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UCLA-USC Football Rivalry

UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Football, 2008

UCLA Bruins vs. USC Trojans, 2008. Courtesy and photo by Bobak Ha'Eri, via Wikimedia Commons.


After 93 games, the perennial football rivalry between Southern California's chief football schools gives USC 52 wins to 34 wins for UCLA. The 2004 and 2005 wins by USC, however, were vacated. Of the 93 games, seven ended in ties (last in 1971). UCLA, however, maintains the longest winning streak in the rivalry - eight consecutive seasons from 1991 to 1998. USC had hoped to match that streak in 2006, after a seven-year winning streak (1999 to 2005), but lost in the match-up that year.


2023 UCLA 38, USC 20
2022 USC 48, UCLA 45
2021 UCLA 62, USC 33
2020 USC 43, UCLA 38
2019 USC 52, UCLA 35
2018 UCLA 34, USC 27
2017 USC 28, UCLA 23
2016 USC 36, UCLA 14
2015 USC 40, UCLA 21
2014 UCLA 35, USC 14
2013 UCLA 38, USC 20
2012 UCLA 38, USC 28
2011 USC 50, UCLA 0
2010 USC 28, UCLA 14
2009 USC 28, UCLA 7
2008 USC 28, UCLA 7
2007 USC 24, UCLA 7
2006 UCLA 13, USC 9
2005 USC 66, UCLA 19
2004 USC 29, UCLA 24
2003 USC 47, UCLA 22
2002 USC 52, UCLA 21
2001 USC 27, UCLA 0
2000 USC 38, UCLA 35
1999 USC 17, UCLA 7
1998 UCLA 34, USC 17
1997 UCLA 31, USC 24
1996* UCLA 48, USC 41
1995 UCLA 24, USC 20
1994 UCLA 31, USC 19
1993 UCLA 27, USC 21
1992 UCLA 38, USC 37

1991 UCLA 24, USC 21
1990 USC 45, UCLA 42
1989 Tied 10-10
1988 USC 31, UCLA 22
1987 USC 17, UCLA 13
1986 UCLA 45, USC 25
1985 USC 17, UCLA 13
1984 UCLA 29, USC 10
1983 UCLA 27, USC 17
1982 UCLA 20, USC 19
1981 USC 22, UCLA 21
1980 UCLA 20, USC 17
1979 USC 49, UCLA 14
1978 USC 17, UCLA 10
1977 USC 29, UCLA 27
1976 USC 24, UCLA 14
1975 UCLA 25, USC 22
1974 USC 34, UCLA 9
1973 USC 23, UCLA 13
1972 USC 24, UCLA 7
1971 Tied 7-7
1970 UCLA 45, USC 20
1969 USC 14, UCLA 12
1968 USC 28, UCLA 16
1967 USC 21, UCLA 20
1966 UCLA 14, USC 7
1965 UCLA 20, USC 16
1964 USC 34, UCLA 13
1963 USC 26, UCLA 6
1962 USC 14, UCLA 3
1961 UCLA 10, USC 7
1960 USC 17, UCLA 6

1959 UCLA 10, USC 3
1958 Tied 15-15
1957 UCLA 20, USC 9
1956 USC 10, UCLA 7
1955 UCLA 17, USC 7
1954 UCLA 34, USC 0
1953 UCLA 13, USC 0
1952 USC 14, UCLA 12
1951 UCLA 21, USC 7
1950 UCLA 39, USC 0
1949 USC 21, UCLA 7
1948 USC 20, UCLA 13
1947 USC 6, UCLA 0
1946 UCLA 13, USC 6
1945 USC 13, UCLA 6(1); USC 26, UCLA 15(2)
1944 Tied 13-13(3); USC 40, UCLA 13(4)
1943 USC 20, UCLA 0(5); USC 26, UCLA 13(6)
1942 UCLA 14, USC 7
1941 Tied 7-7
1940 USC 28, UCLA 12
1939 Tied 0-0
1938 USC 42, UCLA 7
1937 USC 19, UCLA 13
1936 Tied 7-7
1935 no game
1934 no game
1933 no game
1932 no game
1931 no game
1930 USC 52, UCLA 0
1929 USC 76, UCLA 0

* Overtime game
† The USC wins in the 2004 and 2005 season were vacated after an NCAA investigation into their football program.
(1) September 21; (2) December 1; (3) September 23; (4) November 25; (5) September 25; (6) November 27


UCLA, Bruins, USC ,Trojans, Football, 2008

The Victory Bell is the prize of the UCLA-USC game (here painted red in 2007 due to USC's possession, blue when in UCLA's possession).
Courtesy and photo by Jakesthesnake, via Wikimedia Commons.