Arizona State Sun Devils	UCLA Bruins ©
Played November 13, 1993 at the Rose Bowl Pasadena, California

  

 

Teams' Belt Records

 

Team	Belt Reigns	Overall Record				Home Record				Away Record				Neutral Record
		W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT
Arizona State	2	5	5	0	.500	5	3	0	.625	0	2	0	.000
UCLA ©	9	26	11	3	.688	13	6	0	.684	11	5	3	.658	2	0	0	1.000

 

Previous Belt Meetings

 

 

 

At 5-4, the Arizona State Sun Devils of coach Bruce Snyder traveled to Los Angeles to meet the 10^th ranked, 7-2 UCLA Bruins of coach Terry Donahue.  Arizona State capitalized on three interceptions from UCLA's back-up QB Rob Walker including one by Sun Devils' LB Dan Lucas that he returned for a touchdown in the 4th quarter for a 9-3 upset of the Belt holders.  Walker was playing for starting QB Wayne Cook who was still recovering from a bruised kidney suffered in the Washington State game the previous week.  Late in the 2^nd quarter, UCLA drove to the Arizona State 12-yard line but on 4^th & 1, RB Daron Washington fought for a first down but fumbled the ball.  Lucas recovered for the Sun Devils.  A 78-yard drive followed with Sun Devils' PK Jon Baker hitting a 29-yard field goal as time expired in the half.  Late in the 3^rd quarter, UCLA's All-American PK Bjorn Merten hit a 24-yard field goal to tie the game at 3-3.  On the second play of the 4^th quarter, Walker tried to hit All-American WR J.J. Stokes but Lucas stepped into the pattern for his interception & 31-yard touchdown return.  The teams combined for 6 turnovers & 14 punts.  Arizona State's All-Pac 10 RB Mario Bates rushed for 152 yards while QB Jake Plummer threw for 154 yards with an interception.  UCLA’s RB Skip Hicks rushed for 132 yards & Walker finished with 120 yards passing with the 3 interceptions in the loss.  The win gave the Sun Devils their 3^rd Belt reign & first since 1982.  The Bruins finished the season 8-4; Pac 10 Co-Champs, ranked 18^th nationally while the Sun Devils finished 6-5.  UCLA would play for The Belt again in 1995.