SMU vs. UCLA

SMU and UCLA have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1935; SMU leads the series 4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s SMU 4–⁠1.

SMU wins
4
UCLA wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1935
Longest streak
4 SMU
Current streak
1 UCLA
Last 10 meetings
SMU 4–⁠1
Most recent
1994

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s2–⁠0
1940s2–⁠0
1990s0–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: SMU 1, UCLA 0
Average margin
10.2 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At UCLA
1–⁠4 UCLA’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. SMU’s biggest win1935: SMU 21, UCLA 0by 21 points
  2. UCLA’s biggest win1994: UCLA 17, SMU 10by 7 points
  3. Ranked showdown1947: SMU 7, UCLA 0No. 12 SMU at No. 16 UCLA

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of SMU and UCLA, 1935 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.

Every game

Sep 10, 199413UCLA 17, SMU 10at UCLA
Oct 25, 194712SMU 7, 16UCLA 0at UCLA
Sep 29, 1940SMU 9, UCLA 6at UCLA
Nov 20, 1937SMU 26, UCLA 13at UCLA
Nov 9, 1935SMU 21, UCLA 0at UCLA

Every game is listed as played on the field.