BYU takes the belt, 28–21, on the road at Colorado State.
Where this game sits in the lineage
BYU took the belt here, ending Colorado State’s run of 14 days and 0 defenses (reign #240) and starting reign #241. It lasted 14 days and 0 defenses, until Arizona State took it on October 14, 1995.
For BYU 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 BYU and Colorado State have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
BYU visited Colorado State on September 30, 1995, in week 6 of the regular season. BYU won 28-21, taking the College Football Belt from Colorado State on the field.
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 59955) · This game in the downloadable dataset