Michigan takes the belt, 22–14, at home over Miami.
AP poll, week 3: Miami No. 5 at Michigan No. 3 · No. 1 that week: Penn State. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Michigan took the belt here, ending Miami’s run of 12 days and 1 defense (reign #185) and starting reign #186. It lasted 7 days and 0 defenses, until Washington took it on September 15, 1984.
For Michigan this was its 24th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 6 times before — and it took it back here.
This is the only time Miami and Michigan have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Miami visited Michigan on September 8, 1984, in a week 3 regular season matchup. Michigan won 22-14, taking the College Football Belt from Miami.
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 52712) · This game in the downloadable dataset