Stanford defends the belt, 45–5, at home over Oregon State.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Stanford came in 7 days into reign #176, which began with a win over Ohio State, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. It was the last defense: Arizona State took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 9, 1982.
For Oregon State this was its 11th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
It was the 4th of 4 belt games between the two; going in, Stanford led the belt series 2–1; all-time Stanford leads 3–1. Every meeting →
About this game
Stanford defeated Oregon State 45-5 on October 2, 1982, in regular season week 5 play. As the belt's defending champion, Stanford retained the belt with the victory.
Written by Claude, strictly from this site’s own record of the game — the score and what it meant for the belt. CFBD doesn’t have a box score for games this old, so nothing here is invented beyond what’s verifiably on file.
Sources Game record: College Football Data (id 51530) · This game in the downloadable dataset