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Arizona State Sun Devils © |
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Played November 26, 1993 at Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona |
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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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PCT |
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PCT |
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| Arizona | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | .333 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | ||||
| Arizona State © | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | ||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Arizona |
0 |
7 |
7 |
20 |
34 |
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Arizona State |
0 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
20 |
For the first time in Belt history, the winner of the Territorial Cup would also claimed The Belt. At 8-2, the 19th ranked Arizona Wildcats of coach Dick Tomey met the 6-4 Arizona State Sun Devils of coach Bruce Snyder. The Wildcats were upset by UCLA earlier in the season when they had a chance to take The Belt while the Sun Devils had upset UCLA for The Belt & this was their first defense of this reign. Arizona's QB Dan White threw 3 touchdown passes in the 2nd half as Arizona claimed their 4th Belt reign & first since 1992 with a 34-20 win. Neither team was able to score in the opening quarter but the Sun Devils broke the ice in the 2nd quarter with a 1-yard touchdown run by All-Pac 10 RB Mario Bates for the 7-0 lead. Arizona tied the game at 7-7 before half when their All-Pac 10 RB Chuck Levy also scored on a 1-yard run. In the 3rd quarter, Arizona State took the lead on a 20-yard field goal by PK Jon Baker that was set-up when Arizona's WR Richard Dice fumbled at the Sun Devils' 40-yard line. White hit Dice on a 13-yard touchdown pass, the Wildcats had a lead with 4:19 left in the 3rd quarter that they would not relinquish. White connected with WR Troy Dickey on touchdown passes of 31 & 51 yards in the 4th quarter for a 27-10 lead. The Sun Devils got a 37-yard field goal from Baker but when Arizona's WR Lamar Lovett recovered an Arizona State fumble in the end zone for a touchdown the game was all but over. A late 20-yard touchdown pass from Arizona State's QB Jake Plummer to WR Parnell Charles proved meaningless to the outcome of the game. White threw for 209 yards completing 14 of 18 pass attempts with his 3 touchdowns, RB Billy Johnson finished with 126 yards rushing & RB Ontiwaun Carter added 101 yards rushing. Plummer finished with 236 yards passing with a touchdown but an interception for the Arizona State. The Sun Devils finished the season 6-5 while the Wildcats finished 10-2, Pac 10 Co-Champs, & ranked 10th nationally. Arizona State would play for The Belt again in 1995.
