California vs. Pittsburgh
California and Pittsburgh have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1955; Pittsburgh leads the series 4–2 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Pittsburgh 4–2. Share
- California wins
- 2
- Pittsburgh wins
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1955
- Longest streak
- 2 Pittsburgh
- Current streak
- 1 Pittsburgh
- Last 10 meetings
- Pittsburgh 4–2
- Most recent
- 2024
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 12.2 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At California
- 2–1 California’s record at home
- At Pittsburgh
- 3–0 Pittsburgh’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
- California’s biggest win1966: California 30, Pittsburgh 15by 15 points
- Pittsburgh’s biggest win1963: Pittsburgh 35, California 15by 20 points
- Upset1956: California 14, Pittsburgh 0California had a 33% 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

1955 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 18, 1955
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
| Nov 28, 2026 | Pittsburgh at California upcoming | at California | ||
| Oct 12, 2024 | 22Pittsburgh 17, California 15 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Oct 1, 1966 | California 30, Pittsburgh 15 | at California | ||
| Oct 5, 1963 | 9Pittsburgh 35, California 15 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Oct 6, 1962 | Pittsburgh 26, California 24 | at California | ||
| Oct 6, 1956 | California 14, 7Pittsburgh 0 | at California | ||
| Sep 17, 1955 | Pittsburgh 27, California 7 | at Pittsburgh |
Every game is listed as played on the field.