Colorado takes the belt, 10–9, at a neutral site over Notre Dame.
AP poll, week 15: Notre Dame No. 5 at Colorado No. 1 · No. 1 that week: Penn State. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Colorado took the belt here, ending Notre Dame’s run of 38 days and 0 defenses (reign #217) and starting reign #218. It lasted 256 days and 1 defense, until Baylor took it on September 14, 1991.
For Colorado this was its 4th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before — and it took it back here.
This is the only time Colorado and Notre Dame have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Notre Dame traveled to face Colorado at a neutral site on January 1, 1991, in a postseason matchup. Colorado won 10-9, taking the College Football Belt from Notre Dame 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 57189) · This game in the downloadable dataset