup. Georgia Tech won 24-7. As the defending belt holder, Alabama retained the belt despite the loss.
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 38448) · This game in the downloadable dataset