Arizona Wildcats	UCLA Bruins ©
Played October 30, 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	3	5	9	0	.357	3	3	0	.500	2	6	0	.250
UCLA ©	9	24	11	3	.671	12	6	0	.667	10	5	3	.639	2	0	0	1.000

 

Previous Belt Meetings

 

 

 

The 7^th ranked, 7-0 Arizona Wildcats of coach Dick Tomey traveled to Pasadena to meet the 15^th ranked, 5-2 UCLA Bruins of coach Terry Donahue.  UCLA's QB Wayne Cook threw 2 touchdown passes & the Bruins’ defense forced 5 Arizona turnovers on their way to a 37-17 upset of the Wildcats that was closer on the scoreboard than it was on the field.  After their opening drive stalled, UCLA's All-Pac 10 P Darren Schager pinned the Wildcats at their own 2-yard line.  Arizona was unable to move & a short punt gave the ball back to the Bruins at the Arizona 39-yard line.  Three plays later, Cook hit All-American WR J.J. Stokes for a 36-yard touchdown pass giving the Bruins a 7-0 lead.  UCLA's All-American LB Jamir Miller knocked Arizona QB Dan White out of the game with a knee injury before UCLA's LB Donnie Edwards recovered a fumble by Arizona's All-Pac 10 RB Chuck Levy at the UCLA 49-yard line.  The drive stalled at the Arizona 22-yard line & Bruins' All-American PK Bjorn Merten hit a 39-yard field goal for a 10-0 lead.  Midway through the 2^nd quarter, UCLA put together an 80-yard drive, helped by a pass interference call against Arizona's CB Claudius Wright, which resulted in a 26-yard field goal by Merten for a 13-0 UCLA edge.  UCLA's All-Pac 10 S Marvin Goodwin intercepted Arizona's back-up QB Brady Batten & returned it 27 yards to the Arizona 46-yard line.  On the play, Batten was knocked out of the game with a hip pointer & the Wildcats turned to their third-string quarterback Ryan Hesson for the remainder of the game.  Cook connected with WR Kevin Jordan on a 14-yard touchdown pass as the Bruins took a 20-0 halftime lead.  The 3^rd quarter saw a 2-yard touchdown run by UCLA's RB Ricky Davis & a 23-yard field goal by Merten.  The Wildcats finally got on the board when Arizona's DE Akil Jackson recovered a fumble by Cook & Levy scored on a 16-yard touchdown run on the next snap.  The Wildcats still trailed 30-7 as the 4^th quarter started & when Cook fumbled again, Arizona's PK Steve McLaughlin’s 49-yard field goal made the score 30-10.  Bruins’ LB Nkosi Littleton intercepted Hesson & returned it 64 yards for the final UCLA score.  Arizona's RB Gary Taylor finished the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run with 5:06 left to play.  Cook finished with 166 yards passing with 2 touchdowns.  The three Arizona quarterbacks combined for 120 yards passing with 2 interceptions.  UCLA finished the season 8-4; Pac 10 Co-Champs, ranked 18^th nationally while the Wildcats finished 10-2, Pac 10 Co-Champs & ranked 10^th nationally.  Arizona would play for The Belt again in 4 weeks.