Texas Tech defends the belt, 52–46, on the road at Houston.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Texas Tech came in 14 days into reign #223, which began with a win over Baylor, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. It was the last defense: Oklahoma took the belt in the very next belt game, on September 3, 1992.
For Houston this was its 8th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 8 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Houston and Texas Tech have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Texas Tech visited Houston on November 30, 1991, in a regular season game. Houston won 52-46, but Texas Tech was the belt-holder entering the game and retained the championship 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 57814) · This game in the downloadable dataset