Georgia defends the belt, 49–7, at home over Florida.
AP poll, week 9: Florida unranked at Georgia No. 7 · No. 1 that week: Penn State. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Georgia came in 49 days into reign #146, which began with a win over Tulane, with 6 defenses already behind it; this was its 7th defense. It was the last defense: Auburn took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 13, 1971.
For Florida this was its 7th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the 2nd of 5 belt games between the two; going in, Georgia led the belt series 1–0; all-time Georgia leads 3–2. Every meeting →
About this game
Georgia, defending the belt, defeated Florida 49-7 on November 6, 1971, in Athens. The victory allowed Georgia to retain the lineal championship.
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 43053) · This game in the downloadable dataset