page_title: Cortaca Jug
section_title: History of the trophy
hierarchical_section_title: Cortaca Jug / History of the trophy
caption_attribution_description: English: The original Cortaca Jug trophy (left) along with the new trophy (right).
context_page_description: The Cortaca Jug is the trophy given to the annual college football game played between the Red Dragons of the State University of New York at Cortland and the Bombers of Ithaca College. The match-up is one of the most prominent in Division III football. The Cortaca game typically sells out, with thousands of fans packed into the stadium. In 2015—when Cortland topped Ithaca 11–8 on the Bombers home field—over 10,000 people attended the game, which is incredibly unusual for a typical Division III football game. This was surpassed when the game was held at MetLife Stadium in 2019, hosting just over 45,000.
context_section_description: 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. After 2015, Jug II was also full.
caption: The original Cortaca Jug trophy (left) along with the new trophy (right).
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