Tulsa defends the belt, 20–14, at home over Colorado State.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Tulsa came in 21 days into reign #245, which began with a win over Iowa, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. It was the last defense: BYU took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 19, 1996.
For Colorado State this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.
This is the only time Colorado State and Tulsa have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On October 12, 1996, Tulsa defended the belt at home against Colorado State, winning 20-14 in a regular season week 8 matchup. Tulsa retained the belt with the victory.
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 60713) · This game in the downloadable dataset