Ole Miss beats Texas A&M 29–19 and takes the College Football Belt
The 5th reign for the program; it ends Texas A&M’s 35-day reign of 3 defenses.
Ole Miss took the lineal College Football Belt on November 13, 2021, beating Texas A&M 29–19 at home in week 11. It is reign 317 in the belt’s history, which starts with Rutgers over Princeton in 1869, and the 5th for Ole Miss.
Texas A&M had held it since October 9, 2021: 35 days and 3 defenses.
Ole Miss last held the belt in 1967, 19,719 days before this one; that reign lasted 35 days with 3 defenses.
The reign lasted 49 days and 2 defenses, ending January 1, 2022 against Baylor.
The game
Ole Miss dominated the first half behind Matt Corral and a powerful ground game, scoring a touchdown pass to Dontario Drummond in the first quarter and adding a field goal to take a 13-0 lead into halftime. Texas A&M mounted a second-half comeback, with Devon Achane punching in a touchdown run in the third quarter and Seth Small adding field goals to make it competitive. The game turned in the…