California vs. Texas A&M

California and Texas A&M have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1981; 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
Texas A&M wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1981
Longest streak
2 California
Current streak
2 California
Last 10 meetings
California 2–⁠1
Most recent
2006

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s1–⁠1
2000s1–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: California 1, Texas A&M 0
Average margin
12.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At California
0–⁠1 California’s record at home
At Texas A&M
0–⁠1 Texas A&M’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 California first

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 Texas A&M, 1981 on1300150017001990200020102020

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

Marshawn Lynch California2006
Nate Longshore California2006
Desmond Bishop California2006

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

Every game

Dec 28, 200621California 45, 22Texas A&M 10Qualcomm StadiumHoliday Bowl
Sep 3, 1983California 19, Texas A&M 17at Texas A&M
Sep 5, 1981Texas A&M 29, California 28at California

Every game is listed as played on the field.