Washington defends the belt, 28–12, on the road at California.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Washington came in 14 days into reign #190, which began with a win over UCLA, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. It was the last defense: Oregon State took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 19, 1985.
For California this was its 10th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the 2nd of 6 belt games between the two; going in, Washington led the belt series 1–0; all-time Washington leads 6–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Washington traveled to California on October 12, 1985, in week 7 of the regular season as the defending belt holder. California won the game 28-12, but Washington retained the belt as the game's loser does not claim it.
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 53664) · This game in the downloadable dataset