Washington defends the belt, 44–14, at home over California.
AP poll, week 11: California unranked at Washington No. 1 · No. 1 that week: Texas. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Washington came in 49 days into reign #187, which began with a win over Michigan, with 6 defenses already behind it; this was its 7th defense. It was the last defense: USC took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 10, 1984.
For California this was its 9th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 6 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Washington leads 6–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Washington defended the belt at home against California on November 3, 1984, winning 44-14 to retain the championship.
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 53181) · This game in the downloadable dataset