October 6, 1990 San Jose State at California First-year coach Terry Shea brought the 3-1-1 San Jose State Spartans to Berkley to meet the 2-2 California Golden Bears of coach Bruce Snyder. California's All-Pac 10 RB Russell White rushed for 162 yards with a touchdown & RB Anthony Wallace rushed for 143 yards with 2 touchdowns after newspapers quoted the San Jose … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 6
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This Date in College Football Belt History – October 5
October 5, 1974 Purdue at Duke Off their improbable win over 2nd ranked Notre Dame, Purdue & coach Alex Agase with a 1-1-1 record traveled to Durham, North Carolina to face Mike McGee’s 2-1 Duke Blue Devils. The Boilermakers out-gained the Blue Devils 291-183 but 10 penalties disrupted the Purdue offense & Duke's RB Tony Benjamin scored 2 touchdowns as Duke … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 5
This Date in College Football Belt History – October 4
October 4, 1975 Ohio State at UCLA Coming off the tie with Air Force a week earlier, the 13th ranked UCLA Bruins of coach Dick Vermeil stood 2-0-1 awaiting Woody Hayes’ 2nd ranked, 3-0 Ohio State Buckeyes. Heisman Trophy winning, All-American RB Archie Griffin, Big Ten MVP QB Cornelius Greene & All-American OG Ted Smith, led the Buckeyes. Griffin rushed for 160 … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 4
This Date in College Football Belt History – October 3
October 3, 1987 Florida at Louisiana State First-year coach Mike Archer & the 7th ranked, 3-0-1 Louisiana State Tigers hosted the 19th ranked, 3-1 Florida Gators of coach Galen Hall. The Tigers rallied with 10 point in the 4th quarter & Florida's PK Robert McGinty missed a 37-yard field goal attempt that would have tied the game with 0:15 left as Louisiana State … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 3
This Date in College Football Belt History – September 29
September 29, 1979 Southern Cal at Louisiana State The top-ranked, 3-0 Southern Cal Trojans of coach John Robinson traveled to Baton Rouge to take on the 20th ranked, 2-0 Louisiana State Tigers of Charlie McClendon. Southern Cal’s Heisman Trophy winning, All-American RB Charles White rushed for 185 yards with a touchdown & All-Pac 10 QB Paul McDonald found WR Kevin … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – September 29