Arizona takes the belt, 27–6, on the road at Oregon State.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Arizona took the belt here, ending Oregon State’s run of 14 days and 0 defenses (reign #191) and starting reign #192. It lasted 7 days and 0 defenses, until UCLA took it on November 9, 1985.
For Arizona this was its 6th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Arizona leads 2–0.
About this game
Arizona visited Oregon State on November 2, 1985, and defeated the belt holder 27-6. With this victory, Arizona took possession of the College Football Belt.
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 53777) · This game in the downloadable dataset