Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Shillelagh Trophy can refer to: . The Jeweled Shillelagh awarded to the victor of the football game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and USC Trojans since 1952; The Shillelagh Trophy (Northwestern–Notre Dame) awarded to the victor of the football game between the Northwestern Wildcats and Notre Dame Fighting Irish 1930–c. 1973
The Shillelagh Trophy is a trophy exchanged between Notre Dame and Purdue, being held by the winner of the game. The two in-state rivals first played each other in 1896. The game occurred annually from 1946 to 2014. [ 2 ]
Shillelagh (Lost) Northwestern: Notre Dame: 1889 2018 49 Notre Dame–Purdue: Shillelagh Trophy Notre Dame: Purdue: 1896 2021 86 Notre Dame–USC: Jeweled Shillelagh Notre Dame: USC: 1926 2023 94 Oregon–Oregon State: Platypus Trophy: Oregon: Oregon State: 1894 2024 128 Oregon–Saint Mary's: The Governors' Perpetual Trophy Oregon: Saint Mary ...
The trophy was introduced in 1952 to commemorate the first game in the series played on December 4, 1926. The trophy was donated by the Notre Dame Alumni Club of Los Angeles, stating that "this shillelagh will serve to symbolize in part the high tradition, the keen rivalry, and above all the sincere respect which these two great universities ...
Fisher Stadium's scoreboard in Easton, Pennsylvania following Lafayette College's victory over Lehigh University in the 142nd edition of "The Rivalry" in 2006.The series between the two colleges, which are 17 miles (27 km) away from each other in the Lehigh Valley, is the most played rivalry in college football history with 158 meetings since 1884.
The trophy game was created at the behest of Notre Dame head coach Knute Rockne, who wanted a rivalry in the Chicago metropolitan area to help build Notre Dame's fanbase there. [ 3 ] The game decided the national championship in 1930, and Notre Dame victories cost Northwestern national championships in 1926 and 1936.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football rivalries refers to rivalries of the University of Notre Dame in the sport of college football.Because the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are independent of a football conference, they play a national schedule, which annually includes historic rivals University of Southern California and Navy, more recent rival Stanford, and five games with ACC teams.
Northwestern University – a rivalry that had its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s and even featured a Shillelagh trophy much like the ones that go to the winner of the Notre Dame–USC and Notre Dame–Purdue games. This rivalry game has been played infrequently in recent years. Purdue University – The Shillelagh Trophy. To be played less ...