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| Sport | Football |
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| First meeting | October 9, 1954 Northern Branch 14, Sacramento State 0 |
| Latest meeting | November 22, 2025 UC Davis 31, Sacramento State 27 |
| Trophy | Causeway Classic Trophy |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 72 |
| All-time series | UC Davis leads 49–23 |
| Regular season series | UC Davis leads 49–22 |
| Postseason results | Sacramento State, 1–0 November 19, 1988: Sacramento State 35, UC Davis 14 |
| Trophy series | UC Davis leads 46–19 |
| Largest victory | UC Davis, 51–6 (1982) |
| Longest win streak | UC Davis: 18 (1970–1987) Sacramento State: 5 (1988–1991) |
| Current win streak | UC Davis, 3 (2023–present) |
TheCauseway Classic is the annualcollege football game between theSacramento State Hornets and theUC Davis Aggies in the United States. The teams exchange a Causeway Classic Trophy made from cement taken from theYolo Causeway.
The two teams first played each other in 1954, when the Davis Campus was still officially known as the College of Agriculture at Davis, and have played every year since, including twice in 1988 when they met in the NCAA Division II playoffs.[1] Games hosted by UC Davis are held atAggie Stadium. Games hosted by Sacramento State are held atHornet Stadium.
The name "Causeway Classic" was introduced in the early 1980s and is credited to former Sacramento State sports information director Mike Duncan.[1][2] It refers to theYolo Causeway, acauseway over theYolo Bypass onInterstate 80, which connectsDavis andSacramento, California.
A trophy made from a concretecore sample taken from the Yolo Causeway is awarded to the winner.[citation needed]
For a few decades starting in 1961, the winning team received the Causeway Carriage, an authentic 19th century carriage, as the trophy. Today, the Carriage is no longer exchanged between the two teams. The carriage was donated by Sac State alumnus Jeri Striezik in 1960 to serve as the perpetual trophy for the schools. It was refurbished at the prison inFolsom, California. It was transported to the winning campus at the losing school's expense.
UC Davis leads the trophy series with 46 wins to Sacramento State's 19. UC Davis also leads all-time in games between the two, 49 to 23. One of Sacramento State's victories was a playoff game between the two schools in 1988.[3]
Ken O'Brien was the first player to play for both teams in the rivalry.[2]
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| Sacramento State victories | UC Davis victories | Tie games |
| No. | Date | Location | Winning team | Losing team | ||||
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| 1 | March 1, 2008 | Davis, CA | UC Davis | 83 | Sacramento State | 77 | ||
| 2 | December 3, 2008 | Sacramento, CA | Sacramento State | 82 | UC Davis | 70 | ||
| 3 | December 2, 2009 | Davis, CA | Sacramento State | 59 | UC Davis | 57 | ||
| 4 | November 23, 2010 | Sacramento, CA | UC Davis | 61 | Sacramento State | 54 | ||
| 5 | November 22, 2011 | Davis, CA | Sacramento State | 69 | UC Davis | 61 | ||
| 6 | November 20, 2012 | Sacramento, CA | UC Davis | 87 | Sacramento State | 76 | ||
| 7 | November 26, 2013 | Davis, CA | Sacramento State | 73 | UC Davis | 67 | ||
| 8 | November 24, 2015 | Sacramento, CA | Sacramento State | 84 | UC Davis | 79 | ||
| 9 | December 2, 2015 | Davis, CA | UC Davis | 66 | Sacramento State | 61 | ||
| 10 | November 21, 2016 | Sacramento, CA | UC Davis | 81 | Sacramento State | 72 | ||
| 11 | November 21, 2017 | Sacramento, CA | UC Davis | 64 | Sacramento State | 47 | ||
| 12 | November 20, 2018 | Sacramento, CA | Sacramento State | 58 | UC Davis | 55 | ||
| 13 | November 20, 2019 | Sacramento, CA | Sacramento State | 61 | UC Davis | 51 | ||
| 14 | November 23, 2021 | Sacramento, CA | Sacramento State | 75 | UC Davis | 63 | ||
| 15 | November 22, 2022 | Sacramento, CA | UC Davis | 82 | Sacramento State | 71 | ||
| 16 | November 26, 2023 | Davis, CA | Sacramento State | 69 | UC Davis | 63 | ||
| 17 | December 14, 2024 | Sacramento, CA | UC Davis | 69 | Sacramento State | 62 | ||
| 18 | November 14, 2025 | Davis, CA | UC Davis | 77 | Sacramento State | 73 | ||
| Series: Tied 9–9 | ||||||||
The two schools also have "Causeway Classic" competitions in baseball, volleyball, and track. There is now an all-sports trophy called "The Causeway Cup". Initiated with UCD's move to Division I, the two schools created a trophy for all sports. Each of the schools' 17 common teams compete for a pre-determined share of either five or 10 points.[5] The school that collects the most points wins the Cup for that season. In the inaugural cup in 2004–05, UCD claimed the trophy, however, Sacramento State won it in 2005–06 with a total score of 66.25–38.75 and again in 2006–2007 with a total score of 52.66–52.34. In 2007–2008, UCD reclaimed the trophy with a total score of 67.5–37.5.[6]
| UC Davis victories | Sacramento State victories |
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http://magazinearchive.ucdavis.edu/issues/fall13/sports.html
