NC State defends the belt, 38–9, at home over William & Mary.
AP poll, week 3: William & Mary unranked at NC State No. 23 · No. 1 that week: NC State. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
NC State came in 14 days into reign #251, which began with a win over Texas, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. It was the last defense: Florida State took the belt in the very next belt game, on September 18, 1999.
For William & Mary this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 2 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time NC State and William & Mary have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
NC State defended the belt at home against William & Mary on September 11, 1999, winning 38-9 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 62480) · This game in the downloadable dataset