Texas defends the belt, 31–0, at home over Tulane.
AP poll, week 2: Tulane unranked at Texas No. 3 · No. 1 that week: Arkansas. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Texas came in 260 days into reign #127, which began with a win over Alabama, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Texas went on to defend it 3 more times before Arkansas took it on October 16, 1965, 288 days after the reign began.
For Tulane this was its 11th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
This is the only time Texas and Tulane have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Texas hosted Tulane on September 18, 1965, in a regular season week 2 matchup. Texas won 31-0, maintaining possession of the College Football Belt.
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 38640) · This game in the downloadable dataset