UCLA at California
Saturday, September 30, 1944 Share
California beat UCLA 6–0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, California led the series 9–3–1 as played.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 53°FAttendance 45,000
In the newspapers

Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 1, 1944, page 1
Read the text
California Beats UCLA In Thriller, E 10 0 BERKELEY. Cal. Sept. 30 OUP)-The University Of Califor- MIA football team pushed all over the field by a heavier UCLA Bruin iuggernaut, STAYED off a last-second threat which ended on their 3-yard line TO protect first quarter score and win a 60 victory today before 5000 fans.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
California 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every UCLA–California gameOfficially, UCLA leads 59–34–1; as played, 59–35–1 in 95 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.
| 2026 | UCLA 45, California 24 | |
| 2023 | California 33, UCLA 7 | |
| 2022 | UCLA 35, California 28 | |
| 2021 | UCLA 42, California 14 | |
| 2020 | UCLA 34, California 10 | |
| 2019 | California 28, UCLA 18 |
Around this game
UCLA
- Next gameat San Diego NavyOct. 7, 1944
- SeasonUCLA in 1944
- ProgramUCLA history and records
California
- Next gameat USCOct. 7, 1944
- SeasonCalifornia in 1944
- ProgramCalifornia history and records

