Lexus Gauntlet
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California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The original Southern version, now known as the Crosstown Gauntlet, is held between between UCLA and USC
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
; a Northern version between Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
was held only for three seasons.
Lexus
Lexus
is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. First introduced in 1989 in the United States, Lexus is now sold globally and has become Japan's largest-selling make of premium cars. The Lexus marque is marketed in over 70 countries and territories worldwide, and has...
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.
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.
UCLA-USC
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
rivals, the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
and the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
. It began with the 2001 fall season.
Lexus Gauntlet
Winners by year:| Year | Winner |
| 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
Winners by year:| Year | Winner |
| 2009-2010 | USC |
| 2010-2011 | USC |
Stanford-Berkeley
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. 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 |