USC defends the belt, 23–6, on the road at Georgia Tech.
AP poll, week 4: USC No. 1 at Georgia Tech unranked · No. 1 that week: Penn State. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
USC came in 264 days into reign #153, which began with a win over Ohio State, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. USC went on to defend it 4 more times before Notre Dame took it on October 27, 1973, 299 days after the reign began.
For Georgia Tech this was its 11th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.
This is the only time Georgia Tech and USC have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
{ "note": "USC traveled to Georgia Tech on September 22, 1973, in a regular season week 4 matchup. Georgia Tech won 23-6, but USC was the belt holder and retained it with the victory." } ``` Wait, I need to correct this - I misread the score direction. ```json { "note": "USC traveled to Georgia Tech on September 22, 1973, in a regular season week 4 matchup. USC won 23-6 and retained the belt as the defending champion." }
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 44148) · This game in the downloadable dataset