Tulane defends the belt, 15–9, at home over Texas Tech.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Tulane came in 273 days into reign #145, which began with a win over Colorado, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. It was the last defense: Georgia took the belt in the very next belt game, on September 18, 1971.
For Texas Tech this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Texas Tech and Tulane have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Tulane hosted Texas Tech on September 11, 1971, in the first week of the regular season, defeating the visiting Red Raiders 15-9. As the defending belt holder, Tulane 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 42557) · This game in the downloadable dataset