Tickets on sale 12 PM EST November 16, 2021
The Cortaca Jug comes to Yankee Stadium
The “Biggest Little Game In The Nation” will be traveling to the Bronx when the New York Yankees host the 2022 Cortaca Jug football game at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, November 12th @ 1:00pm.
A battle of Neighbors
The 2022 Cortaca Jug Game
Join the Ithaca College Bombers and Cortland Red Dragons in one of the great rivalry games in all of college football! In 2019, the Cortaca Jug game at MetLife Stadium set a new Division III single game attendance record of 45,161. Tickets go on sale on Nov. 16, 2021. Go to Ticketmaster.com that day to get your tickets and join us at iconic Yankee Stadium for the 2022 Cortaca Jug Game!
History of the Game
The Cortaca Jug is the trophy given in the annual college football game played between the Red Dragons of the State University of New York at Cortland and the Bombers of Ithaca College. The match-up is one of the most prominent in small college football. The Cortaca game typically sells out, with thousands of fans packed into see the game and many more watching at viewing parties across the country.
The name “Cortaca” is a portmanteau of the names of the two schools. The "cort" part coming from SUNY Cortland and the "aca" part coming from Ithaca College. The schools are located less than 21 miles apart in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State.
Oct 17, 1959
The first Cortaca Jug game was played on October 17, 1959, at Ithaca’s South Hill Field. Cortland won the game, 13-7, despite being outgained 210-173 in total offense.
October 29, 1960
The Ithaca Bombers win their first jug, 12-6.
October 9, 1965
Coached by Dick Lyon, Ithaca defeats Cortland, 13-12, for 100th win in program history en route to its only undefeated season.
September 29, 1973
Ithaca defeats Cortland, 41-33, in the first of nine straight victories for the Bombers and the longest winning streak in Cortaca history.
1988
The 1988 Cortaca Jug game featured two undefeated teams and was dubbed the “Upstate New York Game of the Century”. 15,000 fans jammed Carl "Chugger" Davis Field, Cortland won the game, 21-20, on a 13-yard TD pass from Rich Keefer to Mark Houghton with 9:44 remaining.
1992
Cortland upsets the Bombers, 22-20, after breaking up a potential game-tying two-point conversion pass with 13 seconds remaining.
2000
In the final Cortaca Jug game played on Davis Field, Ithaca takes a 19-0 lead with 8:31 remaining and holds off a late Cortland rally to win 19-14.
2014
Trailing 20-17, Cortland drove inside the Ithaca 10-yard line with less than a minute left but was held and, with no timeouts left, elected to go for the tying field goal. Confusion reigned when Cortland’s holder, Luke Hinton, was late getting onto the field, and with five seconds left the ball was snapped while Hinton was looking back at the kicker. Hinton picked up the loose ball, rolled out left and threw a 4-yard TD pass to Jon Mannix as time expired to give Cortland the improbable win. The crazy sequence drew national attention as the number three play on that day’s ESPN SportsCenter Top 10.
November 16, 2019
Ithaca and Cortland play the Cortaca Jug at MetLife Stadium. Ithaca wins 32-20 and the game sets a new NCAA single game attendance record of 45,161.
Latest News
Yankee Stadium will host the 2022 Cortaca Jug college football matchup between Ithaca College and SUNY Cortland with tickets going on sale to the general public on Tuesday, November 16, at 12:00 p.m.
Tickets for the 2022 Cortaca Jug football game at Yankee Stadium between SUNY Cortland and Ithaca College will go on sale beginning at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021.
Individual and group tickets go on sale at noon (EST) on Tuesday, November 16
On Tuesday September 21, 2021 Yankee Executives traveled to Ithaca to deliver an invitation to play the 2022 Cortaca Jug Game in Yankee Stadium.