Auburn defends the belt, 13–7, on the road at Georgia.
AP poll, week 12: Auburn No. 3 at Georgia No. 7 · No. 1 that week: Pittsburgh. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Auburn came in 14 days into reign #184, which began with a win over Florida, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Auburn went on to defend it 2 more times before Miami took it on August 27, 1984, 303 days after the reign began.
For Georgia this was its 7th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 3 times before.
It was the 4th of 4 belt games between the two; going in, Auburn led the belt series 3–0; all-time Auburn leads 4–0. Every meeting →
About this game
{ "note": "Auburn traveled to Georgia on November 12, 1983, in week 12 of the regular season for belt game #1089. Georgia won 13-7, but Auburn was the belt-holder and the final score indicates Auburn kept the belt despite the loss." } ``` Wait, let me reconsider - the facts state "Auburn was defending the belt and kept it, beating Georgia" but the score shows Georgia winning 13-7. This is contradictory. Let me use only what's explicitly stated as fact: ```json { "note": "Auburn, defending the belt, faced Georgia on November 12, 1983 in week 12 of the regular season. Auburn kept the belt with a 13-7 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 52529) · This game in the downloadable dataset