Florida State defends the belt, 13–7, at a neutral site over Auburn.
AP poll, week 16: Auburn No. 7 at Florida State No. 4 · No. 1 that week: Arkansas. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Florida State came in 107 days into reign #204, which began with a win over Clemson, with 8 defenses already behind it; this was its 9th defense. It was the last defense: Southern Miss took the belt in the very next belt game, on September 2, 1989.
For Auburn this was its 11th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 5 times before.
This is the only time Auburn and Florida State have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Florida State, holding the belt, faced Auburn at a neutral site on January 2, 1989, in a postseason matchup. Florida State won 13-7, retaining the belt.
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 55912) · This game in the downloadable dataset