Blue–Green Rivalry

The Blue–Green Rivalry is the name of the rivalry between athletic teams from the University of California, Santa Barbara and California Polytechnic State University, the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos and the Cal Poly Mustangs. Athletic competition between the two schools began in the 1921 on the football field.

Blue–Green Rivalry
Men's Soccer
First Meeting	1967[1]
Games Played	71[2]
All-time series	UCSB leads: 45–18–8[2]
Men's Basketball
First Meeting	1937[3]
Games Played	107[3]
All-time series	UCSB leads: 73–34[3]

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Locations of Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara

The rivalry is best known recently for its games between the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer and Cal Poly Mustangs men's soccer teams and is called the "Greatest Rivalry In College Soccer".[4]

History

First meeting

The UCSB Gauchos and Cal Poly Mustangs met in their first collegiate athletic event on November 5, 1921.[5] Santa Barbara State Teachers College, as UC Santa Barbara was known then, started a football team and played Cal Poly, with Poly coming out as 42–0 winners.[5][6][7]

California Collegiate Athletic Association

The rivalry heated up when both schools were members of the California Collegiate Athletic Association. The Gauchos joined the CCAA in 1939 and the Mustangs joined in 1945. The two would remain in-conference rival until the Gauchos departed in 1969 for the newly formed Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

Big West Conference

The Pacific Coast Athletic Association would later become known as the Big West Conference. Cal Poly joined in 1996 and the two have been competing in-conference match ups since.

Formalization of the Blue–Green Rivalry

The two schools announced the formalization of the Blue–Green Rivalry in 2009 to highlight the athletic accomplishments, but also to promote environmental sustainability.[8][9][10][11] October 2012 saw the schools increase promotions of the rivalry, including the addition of a new website.[12] However, this website has since been discontinued.

Results (Formalized rivalry era)

School year	Champion	Score	Record
2009–2010[13][14]	UC Santa Barbara	12–10	UCSB 1–0
2010–2011	?	?	?
2011–2012[15][16]	UC Santa Barbara	14–12	?
2012–2013[15][16][17]	UC Santa Barbara	15–14	?
2013–2014[15][16][18]	UC Santa Barbara	13–12	?
2014–2015[16]	UC Santa Barbara	18–11	?
2015–2016	In progress	—	—

Men's soccer

The best known of the Blue–Green Rivalry games, Cal Poly and UCSB play each other twice a year in Big West Conference play. With both schools located on the Central Coast of California less than 100 miles apart, attendance has risen dramatically following the Gauchos' 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The crowds of these games are record-setting and are among the highest regular season games in NCAA college soccer history.

Cal Poly victories

UCSB victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score Attendance 1 September 3, 1994 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 2–0 N/A 2 September 25, 1994 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 4–2 N/A 3 November 3, 1995 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 4–1 N/A 4 October 18, 1996 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 2–1 N/A 5 November 15, 1996 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 2–1 N/A 6 September 21, 1997 San Diego, CA Cal Poly 2–1 N/A 7 October 18, 1997 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 3–2 N/A 8 November 13, 1998 Santa Barbara, CA Cal Poly 4–2 N/A 9 September 1, 1999 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 2–0 N/A 10 November 13, 1999 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 4–2 N/A 11 November 7, 2000 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 3–0 206 12 October 19, 2001 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 3–1 318 13 November 9, 2001 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 5–1 575 14 October 25, 2002 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 3–1 425 15 November 2, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 3–0 522 16 September 24, 2003 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB (10) 2–0 617 17 October 22, 2003 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB (7) 3–1 307 18 October 9, 2004 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB (1) 2–0 1,837 19 October 23, 2004 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB (2) 2–0 607 20 September 28, 2005 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB (19) 3–1 568 21 October 22, 2005 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB(14) 2–0 1,091 22 September 5, 2006 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB (7) 2–0 924 23 October 14, 2006 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 2–0 1,123 24 October 17, 2007 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 2–1 7,143 25 November 3, 2007 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB (12) 3–1 8,102 No. Date Location Winner Score Attendance 26 October 17, 2008 San Luis Obispo, CA Tie 0–1 ^2OT 11,075 27 October 5, 2008 Santa Barbara, CA Tie 0–0 ^2OT 9,749 28 November 12, 2008 Santa Barbara, CA Cal Poly 2–2 ^2OT 3,601 29 October 7, 2009 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB (7) 1–0 5,842 30 November 4, 2009 San Luis Obispo, CA Tie 0–0 ^2OT 9,824 31 October 12, 2010 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 2–1 6,057 32 October 27, 2010 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 2–1 ^OT 8,125 33 November 10, 2010 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB (22) 2 ^OT–1 4,084 34 October 14, 2011 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 2–1 11,075 35 November 4, 2011 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB (17) 2–0 13,822 36 October 19, 2012 Santa Barbara, CA Cal Poly 2–1 ^OT 13,467 37 November 3, 2012 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 1–0 11,075 38 October 25, 2013 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 1–1 ^2OT 11,075 39 November 9, 2013 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB (12) 2–0 12,805 40 October 25, 2014 Santa Barbara, CA Cal Poly 2–2 ^2OT 14,345 41 November 2, 2014 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 2–0 11,075 42 October 17, 2015 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 3–2 ^2OT 11,075 43 October 24, 2015 Santa Barbara, CA Cal Poly (23) 2–2 ^2OT 14,919 44 October 15, 2016 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 2–1 11,075 45 October 22, 2016 Santa Barbara, CA Tie 0–0 ^2OT 11,424 46 October 14, 2017 Santa Barbara, CA Tie 0–0 ^2OT 10,293 47 October 29, 2017 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 4–1 11,075 48 September 30, 2018 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 1–0 11,075 49 October 27, 2018 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 2–0 7,318 Series: UCSB leads 25–19–5

Source: [19]

Men's basketball

• Note: NCAA Division I play only
• Series table does not include results prior to the 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season

Cal Poly victories

UCSB victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 December 22, 1994 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 83–50 2 January 11, 1997 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 60–51 3 February 22, 1997 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 92–88 4 January 22, 1998 Santa Barbara, CA Cal Poly 68–66 5 February 22, 1998 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 102–96 6 January 20, 1999 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 78–75 7 February 20, 1999 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 82–74 8 February 3, 2000 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 87–79 9 February 23, 2000 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 79–69 10 February 10, 2001 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 95–88 11 February 22, 2001 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 84–77 12 January 19, 2002 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 74–67 13 February 16, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 69–66 14 March 7, 2002 Anaheim, CA UCSB 74–65 15 January 25, 2003 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 70–61 16 February 20, 2003 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 66–63 17 March 14, 2003 Anaheim, CA Cal Poly 67–52 18 January 17, 2004 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 78–59 19 February 14, 2004 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 73–53 20 January 13, 2005 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 76–56 21 February 19, 2005 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 78–66 22 January 21, 2006 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 74–62 23 February 15, 2006 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 74–37 24 March 9, 2006 Anaheim, CA Cal Poly 57–50 25 January 20, 2007 Santa Barbara, CA Cal Poly 71–61 26 February 14, 2007 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 86–79 27 January 19, 2008 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 75–60 No. Date Location Winner Score 28 February 14, 2008 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 60–47 29 January 17, 2009 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 72–62 30 February 14, 2009 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 68–66 31 January 28, 2010 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 80–57 32 February 27, 2010 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 60–57 33 January 27, 2011 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 71–70 34 March 5, 2011 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 49–43 35 January 2, 2012 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 58–57 36 February 25, 2012 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 68–60 37 March 9, 2012 Anaheim, CA UCSB 64–52 38 January 19, 2013 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 83–81 39 February 16, 2013 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 67–49 40 January 11, 2014 Santa Barbara, CA Cal Poly 72–64 41 March 8, 2014 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 71–55 42 March 13, 2014 Anaheim, CA Cal Poly 69–38 43 January 10, 2015 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 50–45 44 March 7, 2015 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 64–56 45 March 12, 2015 Anaheim, CA UCSB 54–50 46 January 14, 2016 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 76–73 47 March 5, 2016 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 69–50 48 January 14, 2017 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 58–53 49 March 4, 2017 San Luis Obispo, CA UCSB 57–44 50 January 4, 2018 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly 80–79 51 March 3, 2018 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB 86–61 52 March 8, 2018 Anaheim, CA UCSB 75–53 Series: UCSB leads 38–14

Source: [20]

References

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External links

• "Blue Green Rivalry". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2015-10-29.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
• Blue-Green Rivalry on http://www.gopoly.com/