San Diego State Aztecs	Washington Huskies ©
Played September 13, 1997 at Husky Stadium Seattle, Washington

  

 

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
San Diego State	0	0	2	0	.000					0	2	0	.000
Washington ©	10	26	11	0	.703	15	4	0	.789	11	6	0	.647	0	1	0	.000

 

                          Previous Belt Meetings:       None

 

 

The 1-0 San Diego State Aztecs with coach Ted Tollner traveled to Seattle to meet the 3^rd ranked, 1-0 Washington Huskies of coach Jim Lambright.  Washington's QB Brock Huard threw for 314 yards with 4 touchdowns while the Huskies' defense held the Aztecs to -7 yards rushing as Washington retained The Belt with a 36-3 win.  Huard connected with All-Pac 10 WR Jerome Pathon on a 12-yard touchdown pass to open the scoring.  Early in the 2^nd quarter, Washington's PK Randy Jones hit an 18-yard field goal to give the Huskies a 10-0 lead.  Huard hit WR Fred Coleman with a 9-yard touchdown pass to stretch the lead to 17-0.  The Aztec managed a 31-yard field goal from PK Nate Tandberg with 0:07 left in the half as the teams went to the locker rooms with Washington leading 17-3.  Huard & Pathon connected again in the 3^rd quarter on a 53-yard touchdown pass.  Jones 29-yard field goal pushed the Washington lead to 27-3 as the 4^th quarter started.  A safety by Huskies' All-Pac 10 LB Jerry Jensen & Huard’s 12-yard touchdown pass to TE Reggie Davis finished the scoring.  Pathon finished with 8 catches for 182 yards with 2 touchdowns for the Huskies while San Diego State's QB Kevin McKechnie threw for 203 yards with 2 interceptions & WR Az Hakim had 7 catches for 108 yards for the Aztecs.  Washington finished the season 8-4; ranked 18^th nationally while the Aztecs finished 5-7.  San Diego State would play for The Belt again in 2003.