Blue–Green Rivalry

UCSB Gauchos–Cal Poly Mustangs

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]

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.

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]

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.

Recent results

Cal Poly victories are shaded ██ green. UCSB victories shaded in ██ blue. Ties shaded white.

Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series	Attendance
September 3, 1994	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	2	UCSB	0	CP 1–0–0
September 25, 1994	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB	4	Cal Poly	2	Tied 1–1–0
November 3, 1995	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	4	UCSB	1	CP 2–1–0
October 18, 1996	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB	2	Cal Poly	1	Tied 2–2–0
November 15, 1996	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	2	UCSB	1	CP 3–2–0
September 21, 1997	San Diego, CA	Cal Poly	2	UCSB	1	CP 4–2–0
October 18, 1997	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	3	UCSB	2	CP 5–2–0
November 13, 1998	Santa Barbara, CA	Cal Poly	4	UCSB	2	CP 6–2–0
September 1, 1999	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	CP 6–3–0
November 13, 1999	San Luis Obispo, CA	UCSB	4	Cal Poly	2	CP 6–4–0
November 7, 2000	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	3	UCSB	0	CP 7–4–0	206
October 19, 2001	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB	3	Cal Poly	1	CP 7–5–0	318
November 9, 2001	San Luis Obispo, CA	UCSB	5	Cal Poly	1	CP 7–6–0	575
October 25, 2002	San Luis Obispo, CA	UCSB	3	Cal Poly	1	Tied 7–7–0	425
November 2, 2002	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB	3	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 8–7–0	522
September 24, 2003	Santa Barbara, CA	#10 UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 9–7–0	617
October 22, 2003	San Luis Obispo, CA	#7 UCSB	3	Cal Poly	1	UCSB 10–7–0	307
October 9, 2004	San Luis Obispo, CA	#1 UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 11–7–0	1,837
October 23, 2004	Santa Barbara, CA	#2 UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 12–7–0	607
September 28, 2005	San Luis Obispo, CA	#19 UCSB	3	Cal Poly	1	UCSB 13–7–0	568
October 22, 2005	Santa Barbara, CA	#14 UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 14–7–0	1,091
September 5, 2006	Santa Barbara, CA	#7 UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 15–7–0	924
October 14, 2006	San Luis Obispo, CA	UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 16–7–0	1,123
October 17, 2007	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	2	#15 UCSB	1	UCSB 16–8–0	7,143
November 3, 2007	Santa Barbara, CA	#12 UCSB	3	#15 Cal Poly	1	UCSB 17–8–0	8,102
October 17, 2008	San Luis Obispo, CA	#19 UCSB (2OT)	1	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 18–8–0	11,075
October 5, 2008	Santa Barbara, CA	#17 UCSB (2OT)	0	#25 Cal Poly	0	UCSB 18–8–1	9,749
November 12, 2008	Santa Barbara, CA	#19 UCSB (2OT)	2	Cal Poly	2	UCSB 18–8–2	3,601
October 7, 2009	Santa Barbara, CA	#7 UCSB	1	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 19–8–2	5,842
November 4, 2009	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly (2OT)	0	#3 UCSB	0	UCSB 19–8–3	9,824
October 12, 2010	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB	2	Cal Poly	1	UCSB 20–8–3	6,057
October 27, 2010	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly (OT)	2	#19 UCSB	1	UCSB 20–9–3	8,125
November 10, 2010	Santa Barbara, CA	#22 UCSB (OT)	2	Cal Poly	1	UCSB 21–9–3	4,084
October 14, 2011	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	2	#13 UCSB	1	UCSB 21–10–3	11,075
November 4, 2011	Santa Barbara, CA	#17 UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 22–10–3	13,822
October 19, 2012	Santa Barbara, CA	Cal Poly (OT)	2	#16 UCSB	1	UCSB 22–11–3	13,467
November 3, 2012	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	1	UCSB	0	UCSB 22–12–3	11,075
October 25, 2013	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly (2OT)	1	#21 UCSB	1	UCSB 22–12–4	11,075
November 9, 2013	Santa Barbara, CA	#12 UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 23–12–4	12,805
October 25, 2014	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB (2OT)	2	Cal Poly	2	UCSB 23–12–5	14,345
November 2, 2014	San Luis Obispo, CA	UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 24–12–5	11,075
October 17, 2015	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly (2OT)	3	#14 UCSB	2	UCSB 24–13–5	11,075
October 24, 2015	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB (2OT)	2	#23 Cal Poly	2	UCSB 24–13–6	14,919
October 15, 2016	San Luis Obispo, CA	UCSB	2	Cal Poly	1	UCSB 25–13–6	11,075
October 22, 2016	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB (2OT)	0	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 25–13–7	11,424
Source: ^[19]

References

↑ "UCSB All-Time Season Results" (PDF). http://ucsb.prestosports.com. August 2015. p. 11. Retrieved October 29, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
1 2 "No. 21 Gauchos Ready for Cal Poly Rematch on Prime Ticket". http://ucsbgauchos.com. October 23, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
1 2 3 "UCSB, Cal Poly Renew Blue-Green Rivalry Thursday in SLO". http://ucsbgauchos.com. January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "The Fourteen Greatest Rivalries In College Soccer". http://www.collegesoccernews.com/. Retrieved October 29, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
1 2 "Cal Poly Football History -- Year-by-Year Scores". http://issuu.com. Cal Poly Mustangs. p. 146. Retrieved October 29, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
↑ Zant, John (April 23, 2015). "UCSB’s Forgotten Football History". Santa Barbara Independent. Santa Barbara, California. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
↑ Monson, Gordon (November 7, 1987). "Gauchos Back in Saddle Again: UC Santa Barbara Strives to Corral Football Program Often Gone Astray". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
↑ "The Blue-Green Rivalry". http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2009. Retrieved October 29, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "Central Coast Rivals Announce Landmark Series". http://www.bigwest.org. October 16, 2009. Retrieved October 29, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
↑ Zant, John (December 16, 2009). "UCSB Continues to Woo Sports Scholarship Donators". Santa Barbara Independent. Santa Barbara, California. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
↑ "Pair of Blue-Green points go to Cal Poly". http://presidiosports.com. April 10, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "UCSB, Cal Poly Unveil Blue-Green Rivalry Website". http://ucsbgauchos.com. October 18, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
↑ Scroggin, Joshua D. (January 26, 2011). "Mustangs-Gauchos rivalry could have a familiar feel". The Tribune. San Luis Obispo, California. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
↑ "The Blue-Green Rivalry". http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
1 2 3 "Point Breakdown - PAST WINNERS". http://bluegreenrivalry.com/point_breakdown/index. Archived from the original on December 1, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
1 2 3 4 "Blue-Green Rivalry: Cal Poly vs. UC Santa Barbara". Cal Poly Mustangs. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
↑ "Point Breakdown". http://bluegreenrivalry.com/point_breakdown/index. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "Mark Massari's Annual 'State of the Gauchos' Address Featured on Final Talk'n Gauchos Tuesday". http://www.ucsbgauchos.com. May 16, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
↑ http://gopoly.com/index.php?p=sports&id=29911&tab=schedule

External links

"Blue Green Rivalry". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
Blue-Green Rivalry on http://www.gopoly.com/

Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball
Venues	Mott Athletic Center (1960–present)
Rivalries	UC Santa Barbara
Culture & lore	Mustang Band
People	Head coaches
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UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball
Venues	Robertson Gymnasium (1959–1979) The Thunderdome (1979–present)
Rivalries	Cal Poly
Culture & lore	Olé Fantom of the Thunderdome
People	Head coaches
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