Florida Cup
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The Florida Cup is the American football
trophy sponsored by the state of Florida
given to either the Florida State University
Seminoles
, the University of Florida
Gators
, or the University of Miami
Hurricanes
in return for beating the other two teams in the same season (including bowl games if necessary). It was first awarded in 2002.
to join Florida State, which had been in the conference since 1991. Just prior to this move Miami was in the Big East Conference
, which it joined in 1991. Florida has been in the Southeastern Conference
for much longer, having been one of its charter members in 1932 while UM and FSU were independent until joining their respective conferences in 1991.
Although Florida State, for roughly 50 consecutive years, has played both Miami and Florida annually, Miami and Florida have not scheduled each other regularly since 1987 when Florida ended a series dating some 49 consecutive seasons. Thus, the cup can only be awarded in years where either Florida State wins or there is a Florida-Miami matchup in the regular season or bowl game
s.
Miami won the first three Florida Cups awarded, having played Florida in the 2002
and 2003
regular seasons and the 2004 Peach Bowl
. Florida won its first Florida Cup in 2008
, when it beat both Miami and Florida State. Florida State won its first Florida Cup in 2010
, when it beat both Miami and Florida; Florida did not play Miami in the 2010 season.
, awarded to the best team in the state after the duration of the competitive season, and a four-team playoff. This year Florida (2),* Florida State (9), the University of South Florida
(12), and Miami (25) will compete for the title.
The "See also" column links to articles detailing the season for the given team, and existing articles for individual games.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
trophy sponsored by the state of Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
given to either the Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
Seminoles
Florida State Seminoles football
The Florida State Seminoles football team represents Florida State University in college football. The Florida State Seminoles compete in NCAA Division I-FBS and are members of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
, the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
Gators
Florida Gators football
The Florida Gators football team represents the University of Florida in the sport of American football. The Florida Gators compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletics Association and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference...
, or the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
Hurricanes
Miami Hurricanes football
The Miami Hurricanes football program competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the University of Miami. The program began in 1926 and has won five AP national championships...
in return for beating the other two teams in the same season (including bowl games if necessary). It was first awarded in 2002.
Trophy design
The trophy was designed to be a unique piece of art as well as representative of the traditional power of Florida's major collegiate football teams. The Florida Cup stands approximately 24 inch (0.6096 m) tall and is composed of several elements. The base is crafted from solid cherry with the outline of the State of Florida and the football at the top in gold-plated solid pewter. The football is mounted on three curved, swirling "pillars" made from silver-plated solid brass that represent the state's three powerhouse football programs—the University of Miami, Florida State University, and the University of Florida.Conference affiliations and game scheduling
The rivalry between the three schools has traditionally been non-conference; it was only in 2004 that Miami moved to the Atlantic Coast ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
to join Florida State, which had been in the conference since 1991. Just prior to this move Miami was in the Big East Conference
Big East Conference
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...
, which it joined in 1991. Florida has been in the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
for much longer, having been one of its charter members in 1932 while UM and FSU were independent until joining their respective conferences in 1991.
Although Florida State, for roughly 50 consecutive years, has played both Miami and Florida annually, Miami and Florida have not scheduled each other regularly since 1987 when Florida ended a series dating some 49 consecutive seasons. Thus, the cup can only be awarded in years where either Florida State wins or there is a Florida-Miami matchup in the regular season or bowl game
Bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...
s.
Miami won the first three Florida Cups awarded, having played Florida in the 2002
2002 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season ended the season with what most consider an exciting double overtime national championship game. Ohio State and Miami both came into the Fiesta Bowl undefeated. The underdog Buckeyes defeated the Hurricanes 31–24, ending Miami's 34 game winning...
and 2003
2003 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy, resulting in a split national championship. This was the first split title since the inception of the BCS, something the BCS intended to eliminate....
regular seasons and the 2004 Peach Bowl
2004 Peach Bowl (December)
The 2004 December edition of the Peach Bowl featured the Miami Hurricanes and the Florida Gators.Miami took a 7-0 lead when it blocked a Florida field goal attempt, and Devin Hester returned the ball 78 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Matt Leach kicked a 34-yard field goal to male it...
. Florida won its first Florida Cup in 2008
2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 28, 2008, progressing through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida on January 8, 2009, where the #2...
, when it beat both Miami and Florida State. Florida State won its first Florida Cup in 2010
2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on Thursday, September 2, 2010. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10, 2011.-Rule changes for...
, when it beat both Miami and Florida; Florida did not play Miami in the 2010 season.
In rugby
The Florida Cup also refers to the State Championship in rugbyRugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
, awarded to the best team in the state after the duration of the competitive season, and a four-team playoff. This year Florida (2),* Florida State (9), the University of South Florida
University of South Florida
The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA...
(12), and Miami (25) will compete for the title.
- Number listed in parentheses is national ranking
Results table
Cup victories are shown in color as follows: Miami victories in ██ green, Florida victories in ██ blue, Florida State victories in ██ garnet. Game victories are shown in bold. Small text is used for the games that did not affect the winner of the Cup.The "See also" column links to articles detailing the season for the given team, and existing articles for individual games.
| Season | Winner | Miami vs. Florida War Canoe Trophy The Florida–Miami football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Florida Gators football team of the University of Florida and the Miami Hurricanes football team of the University of Miami. The game was previously played annually from 1938 until 1987, and is now played... |
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| 2002 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season The 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season ended the season with what most consider an exciting double overtime national championship game. Ohio State and Miami both came into the Fiesta Bowl undefeated. The underdog Buckeyes defeated the Hurricanes 31–24, ending Miami's 34 game winning... |
Miami | Sept. 7 | #1 Miami | 41 | #6 Florida | 16 | Oct. 12 | #9 Florida St | 27 | #1 Miami | 28 | Nov. 30 | #11 Florida | 14 | #23 Florida St | 31 | Miami 2002 Miami Hurricanes football team The 2002 Miami Hurricanes football team sought to defend the school's 1-A national championship. They were coached by second year head coach Larry Coker, and competed in the Big East Conference- Pre Season :... • Florida 2002 Florida Gators football team The 2002 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2002 college football season... • Florida St 2002 Florida State Seminoles football team -Schedule:... |
| 2003 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy, resulting in a split national championship. This was the first split title since the inception of the BCS, something the BCS intended to eliminate.... |
Miami | Sept. 6 | #18 Florida | 33 | #3 Miami | 38 | Oct. 11 | #2 Miami | 22 | #5 Florida St | 14 | Nov. 29 | #9 Florida St | 38 | #11 Florida | 34 | Miami • Florida 2003 Florida Gators football team The 2003 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2003 college football season... • Florida St 2003 Florida State Seminoles football team -Schedule:... |
| Jan. 1 | #10 Miami | 16 | #9 Florida St | 14 | |||||||||||||
| 2004 Orange Bowl 2004 Orange Bowl The 2004 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the and the Florida State Seminoles on January 1, 2004, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Miami defeated FSU 16-14 in a stout defensive battle... |
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| 2004 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season The 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with several undefeated teams vying for a spot in the national title game, triggering controversy. In the 2003 season, no team finished the regular season unbeaten, and five teams finished the season with one loss... |
Miami | Dec. 31 | #19 Florida | 10 | Miami | 27 | Sept. 10 | #4 Florida St | 10 | #5 Miami | 16 | Nov. 20 | Florida | 20 | #10 Florida St | 13 | Miami 2004 Miami Hurricanes football team -Schedule:... • Florida 2004 Florida Gators football team The 2004 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2004 college football season... • Florida St 2004 Florida State Seminoles football team -Schedule:-Miami, FL:Originally scheduled for September 6, 2004, the game between Miami and Florida State was postponed due to Hurricane Francis. On September 10, both teams met at the Orange Bowl in Miami, FL. The Seminoles took the upper hand in the first half with a 45 yard field goal by Xavier... |
| 2004 Peach Bowl 2004 Peach Bowl (December) The 2004 December edition of the Peach Bowl featured the Miami Hurricanes and the Florida Gators.Miami took a 7-0 lead when it blocked a Florida field goal attempt, and Devin Hester returned the ball 78 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Matt Leach kicked a 34-yard field goal to male it... |
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| 2008 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 28, 2008, progressing through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida on January 8, 2009, where the #2... |
Florida | Sept. 6 | Miami | 3 | #5 Florida | 26 | Oct. 4 | Florida St | 41 | Miami | 39 | Nov. 29 | #3 Florida | 45 | #24 Florida St | 15 | Miami 2008 Miami Hurricanes football team -Roster changes:University of Miami safety Kenny Phillips and defensive end Calais Campbell made the decision to forgo their senior years and declare for the NFL Draft. Phillips was drafted in the first round, No. 31 overall by the New York Giants. Campbell was drafted in the second round, No. 50... • Florida 2008 Florida Gators football team The 2008 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2008 college football season... • Florida St 2008 Florida State Seminoles football team The 2008 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football season. It was Florida State's 17th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference .The previous... |
| 2010 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on Thursday, September 2, 2010. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10, 2011.-Rule changes for... |
Florida St | No game | Oct. 9 | #23 Florida St | 45 | #14 Miami | 17 | Nov. 27 | Florida | 7 | #22 Florida St | 31 | Miami 2010 Miami Hurricanes football team The 2010 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hurricanes were coached by Randy Shannon during the regular season, then coached by Jeff Stoutland during their bowl game and played their home games at Sun Life... • Florida 2010 Florida Gators football team The 2010 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2010 college football season... • Florida St 2010 Florida State Seminoles football team The 2010 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Seminoles were led by 1st year head coach Jimbo Fisher and played their home games at Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium. They were members of... |
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| 2011 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level, began on Thursday, September 1, 2011... |
Florida St | No game | Nov. 12 | Florida St | 23 | Miami | 19 | Nov. 26 | Florida | 7 | Florida St | 21 | Miami 2011 Miami Hurricanes football team The 2011 Miami Hurricanes football team represents the University of Miami during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hurricanes are led by first year head coach Al Golden and play their home games at Sun Life Stadium... • Florida 2011 Florida Gators football team The 2011 Florida Gators football team represents the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2011 college football season... • Florida St 2011 Florida State Seminoles football team The 2011 Florida State Seminoles football team represents Florida State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Seminoles are led by 2nd year head coach Jimbo Fisher and play their home games at Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium... |
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See also
- Florida–Florida State football rivalry
- Florida–Miami football rivalry
- Miami–Florida State football rivalry