Clemson takes the belt, 17–13, at home over Duke.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Clemson took the belt here, ending Duke’s run of 14 days and 1 defense (reign #156) and starting reign #157. It lasted 7 days and 0 defenses, until Tennessee took it on October 26, 1974.
For Clemson this was its 6th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time Clemson and Duke have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Clemson defeated Duke 17-13 on October 19, 1974, in a regular season game at home. With the victory, Clemson took the College Football Belt from Duke.
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 45125) · This game in the downloadable dataset