UCLA vs. Washington
UCLA and Washington have 78 meetings on file, the first in 1932; UCLA leads the series 42–34–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–5, and Washington has won the last 2. Share
2028 at Washington. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- UCLA wins
- 42
- Washington wins
- 34
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1932
- Longest streak
- 7 UCLA
- Current streak
- 2 Washington
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 5–5
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 2–4 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 4–3 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 7–2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 4–3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 5–3 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–3 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 2–2 |
- Both ranked
- 9 meetings: UCLA 5, Washington 3; 2 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 14.7 points; 29 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At UCLA
- 26–12–1 UCLA’s record at home
- At Washington
- 22–16–1 Washington’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 13
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- UCLA’s biggest win1973: UCLA 62, Washington 13by 49 points
- Washington’s biggest win1970: Washington 61, UCLA 20by 41 points
- Upset1990: UCLA 25, Washington 22UCLA had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1963: UCLA 14, Washington 0UCLA had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1975: Washington 17, UCLA 13Washington had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2001: UCLA 35, Washington 13No. 10 Washington at No. 7 UCLA
- Ranked showdown1988: UCLA 24, Washington 17No. 2 UCLA at No. 16 Washington
- Ranked showdown1982: Washington 10, UCLA 7No. 9 UCLA at No. 10 Washington
Coach against coach
| Years | UCLA | Series | Washington |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932–1938 | William Spaulding | 1–4 | James Phelan |
| 1939–1941 | Babe Horrell | 1–2 | James Phelan |
| 1949–1952 | Red Sanders | 2–1–1 | Howard Odell |
| 1953–1955 | Red Sanders | 3–0 | John Cherberg |
| 1958–1964 | Bill Barnes | 2–5 | Jim Owens |
| 1965–1970 | Tommy Prothro | 3–3 | Jim Owens |
| 1971–1973 | Pepper Rodgers | 1–2 | Jim Owens |
| 1976–1990 | Terry Donahue | 8–4–1 | Don James |
| 1993–1995 | Terry Donahue | 1–2 | Jim Lambright |
| 1996–1998 | Bob Toledo | 2–1 | Jim Lambright |
| 1999–2002 | Bob Toledo | 3–1 | Rick Neuheisel |
| 2005–2007 | Karl Dorrell | 2–1 | Tyrone Willingham |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from UCLA’s side (Spaulding 1–4 against Phelan). 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
| Maurice Jones-Drew UCLA | 26 carries, 322 yards, 5 TD | 2004 Rushing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1933 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 20, 1933
1936 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 12, 1936
1938 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 10, 1938
1942 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 23, 1942
1946 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 7, 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.
On television
| 2025 | NBC | 1.6 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.