Arizona State takes the belt, 29–21, at home over BYU.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Arizona State took the belt here, ending BYU’s run of 14 days and 0 defenses (reign #241) and starting reign #242. It lasted 41 days and 3 defenses, until Arizona took it on November 24, 1995.
For Arizona State this was its 7th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 3 times before — and it took it back here.
This is the only time Arizona State and BYU have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Arizona State defeated BYU 29-21 on October 14, 1995 in this week 8 regular season matchup. With the victory, Arizona State took possession of the College Football Belt from BYU.
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 60039) · This game in the downloadable dataset