Notre Dame – UCLA
Men's Basketball Regular Season History
First meeting	December 20, 1950
First result	Notre Dame, 68–60
Latest meeting	December 19, 2009
Latest result	Notre Dame, 84–73
Next meeting	TBD
Largest victory
Current streak	ND, 1
All-time series	UCLA 28–20
Men's basketball postseason history
Last meeting
Last result
All-time postseason series

The University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...

 and the University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

 have somewhat of a rivalry in several sports, especially men's basketball.

Men's basketball

UCLA

UCLA Bruins men's basketball

The UCLA Bruins men's basketball program, established in 1920, owns a record 11 Division I NCAA championships. UCLA teams coached by John Wooden won 10 national titles in 12 seasons from 1964 to 1975, including 7 straight from 1967 to 1973. UCLA went undefeated a record 4 times, in 1964, 1967,...

 had a basketball rivalry with Notre Dame

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. The program competes in the Big East Conference of NCAA Division I. The school holds two national championships in...

 that started when Digger Phelps

Digger Phelps

Richard "Digger" Phelps is a former American college basketball coach, most notably of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team from 1971 to 1991. Since 1993, he has served as an analyst on ESPN.-Career:...

 was the Notre Dame coach and John Wooden

John Wooden

John Robert Wooden was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood", he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period — seven in a row — as head coach at UCLA, an unprecedented feat. Within this period, his teams won a record 88 consecutive games...

 was the UCLA coach. UCLA and Notre Dame played a home-and-home meeting for several seasons in the 1970s and 1980s, which is otherwise uncommon outside conference play. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the schools met once annually. This rivalry existed from the desire of the Notre Dame athletic department to schedule the top schools for intersectional competition, much as the Notre Dame – USC rivalry exists in football. UCLA and Notre Dame played 42 times between 1966 and 1995, and the height of the rivalry was when Notre Dame ended UCLA's consecutive game winning streak at 88 on January 19, 1974. UCLA also broke a 60-game Notre Dame winning streak in South Bend. Current UCLA head coach Ben Howland

Ben Howland

Ben Howland is an American college head coach of men's basketball.He has been the head coach of the University of California, Los Angeles since 2003, and in 2008 signed an extension of his contract to run through 2015. Aggressive man-to-man defense is the trademark of Ben Howland-coached...

 has since scheduled Notre Dame four times: in 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2009. After UCLA's victory on February 7, 2009, UCLA leads the all-time series 28–19.

Results

Notre Dame wins are in dark blue, UCLA wins are in light blue

Date	Host	Winning team		Losing team		Series
December 20, 1952	East Lansing, MI (Michigan State Classic)	Notre Dame	68	UCLA	60	ND 1–0
December 16, 1960	Los Angeles	UCLA	85	Notre Dame	54	Tied, 1–1
December 23, 1966	Los Angeles	UCLA	96	Notre Dame	67	UCLA, 2–1
December 21, 1967	Los Angeles	UCLA	114	Notre Dame	63	UCLA, 3–1
December 7, 1968	South Bend	UCLA	88	Notre Dame	75	UCLA, 4–1
January 3, 1970	Los Angeles	UCLA	108	Notre Dame	77	UCLA, 5–1
January 23, 1971	South Bend	Notre Dame	89	UCLA	82	UCLA, 5–2
December 22, 1971	Los Angeles	UCLA	114	Notre Dame	56	UCLA, 6–2
January 29, 1972	South Bend	UCLA	57	Notre Dame	32	UCLA, 7–2
December 23, 1972	Los Angeles	UCLA	82	Notre Dame	56	UCLA, 8–2
January 27, 1973	South Bend	UCLA	82	Notre Dame	63	UCLA, 9–2
January 19, 1974	South Bend	Notre Dame	71	UCLA	70	UCLA, 9–3
January 26, 1974	Los Angeles	UCLA	94	Notre Dame	75	UCLA, 10–3
December 21, 1974	Los Angeles	UCLA	85	Notre Dame	72	UCLA, 11–3
January 25, 1975	South Bend	Notre Dame	84	UCLA	78	UCLA, 11–4
January 3, 1976	Los Angeles	UCLA	86	Notre Dame	70	UCLA, 12–4
January 24, 1976	South Bend	Notre Dame	95	UCLA	85	UCLA, 12–5
December 11, 1976	Los Angeles	Notre Dame	66	UCLA	63	UCLA, 12–6
January 23, 1977	South Bend	UCLA	70	Notre Dame	65	UCLA, 13–6
December 10, 1977	Los Angeles	Notre Dame	69	UCLA	66	UCLA, 13–7
January 22, 1978	South Bend	Notre Dame	75	UCLA	73	UCLA, 13–8
December 9, 1978	Los Angeles	Notre Dame	81	UCLA	78	UCLA, 13–9
February 11, 1979	South Bend	UCLA	56	Notre Dame	52	UCLA, 14–9
December 11, 1979	South Bend	Notre Dame	77	UCLA	74	UCLA, 14–10
January 19, 1980	Los Angeles	Notre Dame	80	UCLA	73	UCLA, 14–11
November 29, 1980	Los Angeles	UCLA	94	Notre Dame	81	UCLA, 15–11
February 8, 1981	South Bend	UCLA	51	Notre Dame	50	UCLA, 16–11
December 5, 1981	South Bend	UCLA	75	Notre Dame	49	UCLA, 17–11
February 7, 1982	Los Angeles	UCLA	48	Notre Dame	47	UCLA, 18–11
December 4, 1982	South Bend	UCLA	65	Notre Dame	64	UCLA, 19–11
January 30, 1983	Los Angeles	UCLA	59	Notre Dame	53	UCLA, 20–11
December 3, 1983	South Bend	UCLA	51	Notre Dame	47	UCLA, 21–11
February 3, 1985	Los Angeles	Notre Dame	53	UCLA	52	UCLA, 21–12
January 18, 1986	South Bend	Notre Dame	74	UCLA	64	UCLA, 21–13
January 24, 1987	Los Angeles	UCLA	63	Notre Dame	59	UCLA, 22–13
February 14, 1988	South Bend	Notre Dame	73	UCLA	66	UCLA, 22–14
January 14, 1989	Los Angeles	Notre Dame	82	UCLA	79	UCLA, 22–15
December 17, 1989	South Bend	Notre Dame	86	UCLA	84	UCLA, 22–16
December 8, 1990	Los Angeles	UCLA	99	Notre Dame	91	UCLA, 23–16
February 22, 1992	South Bend	Notre Dame	84	UCLA	71	UCLA, 23–17
January 31, 1993	Los Angeles	UCLA	68	Notre Dame	65	UCLA, 24–17
February 5, 1994	South Bend	Notre Dame	79	UCLA	63	UCLA, 24–18
February 5, 1995	Los Angeles	UCLA	92	Notre Dame	55	UCLA, 25–18
December 20, 1995	South Bend	UCLA	83	Notre Dame	58	UCLA, 26–18
February 28, 2004	Los Angeles	Notre Dame	75	UCLA	60	UCLA, 26–19
February 27, 2005	South Bend	UCLA	75	Notre Dame	65	UCLA, 27–19
February 7, 2009	Los Angeles	UCLA	89	Notre Dame	63	UCLA, 28–19
December 19, 2009	South Bend	Notre Dame	84	UCLA	73	UCLA, 28–20

Football

Notre Dame and UCLA occasionally play in football, though the game is not a rivalry game. The two schools have met four times, with Notre Dame winning all four matchups

Results

Date	Stadium	City	Winning team		Losing team		Series
October 19, 1963	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame Stadium is the home football stadium for the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. The stadium is located on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States, just north of the city of South Bend....	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	27	UCLA	12	ND 1–0
October 17, 1964	Notre Dame Stadium	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	24	UCLA	0	ND 2–0
October 21, 2006	Notre Dame Stadium	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	20	UCLA	17	ND 3–0
October 6, 2007	Rose Bowl Rose Bowl (stadium) The Rose Bowl is an outdoor athletic stadium in Pasadena, California, U.S., in Los Angeles County. The stadium is the site of the annual college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl, held on New Year's Day. In 1982, it became the home field of the UCLA Bruins college football team of the Pac-12...	Pasadena, CA	Notre Dame	20	UCLA	6	ND 4–0