Ole Miss defends the belt, 23–14, at home over Southern Miss.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Ole Miss came in 7 days into reign #134, which began with a win over Georgia, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Ole Miss went on to defend it 2 more times before Tennessee took it on November 18, 1967, 35 days after the reign began.
For Southern Miss this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
This is the only time Ole Miss and Southern Miss have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On October 21, 1967, Ole Miss defeated visiting Southern Miss 23-14 in a regular season matchup. The victory allowed Ole Miss to retain the college football belt.
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 40179) · This game in the downloadable dataset