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Minnesota and Wisconsin first played in 1890 and have met every year since, except for 1906. The series is tied 63–63–8 through 2024. [2] Wisconsin took the series lead for the first time after defeating Minnesota 31–0 in the 2017 game; Minnesota had led the overall series since 1902, at times by as many as 20 games.
The result is a 98 lb (44 kg) bronze pig trophy, 21 in (53 cm) long and 15 in (38 cm) high. [9] Iowa and Minnesota have played for the Floyd of Rosedale every year since then. The winner of the game is entitled to keep the trophy until the following year's contest.
The Badgers took possession of the trophy for the first time in 2006, defeating Iowa 24–21 in a back-and-forth affair. Wisconsin evened the Heartland Trophy series in 2007, winning another closely contested game 17–13, under the lights at Camp Randall. In 2008, Iowa took the lead in the trophy series with a lopsided 38–16 victory.
The trophy was carved by local Fort Collins artist, Bill Wrage, who donated several artistic works to Colorado State University. [ 2 ] It was first awarded in 1980 , when formerly independent Air Force joined Colorado State in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC); CSU won 21–9 on September 6.
LSU leads the trophy series 19–9, through the 2023 season. Since 1996, the winning team has received the 200-pound, $10,000 "Boot" trophy. [3] The trophy itself stands a little over four feet tall, is molded out of 24-karat gold, [7] and resembles the outline of the states of Arkansas and Louisiana connected, thus making a boot shape.
The Kuter Trophy is awarded to the winner of the game. The trophy is named after General Laurence S. Kuter , who was appointed the first head of the Pacific Air Forces Command (located at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu ) in 1957.
The Virginia Tech–West Virginia football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Virginia Tech Hokies and West Virginia Mountaineers. [3] [4] [5] The teams met 53 times between 1912 and 2021, every year from 1973 to 2005, and as conference foes from 1991 to 2003 as members of the Big East Conference.
The winning team holds the trophy until the next game, which has been held annually since 1970. Currently, the Virginia Tech Hokies football team holds the cup, having won the 2023 edition of the contest. The trophy is constructed of marble and cherry wood, and is four feet high. It also contains the scores of all of the games in the series. [2]