LSU defends the belt, 34–9, at home over Kentucky.
AP poll, week 8: Kentucky unranked at LSU No. 5 · No. 1 that week: Penn State. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
LSU came in 14 days into reign #199, which began with a win over Florida, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. LSU went on to defend it 1 more time before Alabama took it on November 7, 1987, 35 days after the reign began.
For Kentucky this was its 16th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the 3rd of 3 belt games between the two; going in, LSU led the belt series 2–0; all-time LSU leads 3–0. Every meeting →
About this game
LSU defended the belt at home on October 17, 1987, defeating Kentucky 34-9 in a regular season matchup. The victory allowed LSU 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 54971) · This game in the downloadable dataset