The Battle for the Golden Horseshoe is an annual rivalry college football game played between the UC Davis Aggies and the Cal Poly Mustangs.

The initial game in 1939 in Davis was broadcast all the way back to the Central Coast via Sacramento-area radio station 1500 AM KFBK.

[7] Some 200 Cal Poly supporters, including the band, made the trip north for the first matchup between the "so-called brother institution(s)".

[8] Upon resumption of the rivalry in 1976, the first post-World War II installment in the series was initially billed as the Aggie Bowl,[9] given the "strong agriculture-oriented curriculums at both universities," per the San Luis Obispo Tribune.

This balance of similarities and differences has given the rivalry a basis in respect between both institutions for their academic statures as well as often recruiting the same players.