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Arizona Wildcats |
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Played November 7, 1992 at Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona |
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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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| Washington © | 8 | 24 | 9 | 0 | .727 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .789 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Arizona | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | ||||
Previous Belt Meetings
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Arizona |
21 |
10/27/1984 |
Arizona |
12 | 11/3/1990 |
Arizona |
10 | |
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Washington © |
31 |
Washington © |
28 |
Washington © |
54 |
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Washington |
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3 |
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13 |
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The top-ranked, 8-0 Washington Huskies of coach Don James traveled to Tucson to meet the 12th ranked, 5-2-1 Arizona Wildcats of coach Dick Tomey. The Wildcats “Desert Swarm” defense clamped down on Washington's offense holding them to 90 yards rushing while forcing 4 turnovers & Arizona's PK Steve McLaughlin hit 3 field goals in a 16-3 Wildcats' victory. The only points of the first half came on a 34-yard field goal by McLaughlin. Washington had a chance to tie or take the lead in the but TE Mark Bruener dropped a pass in the end zone when the field goal attempt was mishandled. Arizona could have expanded the lead but QB George Malauulu fumbled at the Huskies' 5-yard line to end the scoring threat. Washington tied the game in the 3rd quarter when PK Travis Hanson hit a 24-yard field goal. McLaughlin added two more field goals (20 yards & 30 yards) in the 4th quarter for a 9-3 Arizona lead. The second field goal followed a fumble by Huskies' QB Mark Brunell. When Malauulu scored on a 1-yard touchdown run late in the game, the Wildcats had secured the upset. Arizona's All-Pac 10 P Josh Miller pinned the Huskies down with his 47.3 average over 8 kicks. Washington never started a drive beyond their own 31-yard line. Malauulu completed just 5 of 12 pass attempts for 54 yards with his rushing touchdown & RB Billy Johnson added 99 yards rushing for Arizona. Brunell finished with 243 yards passing with an interception & All-Pac 10 RB Napoleon Kaufman was held to 50 yards rushing while losing 2 fumbles. The Huskies played without QB Billy Joe Hobert who was suspended pending investigation of $50,000 in loans he received. The win gave the Wildcats their 3rd Belt reign & first since 1990. The Huskies finished the season 9-3; Pac 10 Co-Champs, ranked 11th nationally while the Wildcats finished 6-5-1. Washington would play for The Belt again in 1993.
