Washington takes the belt, 20–11, on the road at Michigan.
AP poll, week 4: Washington No. 9 at Michigan No. 16 · No. 1 that week: Penn State. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Washington took the belt here, ending Michigan’s run of 7 days and 0 defenses (reign #186) and starting reign #187. It lasted 56 days and 7 defenses, until USC took it on November 10, 1984.
For Washington this was its 11th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 4 times before — and it took it back here.
It was the 3rd of 4 belt games between the two; going in, the series stood 1–1; all-time it is 2–2. Every meeting →
About this game
Washington visited Michigan on September 15, 1984, in a regular season week 4 matchup. Michigan led 20-11, but Washington prevailed with a final score of 20-11, taking the belt from Michigan with the victory on the field.
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 52791) · This game in the downloadable dataset