Georgia Tech defends the belt, 14–13, at home over Virginia.
AP poll, week 9: Virginia unranked at Georgia Tech No. 5 · No. 1 that week: Arkansas. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Georgia Tech came in 28 days into reign #132, which began with a win over Tennessee, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Georgia Tech went on to defend it 1 more time before Georgia took it on November 26, 1966, 49 days after the reign began.
For Virginia this was its 8th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Georgia Tech and Virginia have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Georgia Tech defeated Virginia 14-13 on November 5, 1966 to retain the College Football Belt in regular season week 9 play.
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 39681) · This game in the downloadable dataset