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Oregon Ducks |
Arizona Wildcats © |
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Played September 22, 1990 at Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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L |
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PCT |
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L |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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| Oregon | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Arizona © | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | ||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Oregon |
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14 |
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3 |
17 |
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Arizona |
10 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
22 |
The Oregon Ducks of coach Rich Brooks stood 2-0 as they traveled to Tucson to meet the 18th ranked, 2-0 Arizona Wildcats of coach Dick Tomey. Arizona's All-American CB Darryl Lewis returned an interception for a touchdown to give the Wildcats the lead then made a game-saving tackle of Oregon's All-Pac 10 QB Bill Musgrave inches short of the goal line with 0:09 left as Arizona retained The Belt with a 22-17 win over the Ducks. Arizona got a 23-yard field goal from PK Gary Coston after a bad punt snap by Oregon & an 11-yard touchdown pass from QB Ron Veal to RB Reggie McGill as the Wildcats took a 10-0 lead in the 1st quarter. The Ducks put together a 10-play, 86-yard touchdown drive with Musgrave throwing a 5-yard pass to TE Jeff Thomason for their first score. Oregon took a 14-10 lead when Musgrave hit Thomason for a 6-yard touchdown pass late in the half. Lewis returned a Musgrave interception 41 yards to the Ducks' 8-yard line early in the 3rd quarter to set up a 21-yard field goal by Coston as the Wildcats closed to within 1 point at 14-13. Lewis returned his second interception of Musgrave 52 yards for a touchdown as the Wildcats took a 19-14 lead with 5:54 left in the 3rd quarter. Musgrave’s third interception of the quarter came from Arizona's CB Bobby Roland who returned it 14 yards to the Oregon 29-yard line. Coston’s 25-yard field goal gave the Wildcats a 22-14 advantage with 2:09 left in the quarter. Midway through the 4th quarter, Oregon's PK Gregg McCallum connected on a career-best 51-yard field goal that bounced on the crossbar but the Ducks still trailed 22-17 with 8:50 left in the game. It looked like Arizona might be able to run out the clock but a fourth down attempt at the Oregon 30-yard line came up short giving the Ducks another chance. Musgrave completed 4 passes including a 37-yard gain to WR Michael McClellan that put the ball at the Arizona 3-yard line with 1:39 left. Three running plays put the ball at the Arizona 1-yard line & ran the clock under 0:15. The fourth down play was designed as a run/pass option for Musgrave but as he rolled to his right, Lewis tackled the Oregon quarterback less than 1 foot short of the goal line giving the Wildcats the win. Veal threw for just 35 yards with his touchdown in the win. Musgrave threw for 258 yards with 2 touchdowns but 4 interceptions while McClellan added 7 catches for 112 yards in the loss. Arizona finished the season 7-5 while the Ducks finished 8-4. Oregon would play for The Belt again in 1992.
