California vs. Utah

California and Utah have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1920; Utah leads the series 7–⁠6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Utah 7–⁠3, and Utah has won the last 2.

California wins
6
Utah wins
7
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1920
Longest streak
3 California
Current streak
2 Utah
Last 10 meetings
Utah 7–⁠3
Most recent
2023

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
1960s1–⁠1
2000s1–⁠2
2010s2–⁠3
2020s0–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: California 0, Utah 1
Average margin
18.2 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At California
5–⁠1 California’s record at home
At Utah
5–⁠1 Utah’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 California first
Shutouts
3

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. California’s biggest win1920: California 63, Utah 0by 63 points
  2. Utah’s biggest win2019: Utah 35, California 0by 35 points
  3. Upset1963: California 35, Utah 22California had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Ranked showdown2015: Utah 30, California 24No. 23 California at No. 5 Utah

Coach against coach

YearsCaliforniaSeriesUtah
2009–⁠2012Jeff Tedford1–⁠2Kyle Whittingham

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from California’s side (Tedford 1–⁠2 against Whittingham). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of California and Utah, 1920 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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.

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2015.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Oct 14, 202316Utah 34, California 14at Utah
Oct 26, 201912Utah 35, California 0at Utah
Oct 1, 2016California 28, 18Utah 23at California
Oct 10, 20155Utah 30, 23California 24at Utah
Oct 27, 2012Utah 49, California 27at Utah
Oct 22, 2011California 34, Utah 10at California
Dec 23, 200923Utah 37, California 27Qualcomm StadiumPoinsettia Bowl
Sep 11, 2003Utah 31, California 24at Utah
Sep 9, 2000California 24, Utah 21at California
Nov 14, 1964Utah 14, California 0at California
Nov 16, 1963California 35, Utah 22at Utah
Oct 11, 1958California 36, Utah 21at California
Oct 23, 1920California 63, Utah 0at California

Every game is listed as played on the field.