Alabama vs. UCLA

Alabama and UCLA have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1976; UCLA leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s UCLA 2–⁠1, and UCLA has won the last 2.

Alabama wins
1
UCLA wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1976
Longest streak
2 UCLA
Current streak
2 UCLA
Last 10 meetings
UCLA 2–⁠1
Most recent
2001

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s1–⁠0
2000s0–⁠2
Both ranked
2 meetings: Alabama 1, UCLA 1
Average margin
14.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Alabama
0–⁠1 Alabama’s record at home
At UCLA
1–⁠0 UCLA’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Alabama first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Alabama and UCLA, 1976 on130015001700190019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Barry Krauss Alabama1976

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2001.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Sep 1, 200117UCLA 20, 25Alabama 17at Alabama
Sep 2, 2000UCLA 35, 3Alabama 24at UCLA
Dec 20, 197616Alabama 36, 7UCLA 6Neutral siteLiberty Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.