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Oregon State Beavers |
UCLA Bruins © |
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Played November 16, 1985 at the Rose Bowl Pasadena, California |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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PCT |
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| Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | ||||
| UCLA © | 6 | 19 | 7 | 3 | .707 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .678 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
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2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Oregon State |
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UCLA |
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7 |
24 |
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41 |
Coach Dave Kragthorpe & his 3-6 Oregon State Beavers had another shot at The Belt; this time against the 13th ranked, 7-1-1 UCLA Bruins & coach Terry Donahue. Oregon State had upset Washington earlier in the year to claim The Belt only to lose it to Arizona the next game. It took some time for the UCLA offense to get going but the defense was there from the start holding Oregon State to 2 yards rushing & 133 total yards as the Bruins shutout the Beavers 41-0 to retain The Belt. The Bruins scored midway through the 1st quarter when All-American PK John Lee hit a 19-yard field goal but the game stayed closer than expected when UCLA started turning the ball over. After Bruins' Pac-10 Defensive MVP DT Mark Walen forced a fumble by Oregon State's QB Rich Gonzales, UCLA's QB David Norrie returned the miscue when he was intercepted by the Beavers’ S Jamie Norman in the end zone. The Bruins next drive ended with a missed 39-yard field goal attempt by Lee, his first miss in 22 attempts dating back to the past season. Lee missed a 51-yard field goal attempt in the 2nd quarter before the Bruins got into the end zone on a 3-play, 83-yard drive. The drive consisted of a 61-yard pass from Norrie to WR Willie “Flipper” Anderson, a 21-yard run by RB Gaston Green, & a 1-yard touchdown run by Green giving the Bruins a 10-0 lead. Lee missed a 46-yard field goal attempt late in the 2nd quarter & UCLA took a tenuous 10-0 lead to intermission. The Bruins opened the 2nd half with a 9-play, 80-yard drive capped by an 11-yard touchdown pass from Norrie to WR Paco Craig. On the ensuing drive, UCLA's S James Washington intercepted Oregon State's back-up QB Don Lema & returned the pick 29 yards for a touchdown giving the Bruins a 24-0 lead. Lema was playing because Gonzales, who was already playing for injured starter QB Eric Wilhelm, had suffered an injury in the 2nd quarter. Lee finally converted another field goal attempt when he hit from 41 yards giving UCLA a 27-0 lead & when Bruins' S Joe Gasser intercepted Lema at the Oregon State 38-yard line, UCLA back-up QB Matt Stevens took the reins of the Bruins’ offense. UCLA drove for the touchdown in 5 plays with RB Eric Ball scoring on a 5-yard touchdown run. The Bruins finished the scoring on the first play of the 4th quarter when RB Greg Francois finished a 5-play, 61-yard drive with an 8-yard touchdown run. Norrie finished with 236 yards passing with a touchdown, Green added 108 yards rushing to his score, & Anderson had 5 catches for 120 yards. Gonzales threw for 64 yards before being injured while Lema threw for 67 yards but had 4 interceptions. UCLA finished the season 9-2-1; Pac-10 Champions & ranked 7th nationally while the Beavers finished 3-8. Oregon State would play for The Belt again in 1993.
