Texas A&M defends the belt, 29–0, at home over Oklahoma.
AP poll, week 11: Oklahoma unranked at Texas A&M No. 6 · No. 1 that week: Wisconsin. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Texas A&M came in 28 days into reign #249, which began with a win over Nebraska, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Texas A&M went on to defend it 1 more time before Texas took it on November 27, 1998, 48 days after the reign began.
For Oklahoma this was its 9th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.
This is the only time Oklahoma and Texas A&M have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Texas A&M hosted Oklahoma on November 7, 1998, in a regular season matchup during week 11. The Aggies dominated with a 29-0 victory, successfully defending their hold on 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 62227) · This game in the downloadable dataset