Lexus Gauntlet
The Lexus Gauntlet was a year-long all-sports competitions between two pairs of rival Pacific-12 Conference universities in California. The original Southern version, now known as the Crosstown Gauntlet,[1][2] was held between between UCLA and USC; a Northern version between Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley was held only for three seasons.
Lexus provided official sponsorship from 2001 until the licensing contract ended in 2009. While Lexus no longer provides sponsorship of the competition, USC and UCLA continue to keep track of the competition scores.[2][3][4][5] The Cal-Stanford program ended after the 2006-07 season after 3 straight years of losing to Stanford.
A victory in NCAA-sanctioned sports competition between the rival schools earns the school points towards the final count. For example, in 2006, a single football victory was worth 10 points; while all head-to-head Men's water polo victories counted as a series with the series worth 5 total points.
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UCLA-USC [edit]
The Southern version covers Los Angeles rivals, the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles. It began with the 2001 fall season.
Lexus Gauntlet [edit]
- Winners by year
| Year | Winner[6] |
| 2001-2002 | USC
(on tiebreaker) |
| 2002-2003 | UCLA
(on tiebreaker) |
| 2003-2004 | USC |
| 2004-2005 | UCLA |
| 2005-2006 | USC |
| 2006-2007 | UCLA |
| 2007-2008 | USC |
| 2008-2009 | USC |
Crosstown Gauntlet [edit]
- Winners by year
| Year | Winner |
| 2009-2010 | USC |
| 2010-2011 | USC |
| 2011-2012[7] | USC |
| 2012-2013 | UCLA |
Stanford-Berkeley [edit]
The Northern version matched Bay Area rivals Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. It began with the 2004 fall season and ended after the 2007 spring season.
- Winners by year
| Year | Winner |
| 2004-2005 | Stanford |
| 2005-2006 | Stanford |
| 2006-2007 | Stanford |
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "Throwing Down the Gauntlet", Stephanie Graves, Fox Sports West, April 26, 2011
- ^ a b "USC clinches Gauntlet Trophy over UCLA", Fox Sports West, April 25, 2011
- ^ "USC wins 4th straight Gauntlet title", Pedro Moura, ESPN.com, April 25, 2011
- ^ "http://www.usctrojans.com/genrel/043012aaa.html", University of Southern California, April 30, 2012
- ^ "http://www.bruinsnation.com/2012/5/1/2991099/UCLA-USC-Gauntlet-Trophy-Fire-Dan-Guerrero-Gene-Block", May 1, 2012
- ^ USC Repeats as Lexus Gauntlet Trophy Winners!, USCTrojans, May 2, 2009
- ^ USC wins fifth straight Crosstown Gauntlet, Fox Sports West, April 30, 2012
