Stanford vs. UCLA

Stanford and UCLA first met in 1925 and have played 95 times; UCLA leads the series 49–⁠43–⁠3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Stanford 6–⁠4, and UCLA has won the last 3. Share

Stanford wins: 43
UCLA wins: 49
Ties: 3
First meeting: 1925
Longest streak: 11 Stanford
Current streak: 3 UCLA
Last 10 meetings: Stanford 6–⁠4
Most recent: 2023

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
	’0	’1	’2	’3	’4	’5	’6	’7	’8	’9	W–L
1920s											3–⁠0
1930s											6–⁠3–⁠1
1940s											3–⁠4
1950s											4–⁠6
1960s											1–⁠8–⁠1
1970s											4–⁠5–⁠1
1980s											4–⁠6
1990s											4–⁠6
2000s											3–⁠7
2010s											10–⁠1
2020s											1–⁠3

Both ranked: 12 meetings: Stanford 7, UCLA 4
Average margin: 14.5 points; 39 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Stanford: 24–⁠22–⁠2 Stanford’s record at home
At UCLA: 27–⁠18–⁠1 UCLA’s record at home
Neutral sites: 1–⁠0 Stanford first
Shutouts: 14

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

Games that tell the story

Stanford’s biggest win1925: Stanford 82, UCLA 0by 82 points
UCLA’s biggest win1954: UCLA 72, Stanford 0by 72 points
Upset1984: Stanford 23, UCLA 21Stanford had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset2019: UCLA 34, Stanford 16UCLA had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset1962: Stanford 17, UCLA 7Stanford had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Ranked showdown1980: UCLA 35, Stanford 21No. 16 Stanford at No. 5 UCLA
Ranked showdown2013: Stanford 24, UCLA 10No. 9 UCLA at No. 13 Stanford
Ranked showdown1946: UCLA 26, Stanford 6No. 17 Stanford at No. 5 UCLA

Coach against coach

Years	Stanford	Series	UCLA
1928–⁠1932	Pop Warner	4–⁠1	William Spaulding
1933–⁠1938	Tiny Thornhill	4–⁠2	William Spaulding
1946–⁠1948	Marchy Schwartz	1–⁠2	Bert LaBrucherie
1951–⁠1957	Chuck Taylor	3–⁠4	Red Sanders
1958–⁠1962	Jack Curtice	2–⁠3	Bill Barnes
1965–⁠1970	John Ralston	1–⁠4–⁠1	Tommy Prothro
1977–⁠1994	Bill Walsh	2–⁠3	Terry Donahue
1980–⁠1983	Paul Wiggin	1–⁠3	Terry Donahue
1984–⁠1988	Jack Elway	2–⁠3	Terry Donahue
1989–⁠1991	Dennis Green	2–⁠1	Terry Donahue
1996–⁠2001	Tyrone Willingham	3–⁠3	Bob Toledo
2008–⁠2010	Jim Harbaugh	2–⁠1	Rick Neuheisel
2012–⁠2017	David Shaw	7–⁠0	Jim Mora
2018–⁠2022	David Shaw	2–⁠3	Chip Kelly

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Stanford’s side (Warner 4–⁠1 against Spaulding). 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

Biggest days

Josh Rosen UCLA	40 of 60, 480 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT	2017 Passing
Christian McCaffrey Stanford	25 carries, 243 yards, 4 TD	2015 Rushing
Simi Fehoko Stanford	16 catches, 230 yards, 3 TD	2020 Receiving
Bryce Love Stanford	30 carries, 263 yards, 1 TD	2017 Rushing
Zach Charbonnet UCLA	21 carries, 198 yards, 3 TD	2022 Rushing
Johnathan Franklin UCLA	19 carries, 194 yards, 2 TD	2012 Rushing

Named most valuable

Kevin Hogan Stanford

2012

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

1932 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 31, 1932
1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 5, 1934
1936 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 2, 1936
1939 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 16, 1939
1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 17, 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.

Photos

Stanford 56 UCLA 35Photo: Daniel Hartwig from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 2015 game
Stanford 56 UCLA 35Photo: Daniel Hartwig from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 2015 game
Stanford 56 UCLA 35Photo: Daniel Hartwig from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 2015 game
Stanford 56 UCLA 35Photo: Daniel Hartwig from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 2015 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Oct 21, 2023	25UCLA 42, Stanford 7	at Stanford
Oct 29, 2022	12UCLA 38, Stanford 13	at UCLA
Sep 25, 2021	24UCLA 35, Stanford 24	at Stanford
Dec 19, 2020	Stanford 48, UCLA 47	at UCLA
Oct 17, 2019	UCLA 34, Stanford 16	at Stanford
Nov 24, 2018	Stanford 49, UCLA 42	at UCLA
Sep 23, 2017	Stanford 58, UCLA 34	at Stanford
Sep 24, 2016	7Stanford 22, UCLA 13	at UCLA
Oct 15, 2015	15Stanford 56, 18UCLA 35	at Stanford
Nov 28, 2014	Stanford 31, 9UCLA 10	at UCLA
Oct 19, 2013	13Stanford 24, 9UCLA 10	at Stanford
Nov 30, 2012	8Stanford 27, 17UCLA 24	Stanford Stadium	Pac-12 Championship Game
Nov 24, 2012	11Stanford 35, 15UCLA 17	at UCLA
Oct 1, 2011	6Stanford 45, UCLA 19	at Stanford
Sep 11, 2010	25Stanford 35, UCLA 0	at UCLA
Oct 3, 2009	Stanford 24, UCLA 16	at Stanford
Oct 18, 2008	UCLA 23, Stanford 20	at UCLA
Sep 1, 2007	14UCLA 45, Stanford 17	at Stanford
Sep 30, 2006	UCLA 31, Stanford 0	at UCLA
Oct 29, 2005	8UCLA 30, Stanford 27	at Stanford
Oct 30, 2004	UCLA 21, Stanford 0	at UCLA
Nov 1, 2003	Stanford 21, UCLA 14	at Stanford
Oct 26, 2002	UCLA 28, Stanford 18	at UCLA
Oct 27, 2001	20Stanford 38, 4UCLA 28	at Stanford
Nov 4, 2000	UCLA 37, Stanford 35	at UCLA
Sep 25, 1999	Stanford 42, 18UCLA 32	at Stanford
Oct 31, 1998	2UCLA 28, Stanford 24	at UCLA
Nov 1, 1997	12UCLA 27, Stanford 7	at Stanford
Nov 2, 1996	Stanford 21, UCLA 20	at UCLA
Oct 21, 1995	UCLA 42, 23Stanford 28	at Stanford
Oct 29, 1994	UCLA 31, Stanford 30	at UCLA
Sep 25, 1993	UCLA 28, 17Stanford 25	at Stanford
Oct 10, 1992	11Stanford 19, 19UCLA 7	at UCLA
Nov 9, 1991	Stanford 27, 22UCLA 10	at Stanford
Sep 15, 1990	UCLA 32, Stanford 31	at UCLA
Nov 4, 1989	Stanford 17, UCLA 14	at Stanford
Nov 12, 1988	6UCLA 27, Stanford 17	at UCLA
Oct 3, 1987	11UCLA 49, Stanford 0	at Stanford
Nov 8, 1986	Stanford 28, 12UCLA 23	at UCLA
Oct 12, 1985	UCLA 34, Stanford 9	at Stanford
Oct 6, 1984	Stanford 23, 17UCLA 21	at UCLA
Oct 8, 1983	UCLA 39, Stanford 21	at Stanford
Nov 13, 1982	12UCLA 38, Stanford 35	at UCLA
Oct 10, 1981	Stanford 26, 17UCLA 23	at Stanford
Oct 11, 1980	5UCLA 35, 16Stanford 21	at UCLA
Oct 6, 1979	Stanford 27, UCLA 24	at Stanford
Oct 7, 1978	16UCLA 27, 17Stanford 26	at UCLA
Oct 8, 1977	Stanford 32, UCLA 28	at Stanford
Oct 9, 1976	5UCLA 38, Stanford 20	at UCLA
Oct 11, 1975	UCLA 31, Stanford 21	at Stanford
Oct 12, 1974	UCLA 13, Stanford 13	at UCLA
Oct 13, 1973	15UCLA 59, Stanford 13	at Stanford
Nov 4, 1972	8UCLA 28, Stanford 23	at UCLA
Nov 6, 1971	12Stanford 20, UCLA 9	at Stanford
Oct 24, 1970	8Stanford 9, 16UCLA 7	at UCLA
Oct 25, 1969	19Stanford 20, 6UCLA 20	at Stanford
Oct 26, 1968	UCLA 20, Stanford 17	at UCLA
Oct 21, 1967	3UCLA 21, Stanford 16	at Stanford
Nov 12, 1966	8UCLA 10, Stanford 0	at UCLA
Nov 13, 1965	7UCLA 30, Stanford 13	at Stanford
Oct 3, 1964	UCLA 27, Stanford 20	at UCLA
Oct 5, 1963	UCLA 10, Stanford 9	at Stanford
Oct 27, 1962	Stanford 17, UCLA 7	at UCLA
Oct 28, 1961	UCLA 20, Stanford 0	at Stanford
Oct 22, 1960	19UCLA 26, Stanford 8	at UCLA
Nov 7, 1959	UCLA 55, Stanford 13	at Stanford
Oct 25, 1958	Stanford 21, UCLA 19	at UCLA
Oct 26, 1957	Stanford 20, 15UCLA 6	at Stanford
Nov 3, 1956	UCLA 14, 10Stanford 13	at UCLA
Oct 15, 1955	UCLA 21, Stanford 13	at Stanford
Oct 16, 1954	3UCLA 72, Stanford 0	at UCLA
Oct 17, 1953	Stanford 21, 4UCLA 20	at Stanford
Oct 18, 1952	10UCLA 24, 13Stanford 14	at UCLA
Oct 13, 1951	19Stanford 21, UCLA 7	at Stanford
Oct 21, 1950	UCLA 21, 6Stanford 7	at UCLA
Oct 8, 1949	18UCLA 14, Stanford 7	at Stanford
Oct 16, 1948	Stanford 34, UCLA 14	at UCLA
Oct 18, 1947	19UCLA 39, Stanford 6	at Stanford
Oct 12, 1946	5UCLA 26, 17Stanford 6	at UCLA
Oct 31, 1942	11UCLA 21, Stanford 7	at UCLA
Oct 4, 1941	Stanford 33, UCLA 0	at Stanford
Nov 2, 1940	6Stanford 20, UCLA 14	at UCLA
Oct 14, 1939	Stanford 14, UCLA 14	at Stanford
Oct 29, 1938	UCLA 6, Stanford 0	at UCLA
Oct 9, 1937	Stanford 12, UCLA 7	at Stanford
Oct 31, 1936	Stanford 19, UCLA 6	at UCLA
Oct 19, 1935	UCLA 7, Stanford 6	at Stanford
Nov 3, 1934	Stanford 27, UCLA 0	at UCLA
Sep 30, 1933	Stanford 3, UCLA 0	at Stanford
Oct 29, 1932	UCLA 13, Stanford 6	at UCLA
Oct 31, 1931	Stanford 12, UCLA 6	at Stanford
Oct 31, 1930	Stanford 20, UCLA 0	at Stanford
Oct 12, 1929	Stanford 57, UCLA 0	at UCLA
Oct 13, 1928	Stanford 45, UCLA 7	at Stanford
Nov 14, 1925	Stanford 82, UCLA 0	at Stanford

Every game is listed as played on the field.