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Iowa vs UCLA Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Iowa and UCLA.

PROGRAM ONEIowa2 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD2–8WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOUCLA8 recorded wins
10Recorded meetings
1938Earliest documented
2024Most 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.

10 games
  1. 1938
    Iowa3 — 27UCLA
    Sep 23, 1938UCLA won
  2. 1947
    Iowa7 — 22UCLA
    Sep 26, 1947UCLA won
  3. 1949
    Iowa25 — 41UCLA
    Sep 24, 1949UCLA won
  4. 1955
    Iowa13 — 33UCLA
    Oct 21, 1955UCLA won
  5. 1973
    Iowa18 — 55UCLA
    Sep 22, 1973UCLA won
  6. 1974
    Iowa21 — 10UCLA
    Sep 21, 1974Iowa won
  7. 1977
    Iowa16 — 34UCLA
    Oct 1, 1977UCLA won
  8. 1981
    Iowa20 — 7UCLA
    Sep 26, 1981Iowa won
  9. 1985
    Iowa28 — 45UCLA
    Jan 1, 1986UCLA won
  10. 2024
    Iowa17 — 20UCLA
    Nov 9, 2024UCLA wonRose Bowl
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2024Iowa vs UCLA17–20UCLA won
1985Iowa vs UCLA28–45UCLA won
1981Iowa vs UCLA20–7Iowa won
1977Iowa vs UCLA16–34UCLA won
1974Iowa vs UCLA21–10Iowa won
1973Iowa vs UCLA18–55UCLA won
1955Iowa vs UCLA13–33UCLA won
1949Iowa vs UCLA25–41UCLA won
1947Iowa vs UCLA7–22UCLA won
1938Iowa vs UCLA3–27UCLA 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.