California–UCLA football rivalry

The California–UCLA football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the California Golden Bears football team of the University of California, Berkeley and UCLA Bruins football team of the University of California, Los Angeles.

History

Traditionally, the Cal–UCLA rivalry is played on "All-University Weekend". During the same week, Cal and UCLA usually play each other in any other sports in season, and the schools host festivals celebrating the achievements of the UC System. Played annually since 1933, it was the third-longest never-interrupted rivalry in college football, behind only Iowa State vs. Kansas State (uninterrupted since 1917), and Navy vs. Notre Dame (uninterrupted from 1927 until 2020). Because so many college football teams did not play in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic, the Cal-UCLA rivalry is now the second-longest never-interrupted rivalry in college football and one of two never-interrupted rivalries that still exist in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I college football. Due to the two team's nicknames being named after bears, it is sometimes referred to as the Bear Bowl by fans.

In 2020, the rivalry was set to end its yearly streak due to the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. However, after unexpected cancellations for both Cal and UCLA on November 13, 2020, the Pac-12 scheduled the game for November 15, 2020. The game alternates between the two respective schools. Excepting 2020, contests in odd-numbered years are played in Pasadena, and even-numbered years in Berkeley. The rivalry will likely be interrupted once UCLA joins the Big Ten and Cal joins the ACC in 2024.

Game results

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games
• Stanford–USC football rivalry

References

1. UCLA–USC rivalry
2. Sports in California
3. Victory Bell (UCLA–USC)
4. University of California, Los Angeles
5. Notre Dame–UCLA men's basketball rivalry
6. UCLA Bruins football
7. UCLA Bruins men's basketball
8. UCLA Bruins
9. Stanford–USC football rivalry
10. USC Trojans football
11. USC Trojans
12. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
13. Drake Stadium (UCLA)
14. List of college rivalries in the United States
15. California Golden Bears football
16. 2023 UCLA Bruins football team
17. 1967 UCLA vs. USC football game
18. List of NCAA college football rivalry games
19. Southern California Crosstown Cup
20. 1965 UCLA Bruins football team