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UCLA vs. Washington State

UCLA and Washington State have 63 meetings on file, the first in 1928; UCLA leads the series 42–⁠20–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s UCLA 7–⁠3, and UCLA has won the last 2.

UCLA wins
42
Washington State wins
20
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1928
Longest streak
12 UCLA
Current streak
2 UCLA
Last 10 meetings
UCLA 7–⁠3
Most recent
2023

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠1
1930s3–⁠4
1940s4–⁠0
1950s5–⁠1
1960s3–⁠0
1970s9–⁠1
1980s5–⁠1–⁠1
1990s5–⁠4
2000s3–⁠6
2010s4–⁠2
2020s1–⁠0
Both ranked
2 meetings: UCLA 0, Washington State 2
Average margin
16.8 points; 22 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At UCLA
24–⁠10 UCLA’s record at home
At Washington State
10–⁠18–⁠1 Washington State’s record at home
Shutouts
10

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

Games that tell the story

  1. UCLA’s biggest win1976: UCLA 62, Washington State 3by 59 points
  2. Washington State’s biggest win1928: Washington State 38, UCLA 0by 38 points
  3. Upset1988: Washington State 34, UCLA 30Washington State had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2019: UCLA 67, Washington State 63UCLA had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2015: Washington State 31, UCLA 27Washington State had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2001: Washington State 20, UCLA 14No. 9 UCLA at No. 16 Washington State
  7. Ranked showdown1994: Washington State 21, UCLA 0No. 22 Washington State at No. 18 UCLA

Coach against coach

YearsUCLASeriesWashington State
1928–⁠1938William Spaulding2–⁠5O.E. Hollingbery
1939–⁠1941Babe Horrell3–⁠0O.E. Hollingbery
1968–⁠1970Tommy Prothro3–⁠0Jim Sweeney
1971–⁠1973Pepper Rodgers3–⁠0Jim Sweeney
1978–⁠1986Terry Donahue6–⁠1–⁠1Jim Walden
1990–⁠1995Terry Donahue3–⁠3Mike Price
1996–⁠2002Bob Toledo2–⁠3Mike Price
2003–⁠2007Karl Dorrell1–⁠4Bill Doba
2008–⁠2011Rick Neuheisel4–⁠0Paul Wulff
2012–⁠2016Jim Mora1–⁠2Mike Leach

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from UCLA’s side (Spaulding 2–⁠5 against Hollingbery). 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 Washington State, 1928 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

Anthony Gordon Washington State41 of 61, 570 yards, 9 TD, 2 INT2019 Passing
Dorian Thompson-Robinson UCLA25 of 38, 507 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT2019 Passing
Jerome Harrison Washington State42 carries, 247 yards, 3 TD2004 Rushing
Jerome Harrison Washington State34 carries, 260 yards, 2 TD2005 Rushing

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

From the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story of the 1936 game: WASHINGTON u. RATED fCINCH FOR BOWL BID

    1936 · Imperial Valley press, California, Nov 16, 1936

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1937 game: BALL @ R{3SWG IFS Ma

    1937 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 25, 1937

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1940 game: JACKIE ROBINSON AIDS UCLA TO WIN OVER WASH. STATE

    1940 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 18, 1940

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1948 game: FOOTBALL . SCORES

    1948 · The Daily Alaska empire, Sep 20, 1948

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1949 game: W5C ALMOST DOES IT-BUT LOSE 27-20 TO UClA INVADERS

    1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 24, 1949

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.

Every game

Oct 7, 2023UCLA 25, 13Washington State 17at UCLA
Sep 21, 2019UCLA 67, 19Washington State 63at Washington State
Oct 15, 2016Washington State 27, UCLA 21at Washington State
Nov 14, 2015Washington State 31, 18UCLA 27at UCLA
Nov 10, 201217UCLA 44, Washington State 36at Washington State
Oct 8, 2011UCLA 28, Washington State 25at UCLA
Oct 2, 2010UCLA 42, Washington State 28at UCLA
Nov 14, 2009UCLA 43, Washington State 7at Washington State
Oct 4, 2008UCLA 28, Washington State 3at UCLA
Oct 27, 2007Washington State 27, UCLA 7at Washington State
Oct 28, 2006Washington State 37, UCLA 15at UCLA
Oct 15, 200512UCLA 44, Washington State 41at Washington State
Nov 6, 2004Washington State 31, UCLA 29at UCLA
Nov 8, 200312Washington State 31, UCLA 13at Washington State
Dec 7, 20027Washington State 48, UCLA 27at UCLA
Nov 3, 200116Washington State 20, 9UCLA 14at Washington State
Oct 3, 19984UCLA 49, Washington State 17at UCLA
Aug 30, 1997Washington State 37, UCLA 34at Washington State
Nov 9, 1996UCLA 38, Washington State 14at UCLA
Sep 23, 1995Washington State 24, 16UCLA 15at Washington State
Sep 24, 199422Washington State 21, 18UCLA 0at UCLA
Nov 6, 199312UCLA 40, Washington State 27at Washington State
Oct 17, 199222Washington State 30, UCLA 17at Washington State
Nov 2, 199123UCLA 44, Washington State 3at UCLA
Sep 29, 1990UCLA 30, Washington State 20at Washington State
Oct 29, 1988Washington State 34, 1UCLA 30at UCLA
Oct 25, 198617UCLA 54, Washington State 16at UCLA
Oct 19, 198518UCLA 31, Washington State 30at Washington State
Oct 13, 1984UCLA 27, Washington State 24at UCLA
Oct 15, 1983UCLA 24, Washington State 14at Washington State
Oct 16, 198212UCLA 42, Washington State 17at UCLA
Oct 17, 198118Washington State 17, UCLA 17at Washington State
Oct 13, 1979Washington State 17, UCLA 14at Washington State
Oct 14, 197814UCLA 45, Washington State 31at UCLA
Oct 15, 1977UCLA 27, Washington State 16at Washington State
Oct 16, 19764UCLA 62, Washington State 3at UCLA
Oct 18, 197518UCLA 37, Washington State 23at Washington State
Oct 19, 1974UCLA 17, Washington State 13at UCLA
Oct 20, 197313UCLA 24, Washington State 13at Washington State
Oct 28, 19729UCLA 35, Washington State 20at UCLA
Oct 9, 1971UCLA 34, Washington State 21at Washington State
Oct 30, 197019UCLA 54, Washington State 9at UCLA
Oct 11, 196911UCLA 46, Washington State 14at Washington State
Sep 28, 19688UCLA 31, Washington State 21at UCLA
Sep 30, 19674UCLA 51, Washington State 23at Washington State
Nov 1, 1958Washington State 38, UCLA 20at UCLA
Nov 9, 1957UCLA 19, Washington State 13at Washington State
Oct 13, 1956UCLA 28, Washington State 0at UCLA
Oct 1, 1955UCLA 55, Washington State 0at Washington State
Oct 24, 195312UCLA 44, Washington State 7at UCLA
Sep 30, 1950UCLA 42, Washington State 0at UCLA
Oct 22, 1949UCLA 27, Washington State 20at Washington State
Sep 18, 1948UCLA 48, Washington State 26at UCLA
Sep 26, 1941UCLA 7, Washington State 6at UCLA
Nov 16, 1940UCLA 34, Washington State 26at UCLA
Nov 30, 193913UCLA 24, Washington State 7at UCLA
Nov 5, 1938UCLA 21, Washington State 0at Washington State
Oct 23, 1937Washington State 3, UCLA 0at UCLA
Nov 14, 193614Washington State 32, UCLA 7at UCLA
Nov 30, 1933UCLA 7, Washington State 0at UCLA
Nov 24, 1932Washington State 3, UCLA 0at UCLA
Oct 3, 1931Washington State 13, UCLA 0at Washington State
Nov 10, 1928Washington State 38, UCLA 0at Washington State

Every game is listed as played on the field.