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
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This Date in College Football Belt History – October 18
October 18, 2003 Purdue at Wisconsin The 14th ranked, 6-1 Wisconsin Badgers of coach Barry Alvarez, fresh off their upset of Ohio State, welcomed the 13th ranked, 5-1 Purdue Boilermakers of coach Joe Tiller. Purdue's QB Kyle Orton starred as Purdue escaped Camp Randall with a 26-23 victory when PK Ben Jones hit a field goal with just 0:03 left in the game to claim The … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 18
This Date in College Football Belt History – October 17
October 17, 1981 Iowa at Michigan As the 1981 season opened, it appeared this game would be a Belt match-up but with preseason No. 1 Michigan as defending champion. An opening day loss to Wisconsin changed that. Now 5th ranked at 4-1, the Michigan Wolverines of coach Bo Schembechler hosted the 12th ranked, 4-1 Iowa Hawkeyes of coach Hayden Fry who were defending The … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 17
This Date in College Football Belt History – October 12
October 12, 2002 Florida State at Miami The 9th ranked, 5-1 Florida State Seminoles of coach Bobby Bowden provided the Homecoming opposition for the top-ranked, 5-0 Miami Hurricanes & coach Larry Coker. Miami had taken The Belt from Florida State 2 years earlier in the game known as “Wide Right III” & had easily won the rematch last season but now the Seminoles … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 12
This Date in College Football Belt History – October 6
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