Pittsburgh vs. UCLA
Pittsburgh and UCLA have 15 meetings on file, the first in 1958; UCLA leads the series 9–6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s UCLA 7–3. Share
- Pittsburgh wins
- 6
- UCLA wins
- 9
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1958
- Longest streak
- 6 UCLA
- Current streak
- 1 Pittsburgh
- Last 10 meetings
- UCLA 7–3
- Most recent
- 2022
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–7 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 17.1 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Pittsburgh
- 2–4 Pittsburgh’s record at home
- At UCLA
- 5–3 UCLA’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Pittsburgh first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Pittsburgh’s biggest win1958: Pittsburgh 27, UCLA 6by 21 points
- UCLA’s biggest win1968: UCLA 63, Pittsburgh 7by 56 points
- Upset1964: UCLA 17, Pittsburgh 12UCLA had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1971: Pittsburgh 29, UCLA 25Pittsburgh had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1958: Pittsburgh 27, UCLA 6Pittsburgh had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Pittsburgh | Series | UCLA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959–1964 | John Michelosen | 3–3 | Bill Barnes |
| 1966–1968 | Dave Hart | 0–3 | Tommy Prothro |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Pittsburgh’s side (Michelosen 3–3 against Barnes). 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
| Rodney Hammond Jr. Pittsburgh | 2022 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers

1958 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 21, 1958

1961 · Evening star, Oct 25, 1961

1962 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 22, 1962
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
| Dec 30, 2022 | Pittsburgh 37, 18UCLA 35 | Sun Bowl | Sun Bowl | |
| Sep 16, 1972 | 8UCLA 38, Pittsburgh 28 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Sep 11, 1971 | Pittsburgh 29, 15UCLA 25 | at UCLA | ||
| Sep 19, 1970 | 16UCLA 24, Pittsburgh 15 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Sep 20, 1969 | 17UCLA 42, Pittsburgh 8 | at UCLA | ||
| Sep 21, 1968 | 16UCLA 63, Pittsburgh 7 | at UCLA | ||
| Sep 23, 1967 | 6UCLA 40, Pittsburgh 8 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Sep 17, 1966 | 4UCLA 57, Pittsburgh 14 | at UCLA | ||
| Sep 12, 1964 | UCLA 17, Pittsburgh 12 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Sep 20, 1963 | Pittsburgh 20, UCLA 0 | at UCLA | ||
| Oct 20, 1962 | Pittsburgh 8, UCLA 6 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Oct 21, 1961 | UCLA 20, Pittsburgh 6 | at UCLA | ||
| Sep 17, 1960 | UCLA 8, 7Pittsburgh 7 | at UCLA | ||
| Oct 3, 1959 | Pittsburgh 25, UCLA 21 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Sep 20, 1958 | 19Pittsburgh 27, UCLA 6 | at UCLA |
Every game is listed as played on the field.