UCLA vs. Utah

UCLA and Utah have 22 meetings on file, the first in 1933; UCLA leads the series 12–⁠10 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Utah 8–⁠2, and Utah has won the last 2.

Scheduled 2030 at Utah Sept. 7. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

UCLA wins
12
Utah wins
10
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1933
Longest streak
8 UCLA
Current streak
2 Utah
Last 10 meetings
Utah 8–⁠2
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s1–⁠0
1950s2–⁠0
1960s2–⁠0
1970s2–⁠0
2000s1–⁠1
2010s3–⁠6
2020s1–⁠3
Both ranked
2 meetings: UCLA 1, Utah 1
Average margin
18.5 points; 9 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At UCLA
7–⁠4 UCLA’s record at home
At Utah
6–⁠5 Utah’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. UCLA’s biggest win1973: UCLA 66, Utah 16by 50 points
  2. Utah’s biggest win2019: Utah 49, UCLA 3by 46 points
  3. Upset2014: Utah 30, UCLA 28Utah had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1933: UCLA 21, Utah 0UCLA had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Ranked showdown2022: UCLA 42, Utah 32No. 11 Utah at No. 18 UCLA
  6. Ranked showdown2023: Utah 14, UCLA 7No. 22 UCLA at No. 11 Utah

Coach against coach

YearsUCLASeriesUtah
1959–⁠1962Bill Barnes3–⁠0Ray Nagel
2012–⁠2017Jim Mora3–⁠3Kyle Whittingham
2018–⁠2023Chip Kelly1–⁠4Kyle Whittingham

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from UCLA’s side (Barnes 3–⁠0 against Nagel). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of UCLA and Utah, 1933 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

Joe Williams Utah29 carries, 332 yards, 4 TD2016 Rushing
Zack Moss Utah26 carries, 211 yards, 3 TD2018 Rushing
Jonah Elliss Utah10 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 5 for loss2023 Defense
Julian Blackmon Utah12 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1.5 for loss, 1 INT2019 Defense
Takkarist McKinley UCLA6 tackles, 3 sacks, 5 for loss2016 Defense

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Aug 30, 2025Utah 43, UCLA 10at UCLA
Sep 23, 202311Utah 14, 22UCLA 7at Utah
Oct 8, 202218UCLA 42, 11Utah 32at UCLA
Oct 30, 2021Utah 44, UCLA 24at Utah
Nov 16, 20198Utah 49, UCLA 3at Utah
Oct 26, 201823Utah 41, UCLA 10at UCLA
Nov 3, 2017Utah 48, UCLA 17at Utah
Oct 22, 201619Utah 52, UCLA 45at UCLA
Nov 21, 2015UCLA 17, 18Utah 9at Utah
Oct 4, 2014Utah 30, 8UCLA 28at UCLA
Oct 3, 201312UCLA 34, Utah 27at Utah
Oct 13, 2012UCLA 21, Utah 14at UCLA
Nov 12, 2011Utah 31, UCLA 6at Utah
Sep 15, 2007Utah 44, 11UCLA 6at Utah
Sep 2, 2006UCLA 31, Utah 10at UCLA
Oct 5, 1974UCLA 27, Utah 14at Utah
Oct 6, 197316UCLA 66, Utah 16at UCLA
Dec 1, 1962UCLA 14, Utah 11at Utah
Nov 26, 1960UCLA 16, Utah 9at Utah
Nov 28, 195920UCLA 21, Utah 6at UCLA
Sep 21, 195617UCLA 13, Utah 7at UCLA
Oct 6, 1933UCLA 21, Utah 0at UCLA

Every game is listed as played on the field.