Arkansas defends the belt, 42–24, at home over Texas Tech.
AP poll, week 11: Texas Tech No. 10 at Arkansas No. 2 · No. 1 that week: Arkansas. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Arkansas came in 35 days into reign #128, which began with a win over Texas, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. It was the last defense: LSU took the belt in the very next belt game, on January 1, 1966.
For Texas Tech this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Arkansas and Texas Tech have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Arkansas defeated Texas Tech 42-24 on November 20, 1965, in a regular season matchup. Playing at home, the Razorbacks held 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 39154) · This game in the downloadable dataset