| The Territorial Cup | |
| First meeting | November 30, 1899 Arizona State 11, Arizona 2.[1] |
| Originated | 1899 |
| All Time Series Count | 85 |
| Series record | Arizona: 47–37–1[2] Arizona State: 37–47–1[2] |
| Largest victory | Arizona, 67–0 (1946)[2] |
| Longest streak | Arizona, 11 (1932-1948)* [2]*Not Played Between 1938-1940 and 1943-1945 |
| Current streak | Arizona: 1 win (2011)[2] Arizona State: 1 loss (2011)[2] |
The Territorial Cup is a trophy that is awarded to the winner of an American college football rivalry game, commonly referred to as "The Duel in the Desert," played annually between the Arizona State Sun Devils football team of Arizona State University (ASU) and the Arizona Wildcats football team of the University of Arizona (UA), and has also served as the symbol of the long standing rivalry between the two schools. The Territorial Cup is one of the oldest trophy rivalry games in the NCAA.
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The Territorial Cup was originally awarded to the Arizona Territorial Normal School football team for winning the Arizona Territorial Football League Championship after a season of three games in 1899. As a result, the cup is actually the property of Arizona State University. The Normals, as they were known at the time, were undefeated in gridiron matches with the Phoenix Union High School (6-0), the Phoenix Indian School (6-0) and the University of Arizona (11-2).[3]
The first “Big Game” against the University of Arizona was played on Thanksgiving Day, November 30, 1899 at Carillo Gardens field in Tucson before a vocal and enthusiastic crowd of 300 fans. Newspaper accounts suggested this was the University team’s first game and that the Normal squad was physically larger and better conditioned. The atmosphere was one of genuine sportsmanship as the University students met the Normal team at the train station, entertained them at a campus dormitory and hosted a post-game Thanksgiving feast.[4]
Arizona State University records do not document an award ceremony after the first Big Game on Thanksgiving Day in 1899, and the early whereabouts of the cup remain a mystery to this day. A newspaper clipping from ca. 1980 suggests the cup was found in the basement of a church adjacent to the ASU campus, and staff from the ASU Alumni Association recall seeing it on display at the Alumni Association headquarters in Mariposa Hall at that time. Sometime between 1980 and 1983 the cup was transferred to University Archives, then under the jurisdiction of the late Alfred Thomas, longtime ASU Registrar and Director of Admissions. The cup was again placed on display at the University Archives Building (now the Piper Creative Writing Center) until approximately 1992 when the archival exhibits were remodeled.
In 2001 then ASU President Lattie Coor ordered that the Territorial Cup be shared with the University of Arizona such that the winner of the Big Game takes custody of the cup for the ensuing year. President Coor and then UA President Peter Likins signed a protocol governing use of the cup and assigning responsibility for the cup to specific offices at each university. Each year the tradition of the rivalry and the Territorial Cup is celebrated at a pre-game reception for ASU and UA boosters.[5]
The cup itself is silverplate over britannia base metal and was manufactured by Reed and Barton of Taunton, Massachusetts. It was a standard style priced at $20 ($462.05 in 2010 dollars) in Reed and Barton's 1910 catalog. The inscription reads "Arizona Foot Ball League Championship 1899 Normal".[5]
The "Duel in the Desert" is the rivalry football game between ASU and UA and is among the nation's oldest and most heated rivalries, including the oldest trophy in college football. The winner of the game is then given possession of the Territorial Cup until the game is played the next year. In the modern era of the game, it has often been played on the day after Thanksgiving (and in recent years on the Saturday after Thanksgiving to accommodate network television coverage).
Starting with the 2009-2010 school year, State Farm became the presenting sponsor for the State Farm Territorial Cup Series. This series encompasses each of the 18 sports that Arizona and Arizona State compete head to head in. Each sport is worth 1 point in the year long competition. The school that wins the most head to head competitions is awarded the new State Farm Territorial Cup Series Trophy.
Main Article: State Farm Territorial Cup Series
Arizona leads the series 47–37 with one tie and won the most recent matchup, defeating Arizona State 31–27 on November 19, 2011.
Since both teams moved from the Western Athletic Conference to the Pacific-12(Pacific-10) Conference, Arizona leads the series is 19-14-1.
| All Time Results[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Winner | Loser | Location |
| 1899 | Arizona State 11 | Arizona 2 | Tucson |
| 1902 | Arizona 12 | Arizona State 0 | ? |
| 1914 | Arizona 34 | Arizona State 0 | ? |
| 1915 | Arizona 7 | Arizona State 0 | ? |
| 1919 | Arizona 59 | Arizona State 0 | ? |
| 1925 | Arizona 13 | Arizona State 3 | ? |
| 1926 | Arizona 35 | Arizona State 0 | ? |
| 1928 | Arizona 39 | Arizona State 0 | ? |
| 1929 | Arizona 26 | Arizona State 0 | ? |
| 1930 | Arizona 6 | Arizona State 0 | ? |
| 1931 | Arizona State 19 | Arizona 6 | ? |
| 1932 | Arizona 20 | Arizona State 6 | ? |
| 1933 | Arizona 26 | Arizona State 7 | ? |
| 1934 | Arizona 32 | Arizona State 6 | ? |
| 1935 | Arizona 26 | Arizona State 0 | ? |
| 1936 | Arizona 18 | Arizona State 0 | ? |
| 1937 | Arizona 20 | Arizona State 6 | ? |
| 1941 | Arizona 20 | Arizona State 7 | ? |
| 1942 | Arizona 23 | Arizona State 0 | ? |
| 1946 | Arizona 67 | Arizona State 0 | ? |
| 1947 | Arizona 26 | Arizona State 13 | ? |
| 1948 | Arizona 33 | Arizona State 21 | ? |
| 1949 | Arizona State 34 | Arizona 7 | ? |
| 1950 | Arizona State 47 | Arizona 13 | ? |
| 1951 | Arizona State 61 | Arizona 14 | ? |
| 1952 | Arizona State 20 | Arizona 18 | ? |
| 1953 | Arizona 35 | Arizona State 0 | ? |
| 1954 | Arizona 54 | Arizona State 14 | ? |
| 1955 | Arizona 7 | Arizona State 6 | ? |
| 1956 | Arizona State 20 | Arizona 0 | ? |
| 1957 | Arizona State 47 | Arizona 7 | ? |
| 1958 | Arizona State 47 | Arizona 0 | ? |
| 1959 | Arizona State 15 | Arizona 9 | ? |
| 1960 | Arizona 35 | Arizona State 7 | ? |
| 1961 | Arizona 22 | Arizona State 13 | ? |
| 1962 | Arizona 20 | Arizona State 17 | ? |
| 1963 | Arizona State 35 | Arizona 6 | ? |
| 1964 | Arizona 30 | Arizona State 6 | ? |
| 1965 | Arizona State 14 | Arizona 6 | ? |
| 1966 | Arizona State 20 | Arizona 17 | ? |
| 1967 | Arizona State 47 | Arizona 7 | ? |
| 1968 | Arizona State 30 | Arizona 7 | ? |
| 1969 | Arizona State 38 | Arizona 24 | ? |
| 1970 | Arizona State 10 | Arizona 6 | ? |
| 1971 | Arizona State 31 | Arizona 0 | ? |
| 1972 | Arizona State 38 | Arizona 21 | ? |
| 1973 | Arizona State 55 | Arizona 19 | ? |
| 1974 | Arizona 10 | Arizona State 0 | ? |
| 1975 | Arizona State 24 | Arizona 21 | ? |
| 1976 | Arizona State 27 | Arizona 10 | ? |
| 1977 | Arizona State 23 | Arizona 7 | ? |
| 1978 | Arizona State 18 | Arizona 17 | ? |
| 1979 | Arizona 27 | Arizona State 24 | ? |
| 1980 | Arizona State 44 | Arizona 7 | ? |
| 1981 | Arizona State 24 | Arizona 13 | ? |
| 1982 | Arizona 28 | Arizona State 18 | Tucson |
| 1983 | Arizona 17 | Arizona State 15 | Tempe |
| 1984 | Arizona 16 | Arizona State 10 | Tucson |
| 1985 | Arizona 16 | Arizona State 13 | Tempe |
| 1986 | Arizona 34 | Arizona State 17 | Tucson |
| 1987 | Arizona State-24 | Arizona-24 | Tempe |
| 1988 | Arizona 28 | Arizona State 18 | Tucson |
| 1989 | Arizona 28 | Arizona State 10 | Tempe |
| 1990 | Arizona 21 | Arizona State 17 | Tucson |
| 1991 | Arizona State 37 | Arizona 14 | Tempe |
| 1992 | Arizona State 7 | Arizona 6 | Tucson |
| 1993 | Arizona 34 | Arizona State 20 | Tempe |
| 1994 | Arizona 28 | Arizona State 27 | Tucson |
| 1995 | Arizona 31 | Arizona State 28 | Tempe |
| 1996 | Arizona State 56 | Arizona 14 | Tucson |
| 1997 | Arizona 28 | Arizona State 16 | Tempe |
| 1998 | Arizona 50 | Arizona State 42 | Tucson |
| 1999 | Arizona State 42 | Arizona 27 | Tempe |
| 2000 | Arizona State 30 | Arizona 17 | Tucson |
| 2001 | Arizona 34 | Arizona State 20 | Tempe |
| 2002 | Arizona State 34 | Arizona 20 | Tucson |
| 2003 | Arizona State 28 | Arizona 7 | Tempe |
| 2004 | Arizona 34 | Arizona State 27 | Tucson |
| 2005 | Arizona State 23 | Arizona 20 | Tempe |
| 2006 | Arizona State 28 | Arizona 14 | Tucson |
| 2007 | Arizona State 20 | Arizona 17 | Tempe |
| 2008 | Arizona 31 | Arizona State 10 | Tucson |
| 2009 | Arizona 20 | Arizona State 17 | Tempe |
| 2010 | Arizona State 30 | Arizona 29 | Tucson |
| 2011 | Arizona 31 | Arizona State 27 | Tempe |
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