Arizona defends the belt, 44–0, at home over New Mexico State.
AP poll, week 3: New Mexico State unranked at Arizona No. 9 · No. 1 that week: Texas A&M. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Arizona came in 288 days into reign #234, which began with a win over Arizona State, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. Arizona went on to defend it 2 more times before Colorado State took it on October 8, 1994, 316 days after the reign began.
For New Mexico State this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t; this remains its only belt game.
This is the only time Arizona and New Mexico State have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Arizona defended the belt on September 10, 1994, defeating visiting New Mexico State 44-0 in a regular season week 3 matchup to retain the 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 59161) · This game in the downloadable dataset