California defends the belt, 42–41, at home over Oregon.
AP poll, week 6: Oregon unranked at California No. 17 · No. 1 that week: Texas A&M. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
California came in 28 days into reign #230, which began with a win over UCLA, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. It was the last defense: Washington took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 9, 1993.
For Oregon this was its 14th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time it is 1–1.
About this game
California defended the belt at home on October 2, 1993, defeating Oregon 42-41 in week 6 of the regular season. With the victory, California retained 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 58687) · This game in the downloadable dataset