Fresno State vs. UCLA

Fresno State and UCLA have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1929; UCLA leads the series 6–⁠4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s UCLA 6–⁠4.

Scheduled 2032 at Fresno State. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Fresno State wins
4
UCLA wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1929
Longest streak
5 UCLA
Current streak
1 UCLA
Last 10 meetings
UCLA 6–⁠4
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠1
1980s0–⁠1
1990s0–⁠2
2000s2–⁠1
2010s1–⁠0
2020s1–⁠1
Average margin
15.5 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At UCLA
6–⁠3 UCLA’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Fresno State first
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Fresno State’s biggest win2018: Fresno State 38, UCLA 14by 24 points
  2. UCLA’s biggest win1929: UCLA 56, Fresno State 6by 50 points
  3. Upset2021: Fresno State 40, UCLA 37Fresno State had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Fresno State and UCLA, 1929 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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

Rodney Davis2003
Garrett McIntyre2003

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

Every game

Nov 30, 2024UCLA 20, Fresno State 13at UCLA
Sep 18, 2021Fresno State 40, 13UCLA 37at UCLA
Sep 15, 2018Fresno State 38, UCLA 14at UCLA
Sep 27, 200825Fresno State 36, UCLA 31at UCLA
Dec 30, 2003Fresno State 17, UCLA 9Coughlin-Alumni StadiumSilicon Valley Football Classic
Sep 9, 200016UCLA 24, Fresno State 21at UCLA
Sep 18, 199921UCLA 35, Fresno State 21at UCLA
Sep 30, 1995UCLA 45, Fresno State 21at UCLA
Sep 19, 198713UCLA 17, Fresno State 0at UCLA
Oct 5, 1929UCLA 56, Fresno State 6at UCLA

Every game is listed as played on the field.