California Golden Bears National Collegiate Rugby Championships

National Collegiate Rugby Championships

YEAR LOCATION CHAMPION RUNNER-UP 3rd PLACE 4th PLACE
1980 Davenport, IA California (15-9) Air Force Illinois Navy
1981 Dayton, OH California (6-3 OT) Harvard Miami (OH) Kansas St.
1982 Greeley, CO California (15-14) Life College Michigan New Mexico St.
1983 Athens, GA California (13-3) Air Force Navy Illinois
1984 Pebble Beach, CA Harvard (12-4) Colorado Long Beach St. Miami (OH)
1985 Pebble Beach, CA California (31-6) Maryland Colorado Illinois
1986 Pebble Beach, CA California (6-4) Dartmouth Air Force Bowling Green
1987 Pebble Beach, CA San Diego St. (10-9) Air Force Bowling Green Dartmouth
1988 Pebble Beach, CA California (9-3) Dartmouth Air Force Bowling Green
1989 Colorado Springs, CO Air Force (25-7) Long Beach St. Army Penn State
1990 Pebble Beach, CA Air Force (18-12) Army Ohio State Long Beach St.
1991 Houston, TX California (20-14) Army Ohio State Wyoming
1992 Colorado Springs, CO California (27-17) Army Air Force Penn State
1993 Houston, TX California (36-6) Air Force Harvard Wisconsin
1994 Washington, DC California (27-13) Navy Air Force Penn State
1995 Berkeley, CA California (48-16) Air Force Penn State Army
1996 Colorado Springs, CO California (47-6) Penn State Stanford Navy
1997 Berkeley, CA California (41-15) Penn State UC Davis Stanford
1998 San Francisco, CA California (34-15) Stanford Navy Indiana Univ.
1999 San Francisco, CA California (36-5) Penn State Navy Army
2000 Tampa Bay, FL California (62-16) Wyoming Army Indian Univ.
2001 Virginia Beach, VA California (86-11) Penn State Navy Army
2002 Virginia Beach, VA California (43-22) Utah Army Wyoming
2003 Stanford, CA Air Force (45-37) Harvard California Army
2004 Stanford, CA California (46-24) Cal Poly, SLO Navy/Air Force
2005 Stanford, CA California (44-7) Utah BYU/Navy
2006 Stanford, CA California (29-26) BYU Utah/Penn State
2007 Stanford, CA California (37-7) BYU Navy/Penn State
2008 Stanford, CA California (59-7) BYU Saint Mary's/Colorado
2009 Stanford, CA BYU (25-22) California Army/San Diego State
2010 Stanford, CA California (19-7) BYU Arkansas State/Army
2011 Sandy, UT California (21-14) BYU Utah/Arkansas State
2012 Sandy, UT BYU (49-42) Arkansas State Life/Saint Mary's
2013 Varsity Cup (15s) Provo, UT BYU (27-24) California Navy/Central Washington
2013 CRC 7s Philadelphia, PA California (19-14) Life UCLA/Navy
2014 Varsity Cup (15s) Sandy, UT BYU (43-33) California Navy/Central Washington
2014 CRC 7s Philadelphia, PA California (24-21) Kutztown UCLA/Life
2015 Varsity Cup (15s) Sandy, UT BYU (30-27) California Central Washington/Navy
2015 Penn Mutual CRC 7s Philadelphia, PA California (17-12 OT) Kutztown UCLA/Dartmouth
2016 Varsity Cup (15s) Provo, UT California (40-29) BYU Central Washington/Arkansas State
2016 Penn Mutual CRC 7s Philadelphia, PA California (31-7) UCLA Arizona/Kutztown
2017 Varsity Cup (15s) Santa Clara, CA California (43-13) Arkansas State Penn State/Navy
2017 Penn Mutual CRC 7s Philadelphia, PA California (19-0) Life Indiana/Lindenwood
2018 15s Santa Clara, CA Life (60-5) California Lindenwood/Penn State
2018 7s Glendale, CO Lindenwood (26-12) California Kutztown/GCU
2019 15s Santa Clara, CA Life (29-26) California Saint Mary's/Penn State
2019 7s Philadelphia, PA Lindenwood (21-12) Life Kutztown/Navy
2022 15s                 Houston, TX     Army (20-8)     Saint Mary's California/Lindenwood
2023 15s     Houston, TX Navy (28-22)     California Saint Mary's/Lindenwood
2024 15s Houston, TX Saint Mary's (26-22) Navy BYU/Life
2025 15s Indianapolis, IN California (55-38)    Life Saint Mary's/Lindenwood


Notes: As of 2004, no match for 3rd/4th place is played. No title matches were contested in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Â