Ole Miss defends the belt, 14–13, at home over Houston.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Ole Miss came in 14 days into reign #134, which began with a win over Georgia, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Ole Miss went on to defend it 1 more time before Tennessee took it on November 18, 1967, 35 days after the reign began.
For Houston this was its 5th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 8 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
It was the 4th of 4 belt games between the two; going in, Ole Miss led the belt series 3–0; all-time Ole Miss leads 4–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Ole Miss defeated Houston 14-13 on October 28, 1967, in regular season week 8 play. As the belt's defending holder, Ole Miss 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 40238) · This game in the downloadable dataset