Washington defends the belt, 35–16, at home over California.
AP poll, week 7: California No. 24 at Washington No. 1 · No. 1 that week: Penn State. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Washington came in 7 days into reign #226, which began with a win over USC, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Washington went on to defend it 3 more times before Arizona took it on November 7, 1992, 35 days after the reign began.
For California this was its 12th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
It was the 4th of 6 belt games between the two; going in, Washington led the belt series 3–0; all-time Washington leads 6–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Washington defended the belt at home against California on October 10, 1992, winning 35-16 in week 7 of the regular season. The victory allowed Washington to retain the lineal championship.
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 58140) · This game in the downloadable dataset