On April 28, 1950, Cal Poly hosted Fresno State for a friendly as part of the Country Fair on a College Campus event, marking the first-ever time soccer had been played on campus during Poly Royal. By 1954, the campus' International Relations Club sponsored the team, which defeated UCLA in an exhibition match on campus. In 1955, then-coach Hans Mager commented he "hope(d) to obtain some backing from the (athletic department) funds" in order to expand the team's schedule. Later in 1955, Cal Poly won the regional Southern California Championship, advancing to face San Francisco for the state title. The team took a hiatus from 1957 through 1959, returning in 1960 (playing only two matches) under the coaching of Anatol Hellman.
