LSU defends the belt, 28–12, at home over South Carolina.
Where this game sits in the lineage
LSU came in 259 days into reign #129, which began with a win over Arkansas, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. It was the last defense: Rice took the belt in the very next belt game, on September 24, 1966.
For South Carolina this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time LSU leads 2–0.
About this game
LSU hosted South Carolina on September 17, 1966, in a Week 2 matchup. The belt-holding Tigers defeated the visiting Gamecocks 28-12, successfully defending their position as the lineal champion.
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 39258) · This game in the downloadable dataset