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UCLA And Cal To Keep The Football Rivalry Going With A Four-Game Series Scheduled

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The California and UCLA football teams have agreed to meet in non-conference games for four consecutive seasons from 2026-29 with each team hosting a pair of the four contests. Cal will welcome UCLA to California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley on Sept. 5, 2026 and Sept. 2, 2028, while the Golden Bears will travel to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, on Sept. 4, 2027 and Sept. 15, 2029.

The non-conference contests will be the first ever between Cal and UCLA. The teams first met in 1933 and have played a total of 94 times, including at least one conference game every season for 91 consecutive campaigns from 1933-2023 while meeting twice each year from 1943-45. The Bruins lead the all-time series, 58-35-1, while Cal was a 33-7 winner in their most recent meeting in the 2023 regular-season finale for both teams at the Rose Bowl.

Cal (Atlantic Coast Conference) and UCLA (Big Ten) will play football in different conferences beginning in 2024 and are not scheduled to play against each other in either 2024 or 2025.

Cal has also moved a previously scheduled home game in 2026 against UNLV from Sept. 5 to later in the same season on Oct. 3, while a previously scheduled two-game series against Florida (at Florida – Sept. 19, 2026; at Cal – Sept. 4, 2027) has been canceled.

California Football Future Schedules

2025
Date – Opponent
Aug. 30 – at Oregon State
Sept. 13 – Minnesota
Sept. 20 – at San Diego State
TBA (ACC Home Games) – Duke, North Carolina, SMU, Virginia
TBA (ACC Road Games) – Boston College, Louisville, Stanford, Virginia Tech
 
2026
Date – Opponent
Sept. 5 – UCLA
Oct. 3 – UNLV
TBA (ACC Home Games) – Clemson, Stanford, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
TBA (ACC Road Games) – North Carolina State, SMU, Syracuse, Virginia
 
2027
Date – Opponent
Sept. 4 – at UCLA
TBA (ACC Home Games) – Boston College, Florida State, Louisville, SMU
TBA (ACC Road Games) – Georgia Tech, Miami, Pittsburgh, Stanford
 
2028
Date – Opponent
Sept. 2 – UCLA
Sept. 16 – at Minnesota
TBA (ACC Home Games) – Georgia Tech, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Stanford
TBA (ACC Road Games) – Florida State, Louisville, SMU, Wake Forest
 
2029
Date – Opponent
Sept. 1 – Wisconsin
Sept. 8 – at Wyoming
Sept. 15 – at UCLA
TBA (ACC Home Games) – Duke, Miami, SMU, Syracuse
TBA (ACC Road Games) – Boston College, Clemson, North Carolina, Stanford