November 2, 1991 Baylor at Arkansas The 21st ranked, 6-2 Baylor Bears of coach Grant Teaff traveled to Fayetteville to meet the 24th ranked, 5-2 Arkansas Razorbacks of coach Jack Crowe. In weather more befitting the Iditarod, Baylor won a defensive struggle 9-5. The temperature never got above freezing, the wind was blowing 10 to 20 mph, & the final 11 minutes were … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – November 2
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This Date in College Football Belt History – November 1
November 1, 2008 Texas at Texas Tech The top-ranked, 8-0 Texas Longhorns with coach Mack Brown traveled to Lubbock to meet the 6th ranked, 8-0 Texas Tech Red Raiders of coach Mike Leach. The Longhorns rallied, after trailing the entire game, behind QB Colt McCoy to take a lead late in the final quarter. Texas Tech's QB Graham Harrell brought then Red Raiders back with a … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – November 1
This Date in College Football Belt History – October 27
October 27, 1973 Southern Cal at Notre Dame Coach John McKay’s 6th ranked, 5-0-1 Southern Cal Trojans came to South Bend with a 23-game unbeaten streak for the annual battle with Notre Dame. Coach Ara Parseghian had the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at 5-0 & ranked 8th in the nation but they had not defeated Southern Cal since 1966. Notre Dame’s top-ranked defense had … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 27
This Date in College Football Belt History – October 20
October 20, 2007 Auburn at Louisiana State The 18th ranked, 5-2 Auburn Tigers of coach Tommy Tuberville traveled to Baton Rouge to meet the 5th ranked, 6-1 Louisiana State Tigers with coach Les Miles. Louisiana State's QB Matt Flynn threw 3 touchdown passes including a 22-yard strike to WR Demetrius Byrd with 0:01 as Louisiana State overcame a 17-7 halftime deficit to … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 20
This Date in College Football Belt History – October 19
October 19, 1985 Oregon State at Washington First-year coach Dave Kragthorpe brought his undermanned, 2-4 Oregon State Beavers to meet the 4-2 Washington Huskies & coach Don James. The Beavers had been shutout in their last 2 games against Southern Cal & Washington State by a combined score of 97-0 as well as losing to Division II Grambling 27-6. The 38-point … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 19