Arkansas State defends the belt, 25–7, at home over Lewis.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Arkansas State came in 322 days into reign #108, which began with a win over Memphis, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. It was the last defense: Mississippi State took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 2, 1954.
For Lewis this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t; this remains its only belt game.
This is the only time Arkansas State and Lewis have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Arkansas State defended the belt at home against Lewis on September 25, 1954, winning 25-7 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 63878) · This game in the downloadable dataset