BYU vs. California
BYU and California first met in 1999 and have played 5 times; BYU leads the series 3–2. Over the last 5 meetings it’s BYU 3–2. Share
- BYU wins
- 3
- California wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1999
- Longest streak
- 2 BYU
- Current streak
- 1 California
- Last 10 meetings
- BYU 3–2
- Most recent
- 2018
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 11 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At BYU
- 1–1 BYU’s record at home
- At California
- 0–2 California’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 BYU first
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- BYU’s biggest win2001: BYU 44, California 16by 28 points
- California’s biggest win2005: California 35, BYU 28by 7 points
Both programs through the years
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
Biggest days
| Christian Stewart BYU | 23 of 38, 433 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT | 2014 Passing |
Named most valuable
| Marshawn Lynch California | 2005 |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
Every game
| Sep 8, 2018 | California 21, BYU 18 | at BYU | ||
| Nov 29, 2014 | BYU 42, California 35 | at California | ||
| Dec 22, 2005 | California 35, BYU 28 | Sam Boyd Stadium | Las Vegas Bowl | |
| Sep 8, 2001 | BYU 44, California 16 | at California | ||
| Oct 9, 1999 | 24BYU 38, California 28 | at BYU |
Every game is listed as played on the field.