Cal, Wisconsin To Meet In 2029, 2030

The California and Wisconsin football teams have agreed to meet for a pair of nonconference games in a home-and-home series in 2029 and 2030. The Golden Bears will host the Badgers at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley on Sept. 1, 2029, before making a trip to Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, on Aug. 31, 2030.

Cal holds a 5-1 advantage in the all-time series with the most recent contest a 28-12 victory for the Bears in Madison to open the 1990 campaign for both teams. Wisconsin was a 28-7 winner in the first-ever meeting between the teams in 1946, with Cal's first three victories coming in the following three seasons (1947-49) when the Bears were a combined 29-3, won a Pacific Coast Conference title (1949) a year after tying for a PCC crown (1948), and played in a pair of Rose Bowls (1948-49). Cal also swept the most recent games between the teams in 1989 and 1990.

The last time Cal played a Big Ten team was in the 2019 Redbox Bowl at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara when the Bears defeated Illinois, 35-20. Cal was also a winner in its last regular-season game against a Big Ten team with a 31-24 victory at Northwestern in the 2014 season opener for both squads.

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Cal-Wisconsin Series History
Sept. 28, 1946 – Wisconsin 28, at California 7
Oct. 11, 1947 – (8) California 48, at Wisconsin 7
Oct. 9, 1948 – at (9) California 40, Wisconsin 14
Oct. 8, 1949 – (10) California 35, at Wisconsin 20
Sept. 23, 1989 – at California 20, Wisconsin 14
Sept. 8, 1990 – California 28, at Wisconsin 12
AP ranking at time of game in parenthesis; Additional information on the all-time series can be found at CalBears.com