Oregon State takes the belt, 21–20, on the road at Washington.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Oregon State took the belt here, ending Washington’s run of 21 days and 2 defenses (reign #190) and starting reign #191. It lasted 14 days and 0 defenses, until Arizona took it on November 2, 1985.
For Oregon State this was its 14th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before — and it took it back here.
It was the 2nd of 3 belt games between the two; going in, Washington led the belt series 1–0; all-time Washington leads 2–1. Every meeting →
About this game
Oregon State visited Washington on October 19, 1985, in a regular season week 8 matchup. Washington lost 20-21 at home, and Oregon State took the College Football Belt by virtue of 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 53702) · This game in the downloadable dataset