Washington takes the belt, 24–23, on the road at California.
AP poll, week 7: Washington No. 13 at California No. 16 · No. 1 that week: Texas A&M. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Washington took the belt here, ending California’s run of 35 days and 4 defenses (reign #230) and starting reign #231. It lasted 7 days and 0 defenses, until UCLA took it on October 16, 1993.
For Washington this was its 15th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 8 times before — and it took it back here.
It was the 5th of 6 belt games between the two; going in, Washington led the belt series 4–0; all-time Washington leads 6–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Washington visited California on October 9, 1993, in a regular season week 7 matchup. California won the game 24-23, but Washington took the belt on the field with the victory. Washington claimed the lineal championship by defeating the belt holder California.
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 58769) · This game in the downloadable dataset