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.[2]
History of the trophy
The Sacred Cod Trophy was the idea of the Boston University chapter of the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity.[1] The trophy was first awarded in the 1954 season to Boston College. Boston College would dominate the BU-BC game during this span winning 8 of 9 games with Boston University's sole victory coming in 1959. Holy Cross would also dominate the BU-Holy Cross game winning 6 of 8. As a result, the BC-Holy Cross game would most often determine who wins 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.[2] The series would end in 1963 when Boston College and Boston University decided to no longer schedule each other. The 1963 game would be postponed due to the death of John F. Kennedy and would never be rescheduled.[3]
The trophy
The trophy was a gold cup topped with a cod fish a symbol of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.[4] The name was inspired by the Sacred Cod, a wooden fish that has hung in the Massachusetts State House since the mid 1700s.
