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List of NCAA college football rivalry games
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(Redirected from List of trophies awarded in U.S. college football)
This is a list of rivalry games in college football in the United States. The list also shows any trophy awarded to the winner.
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- Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy (Top team in the Northeast)
- College rivalry
- ^ 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 Nov. 29, 1941.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Until 2004, the Border Showdown was called the Border War.
- ^ Platypus Trophy awarded 1959-1961, and as of 2007, to the winning school's alumni association.
- ^ The Legends Trophy was first awarded in 1989 and is made of 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.
- ^ 1948 is the year Paul Bunyan's Axe was first given out. The rivalry began in 1890 and is the oldest and most-played rivalry in Division I FBS football, with 116 editions.
- ^ 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 tall.
- ^ The rivalry began in 1932. The first Battle for the Old Mountain Jug was in 1978.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 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 142 times and only missed one year (1896).
- ^ 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.