Georgia takes the belt, 23–14, at home over Georgia Tech.
AP poll, week 12: Georgia Tech No. 8 at Georgia No. 4 · No. 1 that week: SMU. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Georgia took the belt here, ending Georgia Tech’s run of 49 days and 5 defenses (reign #132) and starting reign #133. It lasted 322 days and 4 defenses, until Ole Miss took it on October 14, 1967.
For Georgia this was its 5th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before — and it took it back here.
This is the only time Georgia and Georgia Tech have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Georgia defeated Georgia Tech 23-14 on November 26, 1966, in the regular season finale. With this victory, Georgia took the College Football Belt from Georgia Tech on the field.
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 39852) · This game in the downloadable dataset