The California–USC football rivalry, also known as the Weekender, is an American college football rivalry between the California Golden Bears and USC Trojans.
History While not as significant as the Stanford or UCLA rivalries for either school, the in-state rivals have met on the football field 112 times. The game between the schools was often called The Weekender, referring to the weekend trip to the Bay Area; although, this term also applied to the Stanford game, as each series (USC/Cal and USC/Stanford) would alternate home and away. As of the 2023 season, USC had played Cal more than any other opponent, with the 2023 game marking the 112th meeting, according to Cal, and the 108th meeting according to USC, with discrepancies in the game record before 1920. The last Weekender was played on October 28, 2023, with Cal losing to USC 50–49. USC leads the all-time series 72–32–6. In 2024, USC joined the Big Ten Conference while Cal joined the Atlantic Coast Conference. This will put the rivalry between the Bears and Trojans on hiatus with no future meetings scheduled as of 2025. USC's is California's second most played opponent all-time (behind only Stanford) while California is USC's all-time most-played opponent.
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See also Stanford–USC football rivalry California–UCLA football rivalry List of NCAA college football rivalry games List of most-played college football series in NCAA Division I
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