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Southern Cal Trojans © |
Oregon Ducks |
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The Mirage Bowl Played November 30, 1985 at the Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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PCT |
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| Southern Cal © | 5 | 40 | 6 | 3 | .847 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .864 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .804 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Oregon | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | ||||
Previous Belt Meetings
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Oregon |
10 |
Southern Cal © |
7 |
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Southern Cal © |
31 |
Oregon |
7 |
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Southern Cal |
7 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
20 |
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Oregon |
3 |
0 |
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6 |
The teams traveled to Tokyo, Japan in a regular season Pac-10 game to contest The Belt. The Oregon Ducks of coach Rich Brooks were 5-5 while the Southern Cal Trojans of coach Ted Tollner were 5-5 as well. The Southern Cal defense held Oregon to just 77 yards passing & knocked Oregon’s All-Pac 10 QB Chris Miller out of the game in the 3rd quarter while the offense put up 2 touchdowns in the 1st half which was enough for the Trojans to retain The Belt with a 20-6 victory over the Ducks. Midway through the 1st quarter, Oregon took a 3-0 lead when PK Matt MacLeod hit a 32-yard field goal. Late in the quarter, Oregon’s All-Pac 10 WR Lew Barnes fumbled while he was trying to field a punt & Southern Cal's CB Martin French recovered the ball at the Oregon 33-yard line. The Trojans took seven plays to get into the end zone with RB Ryan Knight scoring on a 1-yard touchdown run with 0:51 left in the quarter giving Southern Cal a 7-3 lead. On the next Oregon drive, Southern Cal's LB Garrett Breeland recovered a fumble by Oregon's RB Alex Mack at the Oregon 29-yard line. When the drive stalled at the Oregon 12-yard line, Trojans’ PK Don Shafer hit a 33-yard field goal pushing the lead to 10-3. Late in the 2nd quarter, Southern Cal drove 65 yards in 8 plays highlighted by a 43-yard pass from QB Rodney Peete to WR Al Washington to put the ball at the Oregon 11-yard line. Peete finished the drive with a 4-yard touchdown pass to WR Hank Norman giving the Trojans a 17-3 halftime lead. The 3rd quarter saw a 36-yard field goal from MacLeod making the score Southern Cal 17 Oregon 6 but the game seemed to be decided on this drive when Miller absorbed a late hit from Southern Cal's LB Rex Moore. The hit resulted in a 15-yard penalty for the Trojans but the loss of Miller for the Ducks who then had to rely on two inexperienced back-ups the rest of the game. Southern Cal got a 44-yard field goal early in the 4th quarter & the defense was never challenged by the Ducks’ back-ups. Peete finished with 103 yards passing with a touchdown while Miller threw for 57 yards with an interception before being injured. Southern Cal finished the season 6-6 while the Ducks finished 5-6. Oregon would play for The Belt again in 1990.
