Secretaries Cup

The Secretaries Cup is an annual college football game in the northeast United States between the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.[3] Both academies compete in NCAA Division III athletics.[4]

Secretaries Cup
SportFootball
Teams
First meetingOctober 15, 1949
72 years ago
Coast Guard, 21–14[1]:34
Latest meetingNovember 14, 2020
Merchant Marine, 24–14
Next meeting2021
TrophySecretaries Cup
Statistics
Meetings total48
All-time seriesMerchant Marine leads, 33–15[1]:34[2]
Largest victoryMerchant Marine, 42–0 (1992)[1]:34
Longest win streakMerchant Marine, 7 (1965–1978)
Current win streakMerchant Marine, 2
Locations of Coast Guard and Merchant Marine

The Secretaries Cup is an intense rivalry game for both schools.[5] Although not matching the intensity or tradition of the Army–Navy Game, the Secretaries Cup is often described as a small-college version of that matchup.[6][7]

The rivalry was designated as the "Secretary's Cup" 40 years ago in 1981, when both academies were in the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation.[8] The name of the contest was pluralized when the U.S. Coast Guard moved to the Department of Homeland Security in 2003.[9]

The two campuses are at opposite ends of Long Island Sound. The game alternates between the Coast Guard's Cadet Memorial Field in New London, Connecticut, and the Merchant Marine's Captain Tomb Field in Kings Point, New York, just east of New York City.

The game had been played on the last Saturday of the Division III football regular season (generally mid-November) from 1991 through 2005. When the Coast Guard Academy joined the New England Football Conference in 2006, the rivalry became a non-conference game and was moved to September. In 2017, the game moved back to November when the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) began sponsoring football with both teams as conference members. The 2017 game was played at 12 noon on Veterans Day, November 11.

Results

Through 2020, the Merchant Marine Academy has an overall lead in the series 34–15 (.694). Since the Secretaries Cup was established in 1981, the Merchant Marine Academy leads 27–13 (.675). There have been no ties in the series.

The latest meeting in 2020 was won 24–14 by Merchant Marine. Notably, it was the only Division III football game played in 2020; the NCAA canceled the 2020 D-III football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ultimately moving the division's championship tournament to spring 2021. Nonetheless, the two academies chose to play their rivalry game on its normal schedule. Both schools had also chosen not to play football in spring 2021, making this their only game of the 2020–21 school year.[4]

Coast Guard victories
Merchant Marine victories

YearWinnerScoreCitySeries
1949Coast Guard21–14Kings PointCG 1–0[1]:34
No games played 1950–1964
1965Merchant Marine17–8New LondonTied 1–1
1966Merchant Marine41–6Kings PointMM 2–1
No games played 1967–1973
1974Merchant Marine14–12Kings PointMM 3–1
1975Merchant Marine9–7New LondonMM 4–1
1976Merchant Marine9–7Kings PointMM 5–1
1977Merchant Marine10–6New LondonMM 6–1
1978Merchant Marine10–7Kings PointMM 7–1
1979Coast Guard30–23New LondonMM 7–2
1980No game played
Secretary's Cup established
1981Coast Guard14–7New LondonMM 7–3
1982Merchant Marine14–7Kings PointMM 8–3
1983Merchant Marine21–14New LondonMM 9–3
1984Merchant Marine41–0Kings PointMM 10–3
1985Merchant Marine42–14New LondonMM 11–3
1986Merchant Marine28–0Kings PointMM 12–3
1987Merchant Marine10–7New LondonMM 13–3
1988Coast Guard35–7Kings PointMM 13–4
1989Merchant Marine24–22New LondonMM 14–4
1990Coast Guard21–17Kings PointMM 14–5
1991Coast Guard25–20New LondonMM 14–6
1992Merchant Marine42–0Kings PointMM 15–6
1993Coast Guard31–23New LondonMM 15–7
1994Merchant Marine21–6Kings PointMM 16–7
1995Coast Guard27–9New LondonMM 16–8
1996Coast Guard23–13Kings PointMM 16–9
1997Coast Guard34–16New LondonMM 16–10
1998Merchant Marine46–7Kings PointMM 17–10
1999Merchant Marine24–21New LondonMM 18–10
2000Merchant Marine28–21Kings PointMM 19–10
2001Merchant Marine7–3New LondonMM 20–10
2002Merchant Marine31–6Kings PointMM 21–10
became Secretaries Cup
2003Coast Guard9–7New LondonMM 21–11
2004Merchant Marine16–7Kings PointMM 22–11
2005Merchant Marine21–5New LondonMM 23–11
2006Merchant Marine21–7Kings PointMM 24–11
2007Coast Guard36–31New LondonMM 24–12
2008Merchant Marine34–7Kings PointMM 25–12
2009Merchant Marine33–27Kings PointMM 26–12
2010Coast Guard10–8New LondonMM 26–13
2011Merchant Marine35–28Kings PointMM 27–13
2012Merchant Marine43–37New LondonMM 28–13
2013Merchant Marine27–20Kings PointMM 29–13
2014Coast Guard42–31New LondonMM 29–14
2015Merchant Marine14–3Kings PointMM 30–14
2016Merchant Marine31–27New LondonMM 31–14
2017Merchant Marine48–23New LondonMM 32–14
2018Coast Guard26–12Kings PointMM 32–15
2019Merchant Marine56–41New LondonMM 33–15
2020Merchant Marine24–14Kings PointMM 34–15

See also

References
  1. "2015 Coast Guard Football Media Guide" (PDF). US Coast Guard Academy. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  2. "Bears Fall 14-3 in Secretaries' Cup Battle". Coast Guard Bears. September 12, 2015.
  3. http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2016/11/annual-secretaries-cup-football-game-u-s-coast-guard-academy-u-s-merchant-marine-academy-carried-espn-network/ Annual “Secretaries Cup” Football Game Between U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy To Be Carried on an ESPN Network Derek Volner
  4. Hale, David M. (November 15, 2020). "A mind-boggling Big Ten, QB drama and fake spikes are all we needed in Week 11". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  5. Fulkerson, Vickie (September 8, 2011). "Nothing rivals CGA-Kings Point football matchup". The Day. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  6. David Helvarg (2009). Rescue Warriors: The U.S. Coast Guard, America's Forgotten Heroes. St. Martin's Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-4299-8953-4.
  7. Montgomery, Bob (October 17, 2012). "Sports Insider: Vitrano with Coast Guard". The Bristol Press. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  8. Hersch, Hank (September 19, 1988). "They Also Serve". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  9. Anderson, Woody (November 15, 2003). "State Games Today". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
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