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]
| First meeting | November 4, 1933[1] Tie, 0–0 |
|---|---|
| Latest meeting | November 25, 2023 California, 33–7 |
| 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) |
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 likely be interrupted once UCLA joins the Big Ten and Cal joins the ACC in 2024.[8][9]
Game results
| California victories | UCLA victories | Tie games | Forfeits / Vacated wins |
| No. | Date | Location | Winning team | Losing team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | October 21, 1978 | Berkeley | #10 UCLA | 45 | California | 0 | ||
| 50 | October 20, 1979 | Los Angeles | UCLA | 28 | California | 27 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Series: UCLA leads 57–35–1[2] | ||||||||
| † UCLA forfeited win. ‡ California vacated win.[10] | ||||||||