Both schools are named after founding fathers, George Mason and George Washington, who were both natives to Virginia and had their plantations, Gunston Hall and Mount Vernon, respectively, on the southside of modern Fairfax County, Virginia.

The formal rivalry, with the title, "Revolutionary Rivalry" is rooted ahead of the 2013–14 academic school year,[1][2] when George Mason University left the Colonial Athletic Association to join the Atlantic 10 Conference, as part of the 2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment.

[3] Before then, both institutions regularly played non-conference matches against each other due to relative proximity of the schools (separated by 20 miles).

Series led and games won by George Washington are shaded ██ blue.

In individual, non head-to-head sports, a point is awarded to the team that finishes higher in the Atlantic 10 championship.