Oregon vs. UCLA

Oregon and UCLA have 74 meetings on file, the first in 1928; UCLA leads the series 41–⁠33 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oregon 8–⁠2.

Scheduled 2027 at UCLA. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Oregon wins
33
UCLA wins
41
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1928
Longest streak
8 UCLA
Current streak
1 UCLA
Last 10 meetings
Oregon 8–⁠2
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠0
1930s5–⁠5
1940s3–⁠5
1950s1–⁠7
1960s0–⁠1
1970s1–⁠8
1980s3–⁠5
1990s2–⁠6
2000s7–⁠2
2010s5–⁠1
2020s4–⁠1
Both ranked
8 meetings: Oregon 5, UCLA 3; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
14.9 points; 30 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oregon
16–⁠17 Oregon’s record at home
At UCLA
24–⁠16 UCLA’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Oregon first
Shutouts
17

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Oregon’s biggest win2010: Oregon 60, UCLA 13by 47 points
  2. UCLA’s biggest win1976: UCLA 46, Oregon 0by 46 points
  3. Upset1984: Oregon 20, UCLA 18Oregon had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1970: Oregon 41, UCLA 40Oregon had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2026: UCLA 17, Oregon 15UCLA had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown1998: UCLA 41, Oregon 38No. 11 Oregon at No. 2 UCLA
  7. Ranked showdown2013: Oregon 42, UCLA 14No. 12 UCLA at No. 2 Oregon
  8. Ranked showdown2022: Oregon 45, UCLA 30No. 9 UCLA at No. 10 Oregon

Coach against coach

YearsOregonSeriesUCLA
1932–⁠1937Prink Callison2–⁠4William Spaulding
1939–⁠1941Tex Oliver1–⁠2Babe Horrell
1951–⁠1957Len Casanova1–⁠5Red Sanders
1977–⁠1992Rich Brooks4–⁠10Terry Donahue
1996–⁠2002Mike Bellotti3–⁠4Bob Toledo
2003–⁠2007Mike Bellotti2–⁠2Karl Dorrell
2009–⁠2011Chip Kelly3–⁠0Rick Neuheisel
2018–⁠2021Mario Cristobal3–⁠0Chip Kelly

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Oregon’s side (Callison 2–⁠4 against Spaulding). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Oregon 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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

LaMichael James Oregon25 carries, 219 yards, 3 TD2011 Rushing

Named most valuable

LaMichael James Oregon2011

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1934 game: Grid SCORES ON SATURDAY

    1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, Oct 1, 1934

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1941 game: lU(LA DEFEATS WASHINGTON OREGON 14-7 L0SES GAME. ON SATURDAY TO STANFORD Underrated California Grid Team Comes to life Two TouchdoWns

    1941 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 27, 1941

  • The Evening star's story of the 1942 game: UCLA's Rose Bowl Stock Dips As Oregon Pulls 14-7 Upset Robin, Puneng Back, Leads Webfoots To Winning Tally in Final Quarter

    1942 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 8, 1942

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1945 game: R0SSI LEADS UCLLA 10 WIN OVER OREGON

    1945 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 27, 1945

  • The Evening star's story of the 1946 game: Pressed UcIans Cross Goal Late for 14-0 Win Over Oregon

    1946 · Evening star, Nov 10, 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.

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game five times: 2022, 2021, 2013, 2000, 1998.

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

Every game

Oct 10, 202621UCLA 17, 13Oregon 15at Oregon
Sep 28, 20248Oregon 34, UCLA 13at UCLA
Oct 22, 202210Oregon 45, 9UCLA 30at Oregon
Oct 23, 202110Oregon 34, UCLA 31at UCLA
Nov 21, 202011Oregon 38, UCLA 35at Oregon
Nov 3, 2018Oregon 42, UCLA 21at Oregon
Oct 21, 2017UCLA 31, Oregon 14at UCLA
Oct 11, 201412Oregon 42, 18UCLA 30at UCLA
Oct 26, 20132Oregon 42, 12UCLA 14at Oregon
Dec 2, 20118Oregon 49, UCLA 31Neutral sitePac-12 Championship Game
Oct 21, 20101Oregon 60, UCLA 13at Oregon
Oct 10, 200913Oregon 24, UCLA 10at UCLA
Oct 11, 2008Oregon 31, UCLA 24at Oregon
Nov 24, 2007UCLA 16, 9Oregon 0at UCLA
Oct 14, 200618Oregon 30, UCLA 20at Oregon
Nov 13, 2004UCLA 34, Oregon 26at Oregon
Nov 15, 2003Oregon 31, UCLA 13at UCLA
Oct 12, 20027Oregon 31, UCLA 30at UCLA
Nov 10, 20017Oregon 21, 17UCLA 20at UCLA
Sep 23, 2000Oregon 29, 6UCLA 10at Oregon
Oct 9, 1999UCLA 34, Oregon 29at UCLA
Oct 17, 19982UCLA 41, 11Oregon 38at UCLA
Oct 11, 199718UCLA 39, Oregon 31at Oregon
Oct 5, 1996UCLA 41, Oregon 22at Oregon
Sep 16, 199520Oregon 38, 12UCLA 31at UCLA
Nov 14, 1992UCLA 9, Oregon 6at Oregon
Nov 16, 1991UCLA 16, Oregon 7at UCLA
Nov 3, 199022Oregon 28, UCLA 24at Oregon
Nov 11, 1989Oregon 38, UCLA 20at UCLA
Nov 5, 19886UCLA 16, Oregon 6at Oregon
Oct 17, 19879UCLA 41, 16Oregon 10at UCLA
Nov 3, 1984Oregon 20, UCLA 18at UCLA
Nov 5, 1983UCLA 24, Oregon 13at Oregon
Oct 30, 198211UCLA 40, Oregon 12at UCLA
Oct 31, 1981UCLA 28, Oregon 11at Oregon
Nov 8, 1980Oregon 20, 8UCLA 14at UCLA
Nov 17, 1979UCLA 35, Oregon 0at Oregon
Nov 4, 19789UCLA 23, Oregon 21at UCLA
Nov 5, 1977UCLA 21, Oregon 3at Oregon
Nov 6, 19763UCLA 46, Oregon 0at UCLA
Nov 8, 1975UCLA 50, Oregon 17at Oregon
Nov 9, 1974UCLA 21, Oregon 0at UCLA
Nov 10, 19739UCLA 27, Oregon 7at Oregon
Sep 29, 197215UCLA 65, Oregon 20at UCLA
Oct 10, 1970Oregon 41, 15UCLA 40at UCLA
Nov 15, 19697UCLA 13, Oregon 10at Oregon
Nov 15, 1958UCLA 7, Oregon 3at UCLA
Oct 5, 1957Oregon 21, 19UCLA 0at Oregon
Oct 5, 1956UCLA 6, Oregon 0at UCLA
Nov 6, 19541UCLA 41, Oregon 0at UCLA
Oct 3, 19535UCLA 12, Oregon 0at Oregon
Sep 20, 1952UCLA 13, Oregon 6at UCLA
Oct 20, 1951UCLA 41, Oregon 0at UCLA
Sep 23, 1950UCLA 28, Oregon 0at UCLA
Sep 30, 1949UCLA 35, Oregon 27at UCLA
Nov 12, 194815Oregon 26, UCLA 7at UCLA
Oct 11, 1947UCLA 24, Oregon 7at UCLA
Nov 9, 19464UCLA 14, Oregon 0at Oregon
Oct 27, 1945UCLA 12, Oregon 0at UCLA
Nov 7, 1942Oregon 14, 10UCLA 7at Oregon
Oct 25, 1941UCLA 14, 16Oregon 7at UCLA
Nov 9, 1940Oregon 18, UCLA 0at Oregon
Oct 28, 1939UCLA 16, Oregon 6at UCLA
Oct 1, 1938Oregon 14, UCLA 12at Oregon
Sep 24, 1937UCLA 26, Oregon 13at UCLA
Nov 7, 1936UCLA 7, Oregon 0at Oregon
Oct 26, 1935UCLA 33, Oregon 6at UCLA
Sep 30, 1934Oregon 26, UCLA 3at Oregon
Oct 28, 1933Oregon 7, UCLA 0at UCLA
Oct 15, 1932UCLA 12, Oregon 7at Oregon
Nov 21, 1931Oregon 13, UCLA 6at UCLA
Nov 8, 1930Oregon 7, UCLA 0at Oregon
Nov 2, 1929Oregon 27, UCLA 0at Oregon
Nov 29, 1928Oregon 26, UCLA 6at UCLA

Every game is listed as played on the field.