Alabama vs. USC: every belt game
Title changesThe belt changed hands 3 times in this series
First meetingSeptember 12, 1970
Most recentDecember 28, 1985
Longest gap7 yrs, 97 days between belt meetings
December 28, 1985 · Alabama 24–3 · neutral siteChanged handsSeptember 23, 1978 · USC 24–14 · at AlabamaChanged handsOctober 8, 1977 · Alabama 21–20 · at USCChanged handsSeptember 12, 1970 · USC 42–21 · at AlabamaDefended
Only games where the belt was actually at stake are counted here — the two programs may have met many more times without it on the line. The all-time series lives on the compare page and in CFBD’s own data.