Georgia Tech defends the belt, 35–17, at home over Tulane.
AP poll, week 7: Tulane unranked at Georgia Tech No. 6 · No. 1 that week: Arkansas. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Georgia Tech came in 14 days into reign #132, which began with a win over Tennessee, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Georgia Tech went on to defend it 3 more times before Georgia took it on November 26, 1966, 49 days after the reign began.
For Tulane this was its 12th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
This is the only time Georgia Tech and Tulane have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Georgia Tech defeated visiting Tulane 35-17 on October 22, 1966, in a regular season matchup. As the belt's defending holder, Georgia Tech retained the championship 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 39559) · This game in the downloadable dataset