Miami vs. UCLA

Miami and UCLA have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1984; UCLA leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s UCLA 2–⁠1.

Miami wins
1
UCLA wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1984
Longest streak
2 UCLA
Current streak
1 Miami
Last 10 meetings
UCLA 2–⁠1
Most recent
1998

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s0–⁠1
1990s1–⁠1
Both ranked
2 meetings: Miami 0, UCLA 2
Average margin
9.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Miami
1–⁠0 Miami’s record at home
At UCLA
1–⁠0 UCLA’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Miami 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 Miami and UCLA, 1984 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

Gaston Green UCLA1984
James Washington1984

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

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 1998.

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

Every game

Dec 5, 1998Miami 49, 3UCLA 45at Miami
Sep 2, 199515UCLA 31, 12Miami 8at UCLA
Jan 1, 198514UCLA 39, 13Miami 37Neutral siteFiesta Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.