Wyoming takes the belt, 38–28, at home over New Mexico.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Wyoming took the belt here, ending New Mexico’s run of 7 days and 0 defenses (reign #237) and starting reign #238. It lasted 301 days and 1 defense, until Air Force took it on September 9, 1995.
For Wyoming this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time New Mexico and Wyoming have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Wyoming defeated New Mexico 38-28 on November 12, 1994 in a regular season matchup. With this victory, Wyoming took the College Football Belt from New Mexico.
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 59654) · This game in the downloadable dataset