Montana vs. UCLA

Montana and UCLA have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1929; UCLA leads the series 7–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s UCLA 7–⁠0, and UCLA has won the last 7.

Montana wins
0
UCLA wins
7
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1929
Longest streak
7 UCLA
Current streak
7 UCLA
Last 10 meetings
UCLA 7–⁠0
Most recent
1946

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
1930s0–⁠4
1940s0–⁠2
Average margin
23.9 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At UCLA
7–⁠0 UCLA’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. UCLA’s biggest win1946: UCLA 61, Montana 7by 54 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Montana 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.

From the newspapers

  • The The Tacoma times's story of the 1939 game: Broncos Trim GaeIs, I to 0

    1939 · The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., Oct 24, 1939

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1946 game: H ::,I Q G :. 1|1 7IIss 3 ez 5 A1 syasSSz5y sIa,E 1z 9s < N &kAs- -&AtzGs 1Yz& FOOTBALL LEADERS

    1946 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 20, 1946

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 16, 19464UCLA 61, Montana 7at UCLA
Oct 10, 1941UCLA 14, Montana 7at UCLA
Oct 21, 1939UCLA 20, Montana 6at UCLA
Oct 2, 1936UCLA 30, Montana 0at UCLA
Oct 13, 1934UCLA 16, Montana 0at UCLA
Nov 19, 1932UCLA 32, Montana 0at UCLA
Nov 28, 1929UCLA 14, Montana 0at UCLA

Every game is listed as played on the field.