California defends the belt, 45–25, at home over San Diego State.
Where this game sits in the lineage
California came in 7 days into reign #230, which began with a win over UCLA, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. California went on to defend it 3 more times before Washington took it on October 9, 1993, 35 days after the reign began.
For San Diego State this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 4 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time California and San Diego State have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
California defended the belt on September 11, 1993, defeating visiting San Diego State 45-25 in a regular season week 3 matchup. The victory allowed California 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 58537) · This game in the downloadable dataset