California vs. Kansas

California and Kansas have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1961; California leads the series 3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s California 3–⁠2, and California has won the last 3.

California wins
3
Kansas wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1961
Longest streak
3 California
Current streak
3 California
Last 10 meetings
California 3–⁠2
Most recent
1992

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s1–⁠2
1980s1–⁠0
1990s1–⁠0
Average margin
22 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At California
2–⁠1 California’s record at home
At Kansas
1–⁠1 Kansas’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. California’s biggest win1988: California 52, Kansas 21by 31 points
  2. Kansas’s biggest win1961: Kansas 53, California 7by 46 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of California and Kansas, 1961 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

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.

Every game

Sep 24, 1992California 27, 24Kansas 23at Kansas
Sep 24, 1988California 52, Kansas 21at California
Oct 2, 1965California 17, Kansas 0at California
Nov 17, 1962Kansas 33, California 21at Kansas
Nov 18, 1961Kansas 53, California 7at California

Every game is listed as played on the field.