Auburn defends the belt, 9–7, at a neutral site over Michigan.
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Where this game sits in the lineage
Auburn came in 65 days into reign #184, which began with a win over Florida, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. It was the last defense: Miami took the belt in the very next belt game, on August 27, 1984.
For Michigan this was its 23rd shot at the belt; it had held the belt 6 times before.
This is the only time Auburn and Michigan have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Auburn, defending the belt, defeated Michigan 9-7 on January 2, 1984 at a neutral site in a postseason matchup. Auburn retained the belt 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 52658) · This game in the downloadable dataset