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Milk Can
Teams	Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State Bulldogs football The Fresno State Bulldogs football team represents California State University, Fresno in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The green “V” on the Bulldogs' helmets, uniforms, field symbolize California Central Valley, specifically the San Joaquin Valley, the agricultural valley from which they... Boise State Broncos Boise State Broncos football This page discusses the Boise State football program. For more Boise State athletics, see Boise State Broncos.The Boise State Broncos football program represents Boise State University in college football and compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I as a member of the Mountain West...
Originated	2005 (First meeting 1977)
Trophy Series	Boise State leads 6–1
All-time Series	Boise State leads 10–4
Current Holder	Boise State

The Milk Can is awarded to each season's winner of the Battle of the Milk Can, a 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 between the Fresno State Bulldogs

Fresno State Bulldogs

The Fresno State Bulldogs represent California State University, Fresno in 19 NCAA Division I sports. The teams have been members of the Western Athletic Conference since 1992. Before that, it had been a member of the Big West Conference since 1969...

 and the Boise State Broncos

Boise State Broncos

The Boise State Broncos are the official athletic program of Boise State University. The Broncos compete in a wide variety of sports. Perhaps the most well-known of these sports is the football program. The program attained a 13-0 season in 2006 capped by a memorable overtime win in the 2007 Fiesta...

. The team who wins the Milk Can gets to keep it for a year. The trophy was created in 2005, but was not ready in time for the annual match in Fresno, which was won by the Bulldogs. It made its first appearance in 2006, when the victorious Broncos carried it off the field.

History of the trophy

The idea for a trophy as the prize for the newly arranged interstate rivalry was hatched by two separate dairy groups that decided to get involved with their local football programs. California (No. 1) and Idaho (No. 4) are two of the nation's leading dairy producers. The South Valley Dairy Group began raising money for Bulldog football in 2001; the Bronco Dairy Boosters began contributing to Boise State in 2005. Two dairymen and friends in these organizations, Dan Van Grouw of Meridian, Idaho (in the Boise metropolitan area) and Roger Fluegel of Visalia, California (in Fresno State's home of the San Joaquin Valley), put forward the idea of a traveling trophy and began the administrative process. There was positive feedback from the teams, coaches, and fans, but an "administrative changeover" kept the trophy off the field for the 2005 game, though the Bulldogs' 27–7 victory is the first listed on the can.

Pre-Trophy

Boise State victories shaded in ██ blue. Fresno State victories are shaded in ██ red.

#	Date	Location	Conference	Winning team		Losing team		Series
1	1977	Bulldog Stadium Bulldog Stadium Bulldog Stadium at Jim Sweeney Field is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of California State University, Fresno in Fresno, California. It is the home field of the Fresno State Bulldogs of the Western Athletic Conference. The stadium opened in 1980 with a capacity of 30,000 and has a...	PCAA Big West Conference The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped... -Big Sky Big Sky Conference The Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. The BSC was founded in 1963. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the states of Arizona,...	Fresno State	42	Boise State	7	Fresno State 1–0
2	1984	Bulldog Stadium	PCAA-Big Sky	Fresno State	37	Boise State	21	Fresno State 2–0
3	1996	Bulldog Stadium	WAC Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS... -Big West Big West Conference The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped...	Fresno State	41	Boise State	7	Fresno State 3–0
4	2001	Bulldog Stadium	WAC	Boise State	35	Fresno State	30	Fresno State 3–1
5	2002	Bronco Stadium Bronco Stadium Bronco Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Boise, Idaho, the home field of the Boise State Broncos of the Mountain West Conference. Since 1997, it has hosted the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Bronco Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Boise, Idaho, the home field of the Boise State Broncos...	WAC	Boise State	67	Fresno State	21	Fresno State 3–2
6	2003	Bulldog Stadium	WAC	Boise State	31	Fresno State	17	Tied 3–3
7	2004	Bronco Stadium	WAC	Boise State	33	Fresno State	16	Boise State 4–3

Trophy

Boise State victories shaded in ██ blue. Fresno State victories are shaded in ██ red.

#	Date	Location	Conference	Winning team		Losing team		Series	All-Time
1	2005	Bulldog Stadium	WAC	Fresno State	27	Boise State	7	Fresno State 1–0	Tied 4–4
2	2006	Bronco Stadium	WAC	Boise State	45	Fresno State	21	Tied 1–1	Boise State 5–4
3	2007	Bulldog Stadium	WAC	Boise State	34	Fresno State	21	Boise State 2–1	Boise State 6–4
4	2008	Bronco Stadium	WAC	Boise State	61	Fresno State	10	Boise State 3–1	Boise State 7–4
5	2009	Bulldog Stadium	WAC	Boise State	51	Fresno State	34	Boise State 4–1	Boise State 8–4
6	2010	Bronco Stadium	WAC	Boise State	51	Fresno State	0	Boise State 5–1	Boise State 9–4
7	2011	Bulldog Stadium	MWC Mountain West Conference The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999... -WAC	Boise State	57	Fresno State	7	Boise State 6–1	Boise State 10–4

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• (Article written 24 October 2007)