Blue–Green rivalry

This article is about the American college sports rivalry. For the Byzantine sports rivalry that erupted into violence, see Nika riots.
Blue–Green Rivalry
  
Men's Soccer
First Meeting 1967
Games Played 71
All-time series UCSB leads: 45–18–8
Men's Basketball
First Meeting 1937
Games Played 107
All-time series UCSB leads: 73–34
60km
37miles
UC Santa Barbara
Cal Poly
Locations of Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara

The Blue–Green Rivalry is the name of the rivalry between athletic teams from the University of California, Santa Barbara (Gauchos) and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (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".

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