California vs. Texas
California and Texas have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1959; Texas leads the series 5–2 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Texas 5–2, and California has won the last 2. Share
- California wins
- 2
- Texas wins
- 5
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1959
- Longest streak
- 5 Texas
- Current streak
- 2 California
- Last 10 meetings
- Texas 5–2
- Most recent
- 2016
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–1 |
- Average margin
- 19.3 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At California
- 1–2 California’s record at home
- At Texas
- 2–1 Texas’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 California first
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- California’s biggest win2016: California 50, Texas 43by 7 points
- Texas’s biggest win1970: Texas 56, California 15by 41 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
Named most valuable
| David Ash Texas | 2011 |
| Keenan Robinson Texas | 2011 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
Every game
| Sep 17, 2016 | California 50, 11Texas 43 | at California | ||
| Sep 19, 2015 | California 45, Texas 44 | at Texas | ||
| Dec 28, 2011 | Texas 21, California 10 | Qualcomm Stadium | Holiday Bowl | |
| Sep 19, 1970 | 2Texas 56, California 15 | at Texas | ||
| Sep 20, 1969 | 4Texas 17, California 0 | at California | ||
| Sep 23, 1961 | Texas 28, California 3 | at California | ||
| Oct 3, 1959 | 10Texas 33, California 0 | at Texas |
Every game is listed as played on the field.