Arizona defends the belt, 29–0, at a neutral site over Miami.
AP poll, week 16: Miami No. 10 at Arizona No. 16 · No. 1 that week: Texas A&M. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Arizona came in 36 days into reign #234, which began with a win over Arizona State, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Arizona went on to defend it 4 more times before Colorado State took it on October 8, 1994, 316 days after the reign began.
For Miami this was its 10th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 3 times before.
This is the only time Arizona and Miami have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Arizona, defending the belt, defeated Miami 29-0 at a neutral site on January 1, 1994, in a 1993 postseason game. The shutout victory allowed Arizona to retain the belt.
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 59096) · This game in the downloadable dataset