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California vs Illinois Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between California and Illinois.

PROGRAM ONECalifornia4 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD4–7WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOIllinois7 recorded wins
11Recorded meetings
1955Earliest documented
2019Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

11 games
  1. 1955
    California13 — 20Illinois
    Sep 24, 1955Illinois won
  2. 1956
    California20 — 32Illinois
    Sep 29, 1956Illinois won
  3. 1963
    California0 — 10Illinois
    Sep 28, 1963Illinois won
  4. 1964
    California14 — 20Illinois
    Sep 26, 1964Illinois won
  5. 1973
    California7 — 27Illinois
    Sep 22, 1973Illinois won
  6. 1974
    California31 — 14Illinois
    Oct 5, 1974California won
  7. 2000
    California15 — 17Illinois
    Sep 16, 2000Illinois won
  8. 2001
    California17 — 44Illinois
    Sep 1, 2001Illinois wonCalifornia Memorial Stadium
  9. 2003
    California31 — 24Illinois
    Sep 20, 2003California wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
  10. 2005
    California35 — 20Illinois
    Sep 17, 2005California wonCalifornia Memorial Stadium
  11. 2019
    California35 — 20Illinois
    Dec 30, 2019California wonLevi's Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2019California vs Illinois35–20California won
2005California vs Illinois35–20California won
2003California vs Illinois31–24California won
2001California vs Illinois17–44Illinois won
2000California vs Illinois15–17Illinois won
1974California vs Illinois31–14California won
1973California vs Illinois7–27Illinois won
1964California vs Illinois14–20Illinois won
1963California vs Illinois0–10Illinois won
1956California vs Illinois20–32Illinois won
1955California vs Illinois13–20Illinois won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.