California defends the belt, 31–24, on the road at Arizona State.
Where this game sits in the lineage
California came in 14 days into reign #213, which began with a win over Arizona, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. California went on to defend it 1 more time before Washington took it on October 27, 1990, 28 days after the reign began.
For Arizona State this was its 5th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time it is 1–1.
About this game
California visited Arizona State on October 13, 1990, in a regular season matchup. California won 31-24, retaining 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 56848) · This game in the downloadable dataset