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Cortaca Jug
Teams	Cortland State Red Dragons Ithaca Bombers
Originated	1959
Trophy Series	Ithaca leads, 34-19
Current Holder	Cortland

The Cortaca Jug is the trophy given to the annual college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 game played between the Red Dragons of the State University of New York at Cortland

State University of New York at Cortland

The State University of New York College at Cortland, also officially called SUNY Cortland or informally known as Cortland State, is a coeducational university located in Cortland, New York...

 and the Bombers of Ithaca College

Ithaca College

Ithaca College is a private college located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York. The school was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. The college has a strong liberal arts core, but also offers several pre-professional programs and some graduate programs. The college is...

. The match-up is one of the most prominent in Division III football.

History of the game

The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two schools. The "cort" part coming from SUNY Cortland

Cortland, New York

Cortland is a city in Cortland County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 18,740. It is the county seat of Cortland County.The City of Cortland, near the west border of the county, is surrounded by the Town of Cortlandville....

 and the "aca" part coming from Ithaca

Ithaca, New York

The city of Ithaca, is a city in upstate New York and the county seat of Tompkins County, as well as the largest community in the Ithaca-Tompkins County metropolitan area...

 College. The schools are 21 miles apart in the eastern end of the Finger Lakes

Finger Lakes

The Finger Lakes are a pattern of lakes in the west-central section of Upstate New York in the United States. They are a popular tourist destination. The lakes are long and thin , each oriented roughly on a north-south axis. The two longest, Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake, are among the deepest in...

 region of New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

.

The night before the Jug, it is customary for the sports and news departments of Cortland's radio station to play the sports and news departments of Ithaca's radio stations in a game called "The Cortaca Mic" which takes place at Cortland.

In recent years, Ithaca College students and alumni residing in Los Angeles have gathered at The Casting Office in Studio City, CA to watch the game in an event dubbed CortaCal.

Ithaca Alumni living in New York City have begun watching the game at their own annual event, NYCortaca. The event was started in 2009 on the Upper West Side, and in 2010 was held in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. In 2011, NYCortaca was held in Union Square at Irving Plaza

Irving Plaza

Irving Plaza is a 1,200-person ballroom-style music venue at 17 Irving Place and East 15th Street in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City...

. Past events have been compared to New Years and Halloween in vibrancy.

In 2011, Cortland alums will gather at "Manny's on Second" Bar http://www.mannysonsecond.com/.

History of the trophy

The Cortaca Jug was introduced to the already competitive rivalry in 1959 by the captains of the two teams. While driving in nearby Homer in 1959, Cortland football captain Tom Decker stopped at a yard sale and purchased a $2 jug from a local farmer, named Freddy Testa, that he thought could be used as a trophy during the annual game between the two teams. After meeting up with friend and Ithaca football captain Dick Carmean, the two painted the jug blue, gold, red, and white in honor of both schools’ colors. The first Jug ran out of room for scores in the mid-1980s, necessitating a second Jug that sports the most recent results.

The game

The game was dubbed by Sports Illustrated as the "biggest little game in the nation". The limited capacity of each stadium is augmented by fans standing around the track. The fans of the game have been known to drink heavily and enjoy themselves. There were 6 arrests after the 2000 game.

Results

(Ithaca leads overall series 39-26-3 and Cortaca Jug series 34-19)

Pre Cortaca Jugs Games

Year	Winner	Score	Site
1930	Cortland	12-0	Cortland
1931	Ithaca	12-6	Ithaca
1932	Tie	0-0	Ithaca
1933	Tie	6-6	Cortland
1934	Ithaca	7-0	Ithaca
1948	Cortland	19-0	Cortland
1949	Cortland	32-7	Ithaca
1950	Ithaca	7-6	Cortland
1951	Ithaca	13-6	Ithaca
1952	Cortland	39-6	Cortland
1953	Cortland	32-0	Ithaca
1954	Tie	13-13	Cortland
1955	Cortland	28-0	Ithaca
1956	Cortland	37-0	Cortland
1957	Cortland	32-13	Ithaca
1958	Cortland	16-6	Cortland

Cortaca Jug Games

Year	Winner	Score	Site
1959	Cortland	13-7	Ithaca
1960	Ithaca	12-6	Cortland
1961	Ithaca	34-0	Ithaca
1962	Ithaca	24-12	Cortland
1963	Ithaca	22-7	Ithaca
1964	Cortland	16-0	Cortland
1965	Ithaca	13-12	Ithaca
1966	Cortland	24-11	Cortland
1967	Cortland	11-7	Ithaca
1968	Cortland	34-13	Cortland
1969	Ithaca	36-28	Ithaca
1970	Cortland	7-0	Cortland
1971	Ithaca	21-13	Ithaca
1972	Cortland	21-16	Cortland
1973	Ithaca	41-33	Ithaca
1974	Ithaca	34-33	Cortland
1975	Ithaca	21-6	Ithaca
1976	Ithaca	28-12	Cortland
1977	Ithaca	38-17	Ithaca
1978	Ithaca	27-13	Cortland
1979	Ithaca	42-7	Ithaca
1980	Ithaca	24-7	Cortland
1981	Ithaca	42-0	Ithaca
1982	Cortland	21-17	Cortland
1983	Ithaca	49-26	Ithaca
1984	Ithaca	42-6	Cortland
1985	Ithaca	41-0	Ithaca
1986	Ithaca	40-12	Cortland
1987	Ithaca	37-15	Ithaca
1988	Cortland	21-20	Cortland
#1988	Ithaca	24-17	Ithaca
1989	Ithaca	28-0	Ithaca
1990	Ithaca	28-14	Cortland
1991	Ithaca	23-14	Ithaca
1992	Cortland	22-20	Cortland
1993	Ithaca	32-14	Ithaca
1994	Ithaca	15-13	Cortland
1995	Ithaca	35-19	Ithaca
1996	Cortland	41-13	Cortland
1997	Cortland	33-28	Ithaca
1998	Ithaca	37-29	Cortland
1999	Cortland	26-21	Ithaca
2000	Ithaca	19-14	Cortland
2001	Ithaca	21-14	Ithaca
2002	Cortland	16-12	Cortland
2003	Cortland	16-15	Ithaca
2004	Ithaca	47-22	Cortland
2005	Cortland	37-30 (OT)	Ithaca
2006	Cortland	23-20 (OT)	Cortland
2007	Ithaca	40-17	Ithaca
2008	Ithaca	35-13	Cortland
2009	Ithaca	23-20	Ithaca
2010	Cortland	20-17	Cortland
2011	Cortland	27-3	Ithaca

^#Quarterfinal playoff game. Does not count in Cortaca Jug game count.

External links

• Ithaca College football history