TRACY VS LINCOLN HISTORY

Updated through the 2024 game.

Our thanks to alum Michael Banner who provided all this great information.  A quick note about Michael:

I am a 1990 graduate of Tracy High, which in hindsight afforded me a  front row seat to the conclusion of arguably the school's greatest  decade of football performance. Couple this with being a former history major at Holy Names University (following my 20 years of serving active  duty in the United States Navy) and a huge sports fan; what results is  the embarking upon two ambitious book  projects. One has a definite  title, "Belly Plays, Winning Ways, Championship Days: Tracy High Bulldogs Football of the 1980s." While the other one is a comprehensive, in-depth historical analysis of  Tracy High football during the 20th century, from its humble origins,  beginning in 1921 through the 1999 season.  

■ The Tracy Bulldogs-Lincoln Trojans football series first began in 1961, with 58 games played against each other overall, including two playoff games (1987 and 1991), both won by the Bulldogs. Between 1970-71, and then again during the 1996-01 time period, these two squads did not play each other. Tracy narrowly leads the series 29-28-1, but Lincoln has won 12 of the past 20 matchups. 

■  The longest win streak in this series is 7, first achieved by the Bulldogs between 1977-83, before the Trojans matched this upon the resumption of the series in 2002 through the 2008 season matchup. 

▪︎ 1961: Tracy-25, Lincoln-13

▪︎ 1962: Lincoln-20, Tracy-6

▪︎ 1963: Lincoln-26, Tracy-21

▪︎ 1964: Tracy-12, Lincoln-12

▪︎ 1965: Tracy-28, Lincoln-13

▪︎ 1966: Tracy-19, Lincoln-14

▪︎ 1967: Lincoln-14, Tracy-13

▪︎ 1968: Tracy-14, Lincoln-6

⁃ 1969: Tracy-8, Lincoln-0

▪︎ 1970-71: Did Not Play [This  was due to Tracy's move up from the medium school Valley Oak League  (VOL) to the large school Central California Conference (CCC)]

▪︎ 1972: Lincoln-20, Tracy-19

▪︎ 1973: Tracy-28, Lincoln-6

▪︎ 1974: Tracy-14, Lincoln-0

▪︎ 1975: Lincoln-17, Tracy-7

▪︎ 1976: Lincoln-25, Tracy-23

▪︎ 1977: Tracy-27, Lincoln-6

▪︎ 1978: Tracy-20, Lincoln-7

▪︎ 1979: Tracy-9, Lincoln-0

▪︎ 1980: Tracy-19, Lincoln-O

▪︎ 1981: Tracy-28, Lincoln-6

▪︎ 1982: Tracy-17, Lincoln-O

▪︎ 1983: Tracy-44, Lincoln-6

▪︎ 1984: Lincoln-12, Tracy-8

▪︎ 1985: Lincoln-20, Tracy-0

▪︎ 1986: Tracy-33, Lincoln-O

▪︎ 1987: Tracy-35, Lincoln-6

▪︎ 1987: Tracy-38, Lincoln-14 [SJS/CIF D-I quarterfinal round playoff game]

▪︎ 1988: Lincoln-48, Tracy-23

▪︎ 1989: Lincoln-54, Tracy-28

▪︎ 1990: Lincoln-31, Tracy-21

▪︎ 1991: Lincoln-21, Tracy-14

▪︎ 1991: Tracy-50, Lincoln-42 [SJS/CIF D-I quarterfinal round playoff game]

▪︎ 1992: Lincoln-25, Tracy-22

▪︎ 1993: Tracy-23, Lincoln-22

▪︎ 1994: Tracy-31, Lincoln-12

▪︎ 1995: Tracy-35, Lincoln-7

▪︎ 1996-01: Did Not Play [This  was due to Tracy's move down from the large school San Joaquin Athletic  Association (SJAA) to the medium school Valley Oak League (VOL)]
▪︎ 2002: Lincoln-42, Tracy-6
▪︎ 2003: Lincoln-49, Tracy-0

▪︎ 2004: Lincoln-49, Tracy-14

▪︎ 2005: Lincoln-55, Tracy-6

▪︎ 2006: Lincoln-56, Tracy-O

▪︎ 2007: Lincoln-37, Tracy-20

▪︎ 2008: Lincoln-44, Tracy-18

▪︎ 2009: Tracy-37, Lincoln-21

▪︎ 2010: Lincoln-42, Tracy-28

▪︎ 2011: Lincoln-56, Tracy-14

▪︎ 2012: Lincoln-62, Tracy-32

▪︎ 2013: Tracy-41, Lincoln-39

▪︎ 2014: Tracy-42, Lincoln-27

▪︎ 2015: Lincoln-49, Tracy-28

▪︎ 2016: Tracy-49, Lincoln-24

▪︎ 2017: Tracy-28, Lincoln-27

▪︎ 2018: Tracy-51, Lincoln-17

▪︎ 2019: Lincoln-62, Tracy-41

▪︎ 2020: Lincoln-52, Tracy-27

▪︎ 2021: Lincoln-28, Tracy-14

▪︎ 2022: Tracy-40, Lincoln-34

▪︎ 2023: Tracy-26, Lincoln-7

▪︎ 2024: Lincoln 28 - Tracy 21