Michigan vs. UCLA
Michigan and UCLA have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1956; Michigan leads the series 8–3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Michigan 7–3. Share
- Michigan wins
- 8
- UCLA wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1956
- Longest streak
- 5 Michigan
- Current streak
- 1 UCLA
- Last 10 meetings
- Michigan 7–3
- Most recent
- 2000
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–1 |
- Both ranked
- 6 meetings: Michigan 3, UCLA 3
- Average margin
- 17.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Michigan
- 5–1 Michigan’s record at home
- At UCLA
- 1–2 UCLA’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–1 Michigan first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Michigan’s biggest win1971: Michigan 38, UCLA 0by 38 points
- UCLA’s biggest win1982: UCLA 24, Michigan 14by 10 points
- Ranked showdown2000: UCLA 23, Michigan 20No. 3 Michigan at No. 14 UCLA
- Ranked showdown1972: Michigan 26, UCLA 9No. 12 Michigan at No. 6 UCLA
- Ranked showdown1982: UCLA 24, Michigan 14No. 19 Michigan at No. 5 UCLA
- Ranked showdown1989: Michigan 24, UCLA 23No. 5 Michigan at No. 24 UCLA
Coach against coach
| Years | Michigan | Series | UCLA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–1989 | Bo Schembechler | 2–2 | Terry Donahue |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Michigan’s side (Schembechler 2–2 against Donahue). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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
| Tom Ramsey UCLA | 1982 |
| Don Rogers UCLA | 1982 |
| Butch Woolfolk | 1981 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 30, 1956
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
| Nov 21, 2026 | UCLA at Michigan upcoming | at Michigan | ||
| Sep 16, 2000 | 14UCLA 23, 3Michigan 20 | at UCLA | ||
| Sep 28, 1996 | 7Michigan 38, UCLA 9 | at Michigan | ||
| Sep 22, 1990 | 7Michigan 38, UCLA 15 | at Michigan | ||
| Sep 23, 1989 | 5Michigan 24, 24UCLA 23 | at UCLA | ||
| Jan 1, 1983 | 5UCLA 24, 19Michigan 14 | Neutral site | Rose Bowl | |
| Sep 25, 1982 | 12UCLA 31, 20Michigan 27 | at Michigan | ||
| Dec 31, 1981 | 16Michigan 33, 19UCLA 14 | Neutral site | Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl | |
| Sep 23, 1972 | 12Michigan 26, 6UCLA 9 | at UCLA | ||
| Sep 25, 1971 | 4Michigan 38, UCLA 0 | at Michigan | ||
| Sep 30, 1961 | Michigan 29, UCLA 6 | at Michigan | ||
| Sep 29, 1956 | 13Michigan 42, UCLA 13 | at Michigan |
Every game is listed as played on the field.