California defends the belt, 58–0, on the road at Temple.
AP poll, week 4: California No. 21 at Temple unranked · No. 1 that week: Texas A&M. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
California came in 14 days into reign #230, which began with a win over UCLA, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. California went on to defend it 2 more times before Washington took it on October 9, 1993, 35 days after the reign began.
For Temple this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
This is the only time California and Temple have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
California defended the belt on September 18, 1993, defeating Temple 58-0 in regular season week 4 play. With the victory, California retained possession of 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 58587) · This game in the downloadable dataset