FBS Conference Belt The Border Belt

The Border Belt

A companion lineage restricted to Border: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two Border members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in Border at the time. Arizona State caught it but left Border — since this belt only passes among Border members, it reverted back to Northern Arizona on December 7, 1961.

37Reigns
110Belt Games
9Programs
Longest Reign
Northern Arizona — 64 yrs, 283 days
December 7, 1961 – present
Most Defenses, One Reign
Hardin Simmons — 11
starting November 14, 1942
Most Reigns, All-Time
Texas Tech — 8 separate reigns
9 Border programs have held it
#TeamReignLength Def.Won itLost it
1 Northern Arizona October 10, 1931 – October 24, 1931 14 days 0 Established it (first game on record) lost to Arizona State
2 Arizona State October 24, 1931 – November 14, 1931 21 days 1 beat Northern Arizona lost to Northern Arizona
3 Northern Arizona November 14, 1931 – October 8, 1932 329 days 0 beat Arizona State lost to New Mexico
4 New Mexico October 8, 1932 – November 11, 1932 34 days 1 beat Northern Arizona lost to Arizona
5 Arizona November 11, 1932 – October 14, 1933 337 days 0 beat New Mexico lost to Texas Tech
6 Texas Tech October 14, 1933 – November 11, 1935 2 yrs, 28 days 1 beat Arizona lost to Arizona
7 Arizona November 11, 1935 – October 16, 1937 1 yr, 339 days 6 beat Texas Tech lost to Texas Tech
8 Texas Tech October 16, 1937 – September 23, 1939 1 yr, 342 days 3 beat Arizona lost to UTEP
9 UTEP September 23, 1939 – October 12, 1939 19 days 0 beat Texas Tech lost to New Mexico
10 New Mexico October 12, 1939 – October 21, 1939 9 days 0 beat UTEP lost to Texas Tech
11 Texas Tech October 21, 1939 – November 30, 1940 1 yr, 40 days 0 beat New Mexico lost to New Mexico
12 New Mexico November 30, 1940 – October 18, 1941 322 days 3 beat Texas Tech lost to Arizona
13 Arizona October 18, 1941 – November 14, 1942 1 yr, 27 days 6 beat New Mexico lost to Hardin Simmons
14 Hardin Simmons November 14, 1942 – November 29, 1947 5 yrs, 15 days 11 beat Arizona lost to Texas Tech
15 Texas Tech November 29, 1947 – October 7, 1950 2 yrs, 312 days 10 beat Hardin Simmons lost to West Texas
16 West Texas October 7, 1950 – September 22, 1951 350 days 3 beat Texas Tech lost to Texas Tech
17 Texas Tech September 22, 1951 – October 11, 1952 1 yr, 19 days 4 beat West Texas lost to UTEP
18 UTEP October 11, 1952 – November 8, 1952 28 days 1 beat Texas Tech lost to Hardin Simmons
19 Hardin Simmons November 8, 1952 – November 28, 1953 1 yr, 20 days 6 beat UTEP lost to Texas Tech
20 Texas Tech November 28, 1953 – September 22, 1956 2 yrs, 299 days 8 beat Hardin Simmons lost to UTEP
21 UTEP September 22, 1956 – November 2, 1957 1 yr, 41 days 7 beat Texas Tech lost to Hardin Simmons
22 Hardin Simmons November 2, 1957 – November 14, 1959 2 yrs, 12 days 8 beat UTEP lost to New Mexico State
23 New Mexico State November 14, 1959 – November 18, 1961 2 yrs, 4 days 6 beat Hardin Simmons lost to West Texas
24 West Texas November 18, 1961 – November 18, 1961 0 days 0 beat New Mexico State vacated — left Border
25 New Mexico State November 19, 1961 – November 25, 1961 6 days 1 reverted after West Texas left Border vacated — left Border
26 Hardin Simmons November 26, 1961 – November 26, 1961 0 days 0 reverted after New Mexico State left Border vacated — left Border
27 UTEP November 27, 1961 – November 27, 1961 0 days 0 reverted after Hardin Simmons left Border vacated — left Border
28 Texas Tech November 28, 1961 – November 28, 1961 0 days 0 reverted after UTEP left Border vacated — left Border
29 Hardin Simmons November 29, 1961 – November 29, 1961 0 days 0 reverted after Texas Tech left Border vacated — left Border
30 West Texas November 30, 1961 – November 30, 1961 0 days 0 reverted after Hardin Simmons left Border vacated — left Border
31 New Mexico State December 1, 1961 – December 1, 1961 0 days 0 reverted after West Texas left Border vacated — left Border
32 Arizona December 2, 1961 – December 2, 1961 0 days 0 reverted after New Mexico State left Border vacated — left Border
33 New Mexico December 3, 1961 – December 3, 1961 0 days 0 reverted after Arizona left Border vacated — left Border
34 Texas Tech December 4, 1961 – December 4, 1961 0 days 0 reverted after New Mexico left Border vacated — left Border
35 Northern Arizona December 5, 1961 – December 5, 1961 0 days 0 reverted after Texas Tech left Border vacated — left Border
36 Arizona State December 6, 1961 – December 6, 1961 0 days 0 reverted after Northern Arizona left Border vacated — left Border
37 Northern Arizona December 7, 1961 – Present 64 yrs, 283 days 0 reverted after Arizona State left Border — present —

No reigns match “.”

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