Tulsa defends the belt, 31–24, on the road at Oklahoma.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Tulsa came in 7 days into reign #245, which began with a win over Iowa, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Tulsa went on to defend it 1 more time before BYU took it on October 19, 1996, 28 days after the reign began.
For Oklahoma this was its 7th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time it is 1–1.
About this game
Tulsa visited Oklahoma on September 28, 1996, in a regular season week 6 matchup. Tulsa defeated Oklahoma 31-24, retaining the College Football 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 60615) · This game in the downloadable dataset