Sacred Cod Trophy
{{Short description|American college football rivalry}}
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| colspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-size: 150%;" |Sacred Cod Trophy |
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| style="text-align:center;" |Boston College Eagles
| style="text-align:center;" |Holy Cross Crusaders | style="text-align:center;" |Boston University Terriers |
| Originated:
| colspan="2" |{{Start date and age|1954}} |
| Ended:
| colspan="2" |{{End date and age|1962}} |
| Current Holder:
| colspan="2" |Holy Cross (Defunct) |
| colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;" |
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| width="33%" valign="top" align="center" |Boston College (3) 1954 1955 1958 | width="34%" valign="top" align="center" |Holy Cross (2) | width="33%" valign="top" align="center" |Boston University (0) |
| colspan="3" style="text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid #aaa;" |Shared Awards (3) 1957 1958 1960 |
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The Sacred Cod Trophy was awarded to each season's winner of the American college football series between the teams of Boston University (Boston University Terriers), Boston College (Boston College Eagles), and College of the Holy Cross (Holy Cross Crusaders).
The Boston University-Boston College game was normally played in early to mid November, the Boston University-Holy Cross game normally played in mid October, and the Boston College–Holy Cross game played as the last game of the season.
At the end of the series, the Boston College Eagles holds the most trophy victories with 3, the Holy Cross Crusaders have won 2, and the teams have shared the trophy on 3 occasions.{{Cite web |title=The Boston Globe 05 Apr 1961, page 43 |url=https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/image/433762645 |access-date=January 14, 2023 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}
History of the trophy
The Sacred Cod Trophy was the idea of the Boston University chapter of the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity.{{Cite web |title=The Boston Globe 08 Oct 1954, page 27 |url=https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/image/433379379 |access-date=January 14, 2023 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}} The trophy was first awarded in the 1954 season to Boston College. Boston College dominated the BU-BC game during this span winning 8 of 9 games with Boston University's sole victory coming in 1959. Holy Cross also dominated the BU-Holy Cross game winning 6 of 8. As a result, the BC–Holy Cross game most often determined who won the trophy. In 1962, the BU-Holy Cross game was not played due to the failure to find an available date, thus the trophy was not awarded. The series ended in 1963 when Boston College and Boston University decided to no longer schedule each other. The 1963 game was postponed due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy and was never rescheduled.{{Cite web |title=The Boston Globe 26 Nov 1963, page 51 |url=https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/image/428676673 |access-date=January 14, 2023 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}
The trophy
The trophy was a gold cup topped with a cod fish a symbol of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.{{Cite web |title=The Boston Globe 30 Nov 1954, page 8 |url=https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/image/433623366/ |access-date=January 14, 2023 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}} The name was inspired by the Sacred Cod, a wooden fish that has hung in the Massachusetts State House since the mid 1700s.
Game results and trophy winners
{{Cite web |title=2022 BC Football Media Guide (FINAL) (PDF) |url=https://bceagles.com/documents/2022/7/18/2022_BC_Football_Media_Guide.pdf |access-date=January 14, 2023 |website=Boston College Athletics |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=All-Time Results (PDF) |url=https://goholycross.com/documents/2018/8/31/results.pdf |access-date=January 14, 2023 |website=Holy Cross Athletics |language=en}}
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| style="{{NCAA color cell|Boston University Terriers}}; text-align:center" width="20%" |Boston University victories | style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" width="20%" |Boston College victories | style="{{NCAA color cell|Holy Cross Crusaders}};text-align:center" width="20%" |Holy Cross victories | style="background: white; color: black; text-align:center;" width="20%" |Shared trophies and tied games | style="background: grey; color: black; text-align:center;" width="20%" |No game played, no trophy awarded |
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto" width="100%"
! width="5%" |Season ! width="15%" |Trophy Winner ! width="15%" |Boston University – Holy Cross score ! width="15%" |Boston University – Boston College score ! width="15%" |Boston College – Holy Cross score |
| 1954
| style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College (1) | style="{{NCAA color cell|Holy Cross Crusaders}}; text-align:center" |Holy Cross 14–13 | style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College 7–6 | style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College 31–13 |
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| 1955
| style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College (2) | style="{{NCAA color cell|Holy Cross Crusaders}}; text-align:center" |Holy Cross 20–12 | style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College 40–12 | style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College 26–7 |
| 1956
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Holy Cross Crusaders}}; text-align:center" |Holy Cross (1) | style="{{NCAA color cell|Holy Cross Crusaders}}; text-align:center" |Holy Cross 21–12 | style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College 13–0 | style="{{NCAA color cell|Holy Cross Crusaders}}; text-align:center" |Holy Cross 7–0 |
| 1957
| style="background: white; color: black; text-align:center;" |Shared (1) | style="{{NCAA color cell|Boston University Terriers}}; text-align:center" |Boston University 35–28 | style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College 27–2 | style="{{NCAA color cell|Holy Cross Crusaders}}; text-align:center" |Holy Cross 14–0 |
| 1958
| style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College (3) | style="{{NCAA color cell|Holy Cross Crusaders}}; text-align:center" |Holy Cross 16–8 | style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College 18–13 | style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College 26–8 |
| 1959
| style="background: white; color: black; text-align:center;" |Shared (2) | style="{{NCAA color cell|Holy Cross Crusaders}}; text-align:center" |Holy Cross 17–8 | style="{{NCAA color cell|Boston University Terriers}}; text-align:center" |Boston University 26–7 | style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College 14–0 |
| 1960
| style="background: white; color: black; text-align:center;" |Shared (3) | style="{{NCAA color cell|Boston University Terriers}}; text-align:center" |Boston University 20–14 | style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College 23–14 | style="{{NCAA color cell|Holy Cross Crusaders}}; text-align:center" |Holy Cross 16–12 |
| 1961
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Holy Cross Crusaders}}; text-align:center" |Holy Cross (2) | style="{{NCAA color cell|Holy Cross Crusaders}}; text-align:center" |Holy Cross 20–7 | style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College 10–7 | style="{{NCAA color cell|Holy Cross Crusaders}}; text-align:center" |Holy Cross 38–26 |
| 1962
| style="background: grey; color: black; text-align:center;" |N/A | style="background: grey; color: black; text-align:center;" |Not played | style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College 41–25 | style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Boston College Eagles}}; text-align:center" |Boston College 48–12 |
| colspan="2" style="text-align: left;" align="right" |All-time Records
!Holy Cross: 6–2 ({{winpct|6|2}}) !Boston College: 8–1 ({{winpct|8|1}}) !Boston College: 5–4 ({{winpct|5|4}}) |
See also
References
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