California–UCLA football rivalry

The California–UCLA football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the California Golden Bears football team of the University of California, Berkeley and UCLA Bruins football team of the University of California, Los Angeles.^[4][5][6]

Bear Bowl

California Golden Bears UCLA Bruins
First meeting	November 4, 1933; 91 years ago (1933-11-04)[1] Tie, 0–0
Latest meeting	November 25, 2023 California, 33–7
Next meeting	September 5, 2026 Berkley, Calif.
Statistics
Meetings total	94
All-time series	UCLA leads, 57–35–1[2]
Largest victory	UCLA, 56–3 (1965)[3]
Longest win streak	UCLA, 12 (1978–1989)
Current win streak	California, 1 (2023–present)

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Locations of Cal and UCLA

History

Traditionally, the Cal–UCLA rivalry is played on "All-University Weekend". During the same week, Cal and UCLA usually play each other in any other sports in season, and the schools host festivals celebrating the achievements of the UC System. Played annually since 1933, it was the third-longest never-interrupted rivalry in college football, behind only Iowa State vs. Kansas State (uninterrupted since 1917), and Navy vs. Notre Dame (uninterrupted from 1927 until 2020). Because so many college football teams did not play in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic, the Cal-UCLA rivalry is now the second-longest never-interrupted rivalry in college football and one of two never-interrupted rivalries that still exist in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I college football. Due to the two team's nicknames being named after bears, it is sometimes referred to as the Bear Bowl by fans.

In 2020, the rivalry was set to end its yearly streak due to the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. However, after unexpected cancellations for both Cal and UCLA on November 13, 2020, the Pac-12 scheduled the game for November 15, 2020.^[7] The game alternates between the two respective schools. Excepting 2020, contests in odd-numbered years are played in Pasadena, and even-numbered years in Berkeley. The rivalry will be interrupted once UCLA joins the Big Ten and Cal joins the ACC in 2024.^[8][9] Cal and UCLA agreed to play non-conference games in from 2026−2029, with games being played at California Memorial Stadium in 2026 & 2028 and the Rose Bowl in 2027 & 2029.^[10]

Game results

California victories

UCLA victories

Tie games

Forfeits / Vacated wins

No. Date Location Winning team Losing team 1 November 4, 1933 Los Angeles Tie 0 Tie 0 2 October 20, 1934 Berkeley California 3 UCLA 0 3 November 2, 1935 Los Angeles California 14 UCLA 2 4 October 17, 1936 Berkeley UCLA 17 California 6 5 October 30, 1937 Los Angeles #1 California 27 UCLA 14 6 October 15, 1938 Berkeley California 20 UCLA 7 7 November 4, 1939 Los Angeles #19 UCLA 20 California 7 8 October 19, 1940 Berkeley California 9 UCLA 7 9 November 1, 1941 Los Angeles California 27 UCLA 7 10 October 17, 1942 Berkeley UCLA 21 California 0 11 October 16, 1943 Los Angeles California 13 UCLA 0 12 November 13, 1943 Berkeley California 13 UCLA 6 13 September 30, 1944 Berkeley California 6 UCLA 0 14 November 11, 1944 Los Angeles UCLA 7 California 0 15 October 13, 1945 Los Angeles UCLA 13 California 0 16 November 24, 1945 Berkeley #12 California 6 UCLA 0 17 October 19, 1946 Berkeley #4 UCLA 13 California 6 18 November 1, 1947 Los Angeles #14 California 6 #19 UCLA 0 19 November 6, 1948 Berkeley #5 California 28 UCLA 13 20 October 29, 1949 Los Angeles #4 California 35 #20 UCLA 21 21 November 11, 1950 Berkeley #6 California 35 #19 UCLA 0 22 November 3, 1951 Los Angeles UCLA 21 #9 California 7 23 November 1, 1952 Berkeley #7 UCLA 28 #11 California 7 24 October 31, 1953 Los Angeles #10 UCLA 20 California 7 25 October 30, 1954 Berkeley #3 UCLA 27 California 6 26 October 29, 1955 Los Angeles #6 UCLA 47 California 0 27 October 20, 1956 Berkeley UCLA 34 California 20 28 November 2, 1957 Los Angeles UCLA 16 California 14 29 November 8, 1958 Berkeley California 20 UCLA 17 30 October 17, 1959 Los Angeles UCLA 19 California 12 31 November 5, 1960 Berkeley #15 UCLA 28 California 0 32 November 4, 1961 Los Angeles UCLA 35 California 15 33 November 3, 1962 Berkeley UCLA 26 California 16 34 November 2, 1963 Los Angeles California 25 UCLA 0 35 October 31, 1964 Berkeley UCLA 25 California 21 36 October 23, 1965 Los Angeles UCLA 56 California 3 37 October 22, 1966 Berkeley #3 UCLA 28 California 15 38 October 14, 1967 Los Angeles #4 UCLA 37 California 14 39 October 19, 1968 Berkeley California 39 UCLA 15 40 October 18, 1969 Los Angeles #8 UCLA 32 California 0 41 October 17, 1970 Berkeley #19 UCLA 24 California 21 42 October 23, 1971 Los Angeles California 31 UCLA 24 43 October 21, 1972 Berkeley #11 UCLA 49 California 13 44 October 27, 1973 Los Angeles #13 UCLA 61 California 21 45 October 26, 1974 Berkeley UCLA 28 #18 California 3 46 October 25, 1975 Los Angeles #19 UCLA 28 California 14 47 October 23, 1976 Berkeley #4 UCLA 35 California 19 48 October 22, 1977 Los Angeles UCLA† 21 #15 California 19 49 October 21, 1978 Berkeley #10 UCLA 45 California 0 50 October 20, 1979 Los Angeles UCLA 28 California 27 No. Date Location Winning team Losing team 51 October 25, 1980 Berkeley #3 UCLA 32 California 9 52 October 24, 1981 Los Angeles UCLA 34 California 6 53 October 23, 1982 Berkeley #11 UCLA 47 California 31 54 October 22, 1983 Pasadena UCLA 20 California 16 55 October 20, 1984 Berkeley UCLA 17 California 14 56 October 26, 1985 Pasadena #17 UCLA 34 California 7 57 October 18, 1986 Berkeley #19 UCLA 36 California 10 58 October 24, 1987 Pasadena #8 UCLA 42 California 18 59 October 8, 1988 Berkeley #2 UCLA 38 California 21 60 September 30, 1989 Pasadena UCLA 24 California 6 61 October 20, 1990 Berkeley California 18 UCLA 6 62 October 5, 1991 Pasadena #18 California 27 #24 UCLA 24 63 October 31, 1992 Berkeley California 48 UCLA 12 64 September 4, 1993 Pasadena California 27 UCLA 25 65 October 8, 1994 Berkeley California 26 UCLA 7 66 October 28, 1995 Pasadena #24 UCLA 33 California 16 67 October 26, 1996 Berkeley UCLA 38 California 29 68 October 25, 1997 Pasadena #13 UCLA 35 California 17 69 October 24, 1998 Berkeley #2 UCLA 28 California 16 70 October 16, 1999 Pasadena California‡ 17 UCLA 0 71 October 14, 2000 Berkeley California 46 #13 UCLA 38 72 October 20, 2001 Pasadena #4 UCLA 56 California 17 73 October 19, 2002 Berkeley California 17 UCLA 12 74 October 18, 2003 Pasadena UCLA 23 California 20 75 October 16, 2004 Berkeley #8 California 45 UCLA 28 76 October 8, 2005 Pasadena #20 UCLA 47 #10 California 40 77 November 4, 2006 Berkeley #10 California 38 UCLA 24 78 October 20, 2007 Pasadena UCLA 30 #10 California 21 79 October 25, 2008 Berkeley California 41 UCLA 20 80 October 17, 2009 Pasadena California 45 UCLA 26 81 October 9, 2010 Berkeley California 35 UCLA 7 82 October 29, 2011 Pasadena UCLA 31 California 14 83 October 6, 2012 Berkeley California 43 #25 UCLA 17 84 October 12, 2013 Pasadena UCLA 37 California 10 85 October 18, 2014 Berkeley UCLA 36 California 34 86 October 22, 2015 Pasadena UCLA 40 #20 California 24 87 November 26, 2016 Berkeley California 36 UCLA 10 88 November 24, 2017 Pasadena UCLA 30 California 27 89 October 13, 2018 Berkeley UCLA 37 California 7 90 November 30, 2019 Pasadena California 28 UCLA 18 91 November 15, 2020 Pasadena UCLA 34 California 10 92 November 27, 2021 Pasadena UCLA 42 California 14 93 November 25, 2022 Berkeley #18 UCLA 35 California 28 94 November 25, 2023 Pasadena California 33 UCLA 7 95 September 5, 2026 Berkeley 96 September 4, 2027 Pasadena 97 September 2, 2028 Berkeley 98 September 15, 2029 Pasadena Series: UCLA leads 57–35–1[2] † UCLA forfeited win. ‡ California vacated win.[11]

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games
• Stanford–USC football rivalry

References

1. "1933 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
2. "Winsipedia – California Golden Bears vs. UCLA Bruins football series history". Winsipedia.
3. "1965 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
4. Foster, Chris (October 12, 2013). "Coach Jim Mora getting a sense of longtime UCLA-California rivalry" – via LA Times.
5. Foster, Chris (October 7, 2010). "UCLA-Cal rivalry more than a battle of the bands" – via LA Times.
6. "Ebb and flow of the UCLA-Cal football rivalry". dailybruin.com.
7. "Cal, UCLA unexpectedly get to continue long rivalry". Yahoo Sports. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
8. "UCLA to Join Big Ten Conference at Start of 2024–25 Season". UCLA. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
9. "ACC adds Stanford, Cal, SMU beginning 2024–25". ESPN.com. September 1, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
10. "UCLA Football Announces Changes to Future Schedules".
11. "Forfeits and Vacated Games". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2019.