Matchup Index

Northwestern Wildcats vs UCLA Bruins

Northwestern Wildcats 4
Northwestern Wildcats leads 4-3
wins
1931 to 2025
Northwestern Wildcats won the last meeting
UCLA Bruins 3

Series timeline

▲ Northwestern Wildcats ahead (peak +3)
1931: Northwestern Wildcats 19-01947: Northwestern Wildcats 27-261948: Northwestern Wildcats 19-01969: UCLA Bruins 36-01970: UCLA Bruins 12-72005: UCLA Bruins 50-38 (postseason)2025: Northwestern Wildcats 17-14

Northwestern Wildcats UCLA Bruins Tie Postseason One meeting per cell

Longest streaks: Northwestern Wildcats 3 (1931–1948), UCLA Bruins 3 (1969–2005). Current: Northwestern Wildcats 1.

Splits

SplitNorthwestern Wildcats record
Regular season4-2
Postseason0-1
Hosted by Northwestern Wildcats3-1
Hosted by UCLA Bruins1-2
Last 7 seasons (1931 to 2025)4-3
Largest Northwestern Wildcats win19-0 (1931)
Largest UCLA Bruins win36-0 (1969)

Postseason meetings

SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2005Dec 30, 2005UCLA Bruins 50-38 at UCLA Bruins Bowls (SR Week 16)

Every meeting

2020s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2025 Sep 27, 2025 Northwestern Wildcats 17-14 at Northwestern Wildcats Week 5
2000s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2005 Dec 30, 2005 UCLA Bruins 50-38 at UCLA Bruins Bowls (SR Week 16) Postseason
1970s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1970 Sep 26, 1970 UCLA Bruins 12-7 at UCLA Bruins Week 5
1960s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1969 Oct 4, 1969 UCLA Bruins 36-0 at Northwestern Wildcats Week 4
1940s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1948 Sep 25, 1948 Northwestern Wildcats 19-0 at UCLA Bruins Week 3
1947 Oct 4, 1947 Northwestern Wildcats 27-26 at Northwestern Wildcats Week 4
1930s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1931 Oct 17, 1931 Northwestern Wildcats 19-0 at Northwestern Wildcats Week 6

Sources

Records are computed from every final game result in the Matchup Index database. About the data.

College football results follow Sports Reference coverage, which omits some early games against non-major opponents.