Idaho vs. UCLA

Idaho and UCLA have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1928; UCLA leads the series 6–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s UCLA 6–⁠1, and UCLA has won the last 6.

Idaho wins
1
UCLA wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1928
Longest streak
6 UCLA
Current streak
6 UCLA
Last 10 meetings
UCLA 6–⁠1
Most recent
1948

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
1930s0–⁠4
1940s0–⁠2
Average margin
16.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Idaho
1–⁠0 Idaho’s record at home
At UCLA
6–⁠0 UCLA’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Idaho’s biggest win1928: Idaho 20, UCLA 6by 14 points
  2. UCLA’s biggest win1938: UCLA 33, Idaho 0by 33 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Idaho and UCLA, 1928 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.

From the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1938 game: Idaho BIanked By UCLA;Rose Bowl Hope Gone Game Was Just Avalanche of Touchdowns for California Gridders

    1938 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 24, 1938

  • The Imperial Valley press's story of the 1942 game: Troiuns; Bruins Battle For Coveted Bowl Honors

    1942 · Imperial Valley press, Dec 7, 1942

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 2, 1948UCLA 28, Idaho 12at UCLA
Dec 5, 1942UCLA 40, Idaho 13at UCLA
Oct 22, 1938UCLA 33, Idaho 0at UCLA
Dec 7, 1935UCLA 13, Idaho 6at UCLA
Sep 30, 1932UCLA 6, Idaho 0at UCLA
Nov 29, 1930UCLA 20, Idaho 6at UCLA
Oct 27, 1928Idaho 20, UCLA 6at Idaho

Every game is listed as played on the field.