Sport Football Trophy President's Cup | Next meeting 2017 Meetings total 77 | |
First meeting 1902
Central Oklahoma 53, Northeastern State 3 Latest meeting November 12, 2016
Central Oklahoma 17, Northeastern State 14 | ||
The Central Oklahoma–Northeastern State football rivalry, commonly referred to as the Battle for the President's Cup, is an American college football rivalry game played annually between the Central Oklahoma Bronchos football team of the University of Central Oklahoma from Edmond, Oklahoma, and the Northeastern State RiverHawks football team of Northeastern State University from Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Both schools currently compete in the NCAA Division II level, and are members of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA). Central Oklahoma formerly, Central State has a 47–27–2 advantage in the series but Northeastern State has dominated the series in recent years.
Prior to membership in the MIAA, both schools participated in the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference, the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference and most recently the Lone Star Conference since NSU joined the league in 1997.
Central Oklahoma has won the only postseason game between the schools, a 1982 NAIA football Playoff Semifinal Game.
Beginning in 1998 after Northeastern State upgraded to Division II, the Bronchos and the Redmen, (now the RiverHawks) have played for the President's Cup. The trophy series is tied with a 9–9 record in the trophy series.