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Northwestern vs UCLA Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONENorthwestern4 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD4–3WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOUCLA3 recorded wins
7Recorded meetings
1931Earliest documented
2025Most 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.

7 games
  1. 1931
    Northwestern19 — 0UCLA
    Oct 17, 1931Northwestern won
  2. 1947
    Northwestern27 — 26UCLA
    Oct 4, 1947Northwestern won
  3. 1948
    Northwestern19 — 0UCLA
    Sep 25, 1948Northwestern won
  4. 1969
    Northwestern0 — 36UCLA
    Oct 4, 1969UCLA won
  5. 1970
    Northwestern7 — 12UCLA
    Sep 26, 1970UCLA won
  6. 2005
    Northwestern38 — 50UCLA
    Dec 30, 2005UCLA wonSun Bowl
  7. 2025
    Northwestern17 — 14UCLA
    Sep 27, 2025Northwestern wonLanny and Sharon Martin Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2025Northwestern vs UCLA17–14Northwestern won
2005Northwestern vs UCLA38–50UCLA won
1970Northwestern vs UCLA7–12UCLA won
1969Northwestern vs UCLA0–36UCLA won
1948Northwestern vs UCLA19–0Northwestern won
1947Northwestern vs UCLA27–26Northwestern won
1931Northwestern vs UCLA19–0Northwestern 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.