California vs. Temple

California and Temple have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1979; California leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s California 2–⁠1, and California has won the last 2.

California wins
2
Temple wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1979
Longest streak
2 California
Current streak
2 California
Last 10 meetings
California 2–⁠1
Most recent
1993

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s0–⁠1
1980s1–⁠0
1990s1–⁠0
Average margin
28.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At California
1–⁠0 California’s record at home
At Temple
0–⁠1 Temple’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 California first
Shutouts
1

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 California and Temple, 1979 on13001500170019801990200020102020

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

Mark Bright1979

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

Every game

Sep 18, 199321California 58, Temple 0at Temple
Oct 22, 1988California 31, Temple 14at California
Dec 15, 197920Temple 28, California 17Neutral siteGarden State Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.