List of NCAA college football rivalry games

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This is a list of rivalry games in college football in the United States. The list also shows any trophy awarded to the winner.

[edit] NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision

Game	Trophy	Team	Team	First Year	Final Year
Apple Cup	Apple Cup	Washington	Washington State	1900
Arkansas–Texas A&M rivalry		Arkansas	Texas A&M	1903
Arch Rivalry		Illinois	Missouri	1896
Army–Navy Game		Army	Navy	1890
Backyard Brawl		Pittsburgh	West Virginia	1895
Battle for Nevada	Fremont Cannon	Nevada	UNLV	1969
Battle for the Bell	The Bell	Marshall	Ohio University	1905	2004^[1]
Battle for the Bell	The Bell	Southern Miss	Tulane	1979
Battle for the Bone		Fresno State	Louisiana Tech	1986
Battle for the Bones	The Bones	UAB	Memphis	2006
Battle for the Boot	Golden Boot	Arkansas	LSU	1996
Battle for the Milk Can	Milk Can	Boise State	Fresno State	2005
Battle for the Iron Skillet	Iron Skillet	TCU	SMU	1925
Battle for the Mayor's Cup	Mayor's Cup	Rice	SMU	1989
The Battle for the Mitten	Paul Bunyan Trophy	Michigan	Michigan State	1953
Battle for the Rag	Tiger Rag or Victory Flag	LSU	Tulane	1893^[2]
The Battle of I-10	Silver Spade	New Mexico State	UTEP	1935
Battle of I-25	The Maloof Trophy	New Mexico	New Mexico State	1894
Battle of I-75	Peace Pipe	Bowling Green	Toledo	1919^[3]
Battle of the Brazos		Baylor	Texas A&M	1899
Battle of the Brothers		Utah	Utah State	1892
The Battle of the Land Grants	Land Grant Trophy	Michigan State	Penn State	1993
Battle for the Palladium	The Palladium Trophy	Troy	Middle Tennessee	1936
Battle of the Palmetto State^[4]		Clemson	South Carolina	1896
Battle of the Palouse		Idaho	Washington State	1894
Battle of Idaho	Governor's Cup	Idaho	Boise State	1972
Battle for the Schwartzwalder Trophy	Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy	Syracuse	West Virginia	1993
Houston–Rice rivalry	Bayou Bucket	Houston	Rice	1971
Bedlam Series	Bedlam Bell	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State	1900
	Beehive Boot	BYU, Utah, Utah State, and Weber State (FCS)		1971
Big Game	The Stanford Axe	Stanford	California	1892^[5]
Black and Blue Bowl		Memphis	Southern Miss	1935
	Black Diamond Trophy	Virginia Tech	West Virginia	1997	2005
Border War	Bronze Boot	Colorado State	Wyoming	1899
Border War^[6]	Indian War Drum & Lamar Hunt Trophy	Kansas	Missouri	1891
Bowden Bowl		Clemson	Florida State	1999	2007
Civil War	Platypus Trophy^[7]	Oregon	Oregon State	1894
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate	Governor's Cup	Georgia	Georgia Tech	1893
	CMU–WMU Rivalry Trophy	Central Michigan	Western Michigan	1907
	Commander in Chief's Trophy	Air Force, Army, Navy		1972
	Commonwealth Cup	Virginia	Virginia Tech	1895
	Cy-Hawk Trophy	Iowa	Iowa State	1977
Deep South's Oldest Rivalry		Auburn	Georgia	1892
Duel in the Desert	Territorial Cup	Arizona	Arizona State	1899
Egg Bowl	Golden Egg Trophy	Ole Miss	Mississippi State	1901
Florida State-Miami rivalry		Florida State	Miami	1951
	Floyd of Rosedale	Iowa	Minnesota	1891^[8]
	Florida Cup	Florida, Florida State, Miami		2002
Friends of Coal Bowl	Governor's Cup	West Virginia	Marshall	2006
Fresno State-San José State Rivalry		Fresno State	San José State	1926
	Golden Screwdriver	Fresno State	Hawaii	1996
	Governor's Cup	Kentucky	Louisville	1994
	Governor's Victory Bell	Minnesota	Penn State	1993
	Heartland Trophy	Iowa	Wisconsin	1894^[9]
Holy War		Baylor	TCU	1899
Holy War		Boston College	Holy Cross	1896	1986
Holy War	Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl and Ireland Trophy	Boston College	Notre Dame	1995
Holy War		Brigham Young	Utah	1896
	Illibuck	Illinois	Ohio State	1925
Iron Bowl	James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy	Alabama	Auburn	1893
	Jefferson-Eppes Trophy	Florida State	Virginia	1995
Notre Dame-USC rivalry	Jeweled Shillelagh	Notre Dame	USC	1926
	Keg of Nails	Cincinnati	Louisville	1929
	The Kit Carson Rifle	Arizona	New Mexico	1940	1977
	Land of Lincoln Trophy	Illinois	Northwestern	2009
	Legends Trophy^[10]	Notre Dame	Stanford	1988^[11]
	Little Brown Jug	Michigan	Minnesota	1903
	Little Brown Stein	Idaho	Montana (FCS)	1903
Lone Star Showdown	Lone Star Showdown trophy^[12]	Texas	Texas A&M	1894
Crab Bowl		Maryland	Navy	1905
Maryland-Penn State rivalry		Maryland	Penn State	1917
Maryland-Virginia rivalry		Maryland	Virginia	1919
Maryland-West Virginia rivalry		Maryland	West Virginia	1919
	Megaphone Trophy	Michigan State	Notre Dame	1949
Michigan - Notre Dame Rivalry		Michigan	Notre Dame	1887
Missouri–Nebraska Rivalry	Victory Bell	Missouri	Nebraska	1892
	Michigan MAC Trophy	Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan		2005
	O'Rourke-McFadden trophy	Boston College	Clemson	2008
	Old Brass Spittoon	Indiana	Michigan State	1950
	Old Oaken Bucket	Indiana	Purdue	1925
	Old Wagon Wheel	Brigham Young	Utah State	1948
Oregon-Washington rivalry		Oregon	Washington	1900
	Paul Bunyan's Axe, Slab of Bacon	Minnesota	Wisconsin	1890
Pennsylvania Classic		Pittsburgh	Penn State	1896	2000
	Purdue Cannon	Illinois	Purdue	1943
	Ram-Falcon Trophy	Air Force	Colorado State	1980
	Ramnapping Trophy	Connecticut	Rhode Island (FCS)	1935	2000
Red River Rivalry^[13]	Golden Hat (and two others)	Oklahoma	Texas	1900
River City Rivalry	Paddlewheel Trophy	Cincinnati	Pittsburgh	2005
Rocky Mountain Showdown	Centennial Cup (NCAA)	Colorado	Colorado State	1893
Saban Bowl		Alabama	LSU	2007
	Shillelagh Trophy	Notre Dame	Purdue	1957
Shula Bowl	Don Shula Award	Florida Atlantic	Florida International	2002
	Steel Tire	Akron	Youngstown State (FCS)	1940	1995
South's Oldest Rivalry		North Carolina	Virginia	1892
Sunflower Showdown^[14]	Governor's Cup	Kansas	Kansas State	1902
Sunshine Showdown	Governor's Cup	Florida	Florida State	1958
	Sweet Sioux Tomahawk	Illinois	Northwestern	1945	2008
	Telephone Trophy	Iowa State	Missouri	1959
Textile Bowl		Clemson	North Carolina State	1981
The Game	^[15]	Ohio State	Michigan	1897
Third Saturday in October		Alabama	Tennessee	1901
Third Saturday in September		Florida	Tennessee	1916
Tiger Bowl		Auburn	LSU	1901
	Tiger-Sooner Peace Pipe	Oklahoma	Missouri	1929
UCLA-USC rivalry	Victory Bell	UCLA	USC	1929
	Victory Bell	Cincinnati	Miami (OH)	1888
	Victory Bell	Duke	North Carolina	1948
	Wagon Wheel	Akron	Kent State	1946
	War Canoe Trophy	Florida	Miami	1955	^[16]
The War on I-4		Central Florida	South Florida	2005	2008
The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party^[17]		Florida	Georgia	1915

[edit] NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision

Game	Trophy	Team	Team	First Year	Final Year
Battle of the Piney Woods		Sam Houston State	Stephen F. Austin	1925
Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket	Brice-Cowell Musket	Maine	New Hampshire	1903
Battle for Chief Caddo^[18]	Chief Caddo	Northwestern State	Stephen F. Austin	1924
Battle for the Golden Horseshoe	The Golden Horseshoe	Cal Poly	UC Davis	2004
Battle for the Old Mountain Jug^[19]	Old Mountain Jug	Appalachian State	Western Carolina	1932
Battle for the Ol' School Bell	The Ol' School Bell	Jacksonville State	Troy State	1924	2001^[20]
Battle for the Paddle		Nicholls State	Texas State	1998
Battle for the Red Belt	Red Belt	Murray State	Western Kentucky	1978	2000
Battle of the Bay		Hampton	Norfolk State	1962
Battle of the Bluegrass		Eastern Kentucky	Western Kentucky	1914	2008
Bayou Classic		Grambling State	Southern University	1974
	Billy Knight Trophy	Massachusetts	New Hampshire	1986
Brawl of the Wild^[21]	The Great Divide Trophy	Montana	Montana State	1897^[22]
Causeway Classic	Causeway Carriage	Sacramento State	UC Davis	1954
	Dakota Marker^[23]	North Dakota State	South Dakota State	1903
The EWU-UM Governors Cup	Governors Cup	Eastern Washington	Montana	1967
Florida Classic		Bethune-Cookman	Florida A&M	1925
The Game		Harvard	Yale	1875
	Governor's Cup	Brown	Rhode Island	1909
	Governor's Trophy	Dartmouth	Princeton
	Granite Bowl	Dartmouth	New Hampshire	1901
I-64 Bowl	I-64 Trophy	William & Mary	Richmond	1898^[24]
	Liberty Cup	Columbia	Fordham	2002
Magic City Classic^[25]		Alabama State	Alabama A&M	1924
	Sawhorse Dollar	Dartmouth	Princeton	2004
The Military Classic of the South^[26]	Silver Shako	The Citadel	VMI	1920
The Rivalry^[27]		Lehigh	Lafayette	1884
	Trustee Cup	Cornell	Penn	1893
Turkey Day Classic		Alabama State	Tuskegee (D-II)	1901
Hoosier Rivalry Game	Hoosier Helmet Trophy	Butler	Valparaiso	1927	^[28]

[edit] NCAA Division II

Game	Trophy	Team	Team	First Year	Final Year
Battle in Seattle	Cascade Cup	Western Washington	Central Washington	1922
	Nickel Trophy	North Dakota State	North Dakota	1894	2003^[29]
		South Dakota State	South Dakota	1889^[30]	2003^[31]
Old Hickory Stick Game	Hickory Stick	Northwest Missouri State	Truman State	1930
Top Dog Game	Top Dog Trophy	Butler	Indianapolis	1971	1992^[32]
U.S. Cellular Miner's Bowl	Miner's Helmet and Axe	Missouri Southern State University	Pittsburg State University

[edit] NCAA Division III

Game	Trophy	Team	Team	First Year	Final Year
Academic Bowl	Academic Bowl	Carnegie Mellon University	Case Western Reserve University	1986
	Baird Brothers Trophy	Case Western Reserve University	College of Wooster	1984
Battle For The Border Claw	Border Claw Trophy	East Texas Baptist University	Louisiana College	2000
Biggest Little Game In America		Amherst College	Williams College	1884
	Book of Knowledge	Carleton College	Macalester College	1999
The Bridge Bowl	Bridge Bowl Trophy	College of Mount St. Joseph	Thomas More College	1990 [2]
The Bronze Turkey Game	The Bronze Turkey Trophy	Knox College	Monmouth College	1888
	CBB Trophy	Bates College, Bowdoin College, Colby College		1896
	Cortaca Jug	Ithaca College	SUNY Cortland	1942
	Conestoga Wagon	Dickinson College	Franklin and Marshall	1963
	Little Brown Bucket	Dickinson College	Gettysburg College	1938
	Doehling-Heselton Memorial Trophy	Lawrence University	Ripon College	1893
	Dutchman's Shoes	Rensselaer	Union College	1903
	Edmund Orgill Trophy	Rhodes	Sewanee	1899^[33]
	Founders Trophy	Washington University in St. Louis	University of Chicago
Cereal Bowl	The Goat Trophy and The Cereal Bowl Trophy	Carleton College	Saint Olaf College	1919
	The Hammer	Augsburg College	Hamline University	2005
	Little Brass Bell	North Central College	Wheaton College
	Mercer County Cup	Grove City College	Thiel College	1983
Mississippi Backyard Brawl	Backyard Brawl Trophy	Millsaps College	Mississippi College	2000 (renewed)
Monon Bell Classic	Monon Bell	DePauw	Wabash	1890
	Myron Claxton's Shoes	Occidental	Whittier	1901
	Old Paint Bucket	Hamline University	Macalester College	1887
Old Rocking Chair Classic	Old Rocking Chair	Hamilton College	Middlebury College
The Oldest Small-College Rivalry in the South, The Game	The Jacket-Tiger Cup	Hampden-Sydney College	Randolph-Macon College	1893
	Secretaries Cup	Coast Guard Academy	Merchant Marine Academy	1949
	Oldest College Rivalry West of the Mississippi	Coe College	Cornell College	1891
	Wagon Wheel	Lewis & Clark College	Willamette University	1949

[edit] See also

Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy (Top team in the Northeast)
College rivalry
List of black college football classics

[edit] Notes

^ The Battle for the Bell has been temporarily interrupted with Marshall’s move to Conference USA; however, the series is set to resume in 2010.
^ This is the year the rivalry began. The two teams did not actually Battle for The Rag until November 29, 1941.
^ This is the year the rivalry began. The Peace Pipe was instated as a trophy for the first time in 1980, beginning the Battle of I-75.
^ Until 1959, the Battle of the Palmetto State was played on a Thursday at the State Fair and was known as Big Thursday.
^ This is the year the rivalry began. The Stanford Axe was designated as the trophy for the Big Game beginning in 1933.
^ Since 2004, the Border War between Kansas and Missouri has been officially branded as the Border Showdown, although fans, students, and alumni continue to use the historical name.
^ Platypus Trophy awarded 1959-1961, and as of 2007, to the winning school's alumni association.
^ This is the year the rivalry began. Floyd of Rosedale was introduced in 1935.
^ This is the year the rivalry began. The Heartland Trophy was introduced in 2004.
^ The Legends Trophy was first awarded in 1989 and is made of Irish crystal and California redwood.
^ Regular series began in 1988; teams also met in 1925 Rose Bowl and in 1942, 1963, and 1964
^ The Lone Star Showdown officially applies to all contests between the two schools, not just football. The trophy is awarded annually based upon a point system covering multiple sports, including football.
^ Until 2005, the Red River Rivalry was called the Red River Shootout.
^ The Sunflower Showdown officially applies to all contests between the two schools, not just football. The Governor's Cup is a trophy specifically for the winner of the football game.
^ Although there is no official trophy for the Ohio State Michigan game, Ohio State players are traditionally given a pair of "Gold Pants", a small golden charm of football pants worn by football players on necklaces, if they win.
^ The War Canoe Trophy series was interrupted in 1987 but subsequently renewed.
^ Officially, this is the Georgia–Florida Game or Florida–Georgia Game, depending on home team. The name The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party is unofficial and discouraged from use by the universities; they prohibit the media from referring to it as such.
^ The rivalry began in 1924. The first Battle for Chief Caddo was in 1961. Chief Caddo is the largest trophy in college sports, standing at over 7 feet (2.1 m) tall.
^ The rivalry began in 1932. The first Battle for the Old Mountain Jug was in 1976.
^ The Battle for the Ol' School Bell was discontinued when Troy State, now known as Troy University, moved up to Division I-A (now the Football Bowl Subdivision) in 2001.
^ Brawl of the Wild: Celebrating the 100th Griz-Cat game at www.missoulian.com.
^ The Great Divide Trophy was first awarded in 2001.
^ The rivalry began in 1903. The first Dakota Marker game was in 2004.
^ First called the I-64 Bowl in 1984. This is the most played rivalry in the South.
^ The Magic City Classic at www.themagiccityclassic.com
^ The rivalry began in 1920. The first Silver Shako game was in 1976.
^ Though The Rivalry is not the oldest rivalry in NCAA Football, it is the most played and the longest uninterrupted rivalry. Since the first game in 1884, the Lafayette Leopards and the Lehigh Engineers/Mountain Hawks have met 144 times and only missed one year (1896).
^ The first Hoosier Rivalry game occurred in 1927 when the Butler Bulldogs played the Valpo Crusaders. The rivalry continued through the years in the Indiana Collegiate Conference (College Division), the Heartland Conference (Division II), and presently the Pioneer League (Division I FCS). The series' first season where a trophy was awarded was in 2006.
^ The first Nickel Trophy game was in 1938. The series has been suspended since North Dakota State moved from Division II to the Championship Subdivision. The University of North Dakota announced its intention to move to Division I in 2006 and there is some hope the rivalry game will be reinstated.
^ The South Dakota State University/University of South Dakota Rivalry, which began in 1889, is believed to be the oldest rivalry between a "(Enter State Name) State University" and a "University of (Enter State Name)" school.
^ The South Dakota State University/University of South Dakota rivalry is a one forged in the love for competition, but has since developed into a symbol for the pure hatred the two schools have for one another. The rivalry "ended" in 2003 when South Dakota State University made the successful transition to Division I, however, many hope the rivalry can be rekindled if the University of South Dakota successfully survives their transfer to Division I.
^ The first Top Dog game occurred in 1971 when the Butler Bulldogs moved from the College Division to Division II, joining their cross-town rival the U. of I. (formerly Indiana Central) Greyhounds in the Heartland Conference. The series lasted for 21 years until the last game in 1992 when Butler moved to Division I FCS (formerly NCAA I-AA) the following season.
^ This is the year the rivalry began. The Edmund Orgill Trophy was first competed for in 1954.[1]

[edit] External links

List of the rivalries and trophies

[0] The Battle for the Bell has been temporarily interrupted with Marshall’s move to Conference USA; however, the series is set to resume in 2010.

[1] This is the year the rivalry began. The two teams did not actually Battle for The Rag until November 29, 1941.

[2] This is the year the rivalry began. The Peace Pipe was instated as a trophy for the first time in 1980, beginning the Battle of I-75.

[3] Until 1959, the Battle of the Palmetto State was played on a Thursday at the State Fair and was known as Big Thursday.

[4] This is the year the rivalry began. The Stanford Axe was designated as the trophy for the Big Game beginning in 1933.

[5] Since 2004, the Border War between Kansas and Missouri has been officially branded as the Border Showdown, although fans, students, and alumni continue to use the historical name.

[platy-6] Platypus Trophy awarded 1959-1961, and as of 2007, to the winning school's alumni association.

[7] This is the year the rivalry began. Floyd of Rosedale was introduced in 1935.

[8] This is the year the rivalry began. The Heartland Trophy was introduced in 2004.

[9] The Legends Trophy was first awarded in 1989 and is made of Irish crystal and California redwood.

[10] Regular series began in 1988; teams also met in 1925 Rose Bowl and in 1942, 1963, and 1964

[LSS-11] The Lone Star Showdown officially applies to all contests between the two schools, not just football. The trophy is awarded annually based upon a point system covering multiple sports, including football.

[12] Until 2005, the Red River Rivalry was called the Red River Shootout.

[13] The Sunflower Showdown officially applies to all contests between the two schools, not just football. The Governor's Cup is a trophy specifically for the winner of the football game.

[14] Although there is no official trophy for the Ohio State Michigan game, Ohio State players are traditionally given a pair of "Gold Pants", a small golden charm of football pants worn by football players on necklaces, if they win.

[15] The War Canoe Trophy series was interrupted in 1987 but subsequently renewed.

[16] Officially, this is the Georgia–Florida Game or Florida–Georgia Game, depending on home team. The name The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party is unofficial and discouraged from use by the universities; they prohibit the media from referring to it as such.

[17] The rivalry began in 1924. The first Battle for Chief Caddo was in 1961. Chief Caddo is the largest trophy in college sports, standing at over 7 feet (2.1 m) tall.

[18] The rivalry began in 1932. The first Battle for the Old Mountain Jug was in 1976.

[troy_iaa-19] The Battle for the Ol' School Bell was discontinued when Troy State, now known as Troy University, moved up to Division I-A (now the Football Bowl Subdivision) in 2001.

[20] Brawl of the Wild: Celebrating the 100th Griz-Cat game at www.missoulian.com.

[21] The Great Divide Trophy was first awarded in 2001.

[22] The rivalry began in 1903. The first Dakota Marker game was in 2004.

[23] First called the I-64 Bowl in 1984. This is the most played rivalry in the South.

[24] The Magic City Classic at www.themagiccityclassic.com

[25] The rivalry began in 1920. The first Silver Shako game was in 1976.

[26] Though The Rivalry is not the oldest rivalry in NCAA Football, it is the most played and the longest uninterrupted rivalry. Since the first game in 1884, the Lafayette Leopards and the Lehigh Engineers/Mountain Hawks have met 144 times and only missed one year (1896).

[27] The first Hoosier Rivalry game occurred in 1927 when the Butler Bulldogs played the Valpo Crusaders. The rivalry continued through the years in the Indiana Collegiate Conference (College Division), the Heartland Conference (Division II), and presently the Pioneer League (Division I FCS). The series' first season where a trophy was awarded was in 2006.

[28] The first Nickel Trophy game was in 1938. The series has been suspended since North Dakota State moved from Division II to the Championship Subdivision. The University of North Dakota announced its intention to move to Division I in 2006 and there is some hope the rivalry game will be reinstated.

[29] The South Dakota State University/University of South Dakota Rivalry, which began in 1889, is believed to be the oldest rivalry between a "(Enter State Name) State University" and a "University of (Enter State Name)" school.

[30] The South Dakota State University/University of South Dakota rivalry is a one forged in the love for competition, but has since developed into a symbol for the pure hatred the two schools have for one another. The rivalry "ended" in 2003 when South Dakota State University made the successful transition to Division I, however, many hope the rivalry can be rekindled if the University of South Dakota successfully survives their transfer to Division I.

[31] The first Top Dog game occurred in 1971 when the Butler Bulldogs moved from the College Division to Division II, joining their cross-town rival the U. of I. (formerly Indiana Central) Greyhounds in the Heartland Conference. The series lasted for 21 years until the last game in 1992 when Butler moved to Division I FCS (formerly NCAA I-AA) the following season.

[32] This is the year the rivalry began. The Edmund Orgill Trophy was first competed for in 1954.[1]

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[edit] NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision

[edit] NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision

[edit] NCAA Division II

[edit] NCAA Division III

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