Commonwealth Cup

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This article is about the annual American football game between the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech. For other trophies, see Commonwealth Cup (disambiguation).

The Virginia Tech cheerleaders welcome the UVA football team to Lane Stadium as the teams prepare for the 2004 battle for the Commonwealth Cup

The Virginia Tech and UVA teams meet after the 2006 battle for the Commonwealth Cup.

The Commonwealth Cup is a football game played between the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech. Typically, this series is played on a Saturday close to Thanksgiving and the winner has "bragging rights" in football for the next year. Though the two schools first met in 1895 and have played annually since 1970, the Cup is a relatively new tradition, beginning in 1996. Currently, Virginia Tech holds the cup, having won the 2006 matchup by the score of 17-0, the first shutout in the Commonwealth Cup series.

The Commonwealth Cup trophy itself is four feet high and contains the scores of all of the games in the UVA-Virginia Tech series.[1]

In 2004, the battle for the Commonwealth Cup took on a new significance as the two teams were now both members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Not only did the game count for bragging rights within the state, but it also would have an affect on the ACC title. Both teams entered the 2004 matchup able to clench a share of the ACC championship with a win. Ultimately, Virginia Tech would prevail and go on to win the ACC outright in their first year in the conference.

[edit] See Also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

[edit] External links

• Official VT Athletics Site
• Official UVA Athletics Site

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