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The USC-UCLA football rivalry is one of college football's most storied matchups, played annually since 1929 between the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins. Known as the "Crosstown Showdown," the game decides possession of the Victory Bell, a 295-pound brass bell originally from a Southern Pacific railroad locomotive.
USC commands the all-time series with a dominant record built across nearly a century of play. The Trojans' program depth shows in every category that matters: national championships, Heisman Trophy winners and NFL draft picks. While UCLA holds the longest single winning streak in the rivalry at eight consecutive years (1991-1998), USC's overall dominance across decades tells the definitive story.
This page tracks every game, every score and every record in the USC vs UCLA football rivalry. Sort by decade, filter by winner, explore win streaks and compare program achievements across the full history of Los Angeles' greatest college football rivalry.
People will shout from the rooftops about "integrity" and "fairness" and how Reggie Bush was taking advantage of a system that was built to keep the playing field level. This is disingenuous. What these positions fail to account for is that (a) numerous other teams were complicit in similar scandals and (b) the nature of Bush's unauthorized benefits did not materially affect on-field play.
Moreover, in the age of modern NIL payments, transfer rules, extended eligibility windows & overarching changes to the treatment of NCAA athlete compensation, the punitive sanctions the NCAA enacted were both unfair and untimely.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
FUCLA & Fight On forever.
