Texas A&M defends the belt, 17–10, at home over Texas Tech.
AP poll, week 9: Texas Tech unranked at Texas A&M No. 8 · No. 1 that week: Wisconsin. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Texas A&M came in 14 days into reign #249, which began with a win over Nebraska, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Texas A&M went on to defend it 3 more times before Texas took it on November 27, 1998, 48 days after the reign began.
For Texas Tech this was its 7th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
This is the only time Texas A&M and Texas Tech have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Texas A&M defended the belt at home against Texas Tech on October 24, 1998, winning 17-10 in week 9 of the regular season to retain the 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 62123) · This game in the downloadable dataset