After losing The Belt earlier in the season to Washington, the 14th ranked, 6-1-1 UCLA Bruins of Terry Donahue traveled to Tucson to try & claim it from the 6-2 Arizona Wildcats of coach Larry Smith. UCLA's RB Gaston Green scored 3 touchdowns & the Bruins withstood a 4th quarter rally by the Wildcats to take The Belt back to California with a 24-19 win. UCLA … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – November 9
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This Date in College Football Belt History – November 4
The 22nd ranked, 6-2 UCLA Bruins of coach Terry Donahue traveled to Tempe to meet the 4-4 Arizona State Sun Devils of coach Bruce Snyder. The Bruins planned to reclaim The Belt led by All-American OT Jonathan Ogden as well as All-Pac 10 players RB Karim Abdul-Jabbar & C Mike Flanagan but the Sun Devils had other ideas. The Bruins led 27-10 at the half but 4 … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – November 4
This Date in College Football Belt History – October 30
The 3rd ranked, 6-0-1 UCLA Bruins of coach Terry Donahue traveled to Seattle to battle Don James’ 4-3 Washington Huskies. QB Warren Moon lead the Washington offense in the Huskies first ever Belt game. UCLA’s All-Pac 8 RB Theotis Brown rushed for a school-record 220 yards & scored 3 touchdowns as the Bruins defeated the Huskies for the first time in Seattle since … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 30
This Date in College Football Belt History – October 16
The 12th ranked, 4-1 Washington Huskies of first-year coach Jim Lambright traveled to Pasadena to meet the 22nd ranked, 3-2 UCLA Bruins of coach Terry Donahue. UCLA's All-American WR J.J. Stokes caught four touchdown passes as the Bruins rallied from a 15-0 1st quarter deficit to record a 39-25 upset win & claim their 9th Belt reign. Washington took a 7-0 lead in the … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 16
This Date in College Football Belt History – September 9
September 9, 1972 - In the first ever Belt match-up, champion Nebraska traveled to Los Angeles as 21-point favorites to defeat the UCLA Bruins. The top-ranked Cornhuskers coached by Bob Devaney were riding a 32-game winning streak while UCLA was coming off a disappointing 1971 season with a record of 2-7-1 in Coach Pepper Rodgers first season. Coach Rodgers installed & … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – September 9