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I-AA Rivalries and Trophies

The following is list of rivalries and "trophy games" involving I-AA teams (past and present). Certainly we have missed some. We encourage you to send Pete's your additions to the list.

Schools
Trophy/Name
Record (through)
Alabama A&M vs.
Alabama St.
"The Magic City Classic" AAM 31-30-3 (2005)
Alabama St. vs.
Tuskegee
"The Turkey Day Classic" ASU  38-32-3 (2001)
Alcorn State vs.
Jackson State
"Capitol City Classic"  
Appalachian St. vs.
Western Carolina
The Old Mountain Jug  ASU 51-18-1 (2005)
Bethune-Cookman vs.
Florida A&M
"Florida Classic" FLAMU 43-14 (2004)
UC-Davis vs.
Sacramento St.
"The Causeway Classic"
The Victory Carriage
UCD 35-16 (2003)
UC Davis vs.
Cal-Poly
The Golden Horseshoe UCD 2-0 (2005)
Citadel vs.
VMI
"Military Classic of the South"
The Silver Shako
Citadel 33-30-2 (2005)
Columbia vs.
Fordham
The Liberty Cup Columbia 11-4 (2005)
Cornell vs.
Pennsylvania
 The Trustee's Cup Penn 64-43-5 (2005)
Dartmouth vs.
Princeton
   
Dartmouth vs.
New Hampshire
"The Granite Bowl" UNH 4-0 (2004)
Eastern Kentucky vs.
Morehead St.
"The Old Hawg Rifle"  
Eastern Kentucky vs.
Western Kentucky
"The Battle of the Bluegrass" WKU 44-33 (2005)
Florida Atlantic vs.
Florida International
Shula Bowl
The Don Shula Award
FAU 4-1 (2006)
Fordham vs.
Holy-Cross
The Ram-Crusader Cup Holy-Cross 22-19-2 (2005)
Grambling vs.
Southern
"The Bayou Classic" Southern 27-25 (2004)
Harvard vs.
Yale
"The Game" Yale 65-49-8 (2005)
Holy-Cross vs.
Boston College
"The Holy War" The rivalry began in 1896, and was last played in 1986 (no stats).
Idaho vs.
Boise St.
"Battle of Idaho" Began in 1972 (no stats)
Jackson State vs.
Tennessee St.
"The Southern Heritage Classic" Tied 7-7 (2005)
Jackson State vs.
Southern
   
Jacksonville St. vs.
Troy St.
"Battle for the Ol' School Bell" JSU 33-26-2 (2001)
Lafayette vs.
Lehigh
"The Game" Lafayette 74-62-5 (2005)
Maine vs.
New Hampshire
The Brice-Cowell Musket tied 43-43-8 (2004)
Massachusetts vs.
New Hampshire
Billy Knight Trophy  
McNeese St. vs.
Louisiana-Lafayette
The Cajun Crown MSU 19-15-2 (1986)
Middle Tennessee St. vs.
Tennessee Tech
MTSU=Harvey
TTU=Shinny Ninny
MTSU 35-32-7 (2000)
Middle Tennessee St. vs.
Troy St.
"Battle for the Palladium"
The Palladium
The rivalry has existed since 1936, but the trophy was not introduced until 2004, after both schools became IA.
Montana vs.
Montana St.
"Brawl in the Wild" or "Griz-Cat Game"
Grizzly-Bobcat Painting
Montana 65-34-5 (2004)
Montana vs.
Idaho
The Little Brown Stein Idaho 55-27-2 (2004)
Murray St. vs.
Western Kentucky
"Battle for the Red Belt"
The Red Belt
WKU 35-24-7 (2000). However, the trophy only existed since 1978 (no stats)
Nicholls St. vs. SW Texas St. "Battle for the Paddle" 13-11 (overall)
4-4 (for the trophy 1997)
North Carolina A&T vs.
North Carolina Central
"The Aggie-Eagle Classic" NCA&T 15-1 (2005)
78 Meetings over-all
North Dakota vs.
North Dakota State
The Nickel Trophy Est. 1938, but 1903 between ROTC clubs
UND 58-44-3
Northwestern St. vs.
Stephen F. Austin
Battle for Chief Caddo
Chief Caddo
NSU 24-13-1 (2001)
Rivalry is older, no stats
Pennsylvania vs.
Princeton
  No Data
Princeton vs.
Yale
  Yale 69-48-10 (2004)
Richmond vs.
William & Mary
The I-64 Bowl W&M 59-51-5 (2005)
Rhode Island vs.
Connecticut
The Ram-Husky game. The Kidnapping game. The 'Ramnapping' game. UConn 49-35-8 (2005)
St. Mary's (CA) vs.
Santa Clara
The Victory Bell SCSU 24-21-1 {or 24-22} (2003)
Sam Houston St vs. Stephen F. Austin Battle of the Piney Woods SFA 46-33 (2005)
Samford vs.
Troy St.
   
South Dakota St vs.
North Dakota St
The Dakota Marker Trophy tied 1-1 (2005)
Youngstown St. vs.
Kent St.
The Schwebel’s Challenge YSU 6-4 (2003)
Youngstown St. vs. Akron Steel Tire YSU 19-14-2 (1995)

 


 

 

 

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  1. Southern Illinois
  2. Montana
  3. Villanova
  4. William & Mary
  5. S. Carolina St
  6. Appalachian St
  7. Richmond
  8. Northern Iowa
  9. S. Dakota St
  10. New Hampshire
  11. McNeese St
  12. Holy Cross
  13. Elon
  14. Liberty
  15. Eastern WA
  16. Eastern IL
  17. Jacksonville St
  18. Stephen F. Austin
  19. Lafayette
  20. Colgate
  21. Weber St
  22. Texas St
  23. Montana St
  24. Missouri St
  25. Delaware
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Massachusetts
Florida A&M
Southeastern Louisiana
Central Arkansas

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