Texas vs. UCLA

Texas and UCLA have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1970; UCLA leads the series 4–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s UCLA 4–⁠3.

Texas wins
3
UCLA wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1970
Longest streak
3 UCLA
Current streak
1 UCLA
Last 10 meetings
UCLA 4–⁠3
Most recent
2014

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s2–⁠0
1990s0–⁠2
2010s1–⁠2
Both ranked
2 meetings: Texas 1, UCLA 1
Average margin
22.3 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Texas
1–⁠2 Texas’s record at home
At UCLA
1–⁠2 UCLA’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Texas first

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Texas’s biggest win2011: Texas 49, UCLA 20by 29 points
  2. UCLA’s biggest win1997: UCLA 66, Texas 3by 63 points
  3. Upset2010: UCLA 34, Texas 12UCLA had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1997: UCLA 66, Texas 3UCLA had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Ranked showdown1970: Texas 20, UCLA 17No. 13 UCLA at No. 2 Texas
  6. Ranked showdown1998: UCLA 49, Texas 31No. 23 Texas at No. 6 UCLA

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Texas and UCLA, 1970 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

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 13, 201412UCLA 20, Texas 17AT&T Stadium
Sep 17, 201123Texas 49, UCLA 20at UCLA
Sep 25, 2010UCLA 34, 7Texas 12at Texas
Sep 12, 19986UCLA 49, 23Texas 31at UCLA
Sep 13, 1997UCLA 66, 11Texas 3at Texas
Sep 18, 19713Texas 28, UCLA 10at UCLA
Oct 3, 19702Texas 20, 13UCLA 17at Texas

Every game is listed as played on the field.