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Houston Cougars |
Washington Huskies © |
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Played September 22, 1984 at Husky Stadium Seattle, Washington |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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| Washington © | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Houston |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
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Washington |
3 |
7 |
11 |
14 |
35 |
The Houston Cougars of coach Bill Yeoman were 1-0 as they traveled to Seattle to meet the 9th ranked, 2-0 Washington Huskies of coach Don James. Washington's RB Walt Hunt scored 2 touchdowns in the 2nd half when the Huskies outscored the Cougars 25-0 as Washington retained The Belt with a 35-7 win. The Huskies took a 3-0 lead when PK Jeff Jaeger hit a 22-yard field goal. Houston took their only lead of the game when QB Gerald Landry threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to RB Sloan Hood. The teams traded punts throughout the rest of the 1st quarter & most of the 2nd quarter until the Huskies got a 31-yard touchdown pass from QB Hugh Millen to WR Danny Greene with just 0:08 left in the half giving Washington a 10-7 halftime lead. The 2nd half was all Huskies as Landry fumbled twice & was intercepted twice by the Washington defense preventing any offensive production from the Cougars. Jaeger’s 33-yard field goal & Hunt’s 2-yard touchdown run put the Huskies ahead 21-7 late in the 3rd quarter. Greene returned a Houston punt 50 yards to the Cougars’ 9-yard line on the next to last play of the 3rd quarter. Huskies’ RB Jacque Robinson scored the touchdown on the first play of the 4th quarter with a 3-yard run putting Washington ahead 28-7. Hunt’s 6-yard touchdown run finished the scoring for Washington. Millen threw for 178 yards with a touchdown in the win. For the Cougars, Landry threw for 94 yards with a touchdown but 2 interceptions as well as 2 fumbles while Hood added 115 yards rushing with his touchdown catch. Washington finished the season 11-1; ranked 2nd nationally while the Cougars finished 7-5 & SWC Co-Champs. Houston would play for The Belt again in 1991.
