Cal Poly vs. Long Beach State

Cal Poly and Long Beach State first met in 1969 and have played 5 times; Long Beach State leads the series 4–⁠1. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Long Beach State 4–⁠1.

Cal Poly wins
1
Long Beach State wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1969
Longest streak
3 Long Beach State
Current streak
1 Long Beach State
Last 10 meetings
Long Beach State 4–⁠1
Most recent
1975

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s0–⁠1
1970s1–⁠3
Average margin
14 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cal Poly
1–⁠3 Cal Poly’s record at home
At Long Beach State
1–⁠0 Long Beach State’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Cal Poly’s biggest win1973: Cal Poly 31, Long Beach State 7by 24 points
  2. Long Beach State’s biggest win1970: Long Beach State 49, Cal Poly 20by 29 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cal Poly and Long Beach State, 1969 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Every game

Nov 15, 1975Long Beach State 26, Cal Poly 24at Cal Poly
Nov 24, 1973Cal Poly 31, Long Beach State 7at Cal Poly
Oct 30, 1971Long Beach State 20, Cal Poly 7at Cal Poly
Oct 24, 1970Long Beach State 49, Cal Poly 20at Long Beach State
Nov 1, 1969Long Beach State 22, Cal Poly 20at Cal Poly

Every game is listed as played on the field.