California vs. Pacific
California and Pacific first met in 1934 and have played 15 times; California leads the series 12–3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s California 7–3, and California has won the last 5. Share
- California wins
- 12
- Pacific wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1934
- Longest streak
- 5 California
- Current streak
- 5 California
- Last 10 meetings
- California 7–3
- Most recent
- 1991
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 21.7 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At California
- 12–3 California’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 7
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- California’s biggest win1991: California 86, Pacific 24by 62 points
- Pacific’s biggest win1943: Pacific 12, California 6by 6 points
- Upset1939: Pacific 6, California 0Pacific had a 6% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1943: Pacific 12, California 6Pacific had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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.
From the newspapers

1934 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 17, 1934

1935 · Evening star, Nov 17, 1935

1936 · The Daily Alaska empire, Sep 28, 1936

1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 17, 1937

1943 · Evening star, Oct 10, 1943
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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Sep 7, 1991 | California 86, Pacific 24 | at California | ||
| Sep 10, 1988 | California 30, Pacific 7 | at California | ||
| Sep 5, 1987 | California 42, Pacific 0 | at California | ||
| Sep 15, 1984 | California 28, Pacific 12 | at California | ||
| Sep 23, 1978 | California 24, Pacific 6 | at California | ||
| Sep 20, 1958 | Pacific 24, California 20 | at California | ||
| Sep 20, 1952 | California 34, Pacific 13 | at California | ||
| Oct 14, 1944 | California 14, Pacific 0 | at California | ||
| Oct 9, 1943 | 20Pacific 12, California 6 | at California | ||
| Sep 30, 1939 | Pacific 6, California 0 | at California | ||
| Oct 8, 1938 | California 39, Pacific 0 | at California | ||
| Oct 16, 1937 | California 20, Pacific 0 | at California | ||
| Sep 25, 1936 | California 14, Pacific 0 | at California | ||
| Nov 16, 1935 | California 39, Pacific 0 | at California | ||
| Oct 13, 1934 | California 7, Pacific 6 | at California |
Every game is listed as played on the field.