California defends the belt, 46–13, at home over San José State.
AP poll, week 5: San José State unranked at California No. 20 · No. 1 that week: Texas A&M. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
California came in 21 days into reign #230, which began with a win over UCLA, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. California went on to defend it 1 more time before Washington took it on October 9, 1993, 35 days after the reign began.
For San José State this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 3 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
It was the 2nd of 2 belt games between the two; going in, California led the belt series 1–0; all-time California leads 2–0.
About this game
California defended the belt at home against San José State on September 25, 1993, winning 46-13 in week 5 of the regular season. 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 58640) · This game in the downloadable dataset