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{{Infobox sports rivalry
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| name                  = Liberty Cup
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| caption               = 
| team1                 = [[Columbia Lions football|Columbia Lions]]
| team1logo             = Columbia Lions wordmark.png
| team2                 = [[Fordham Rams football|Fordham Rams]]
| team2logo             = Fordham Rams F Logo.png
| sport                 = [[American football|Football]]
| firstmeeting          = October 25, 1890<br />Columbia 40, Fordham 0
| mostrecent            = September 19, 2015<br />Fordham 44, Columbia 24
| nextmeeting           = 
| trophy series         = Fordham leads, 10–4
| largestvictory        = Fordham, 52–7 (2013)
| longeststreak         = Fordham, 6 (2010–2015)
| longestunbeatenstreak = 
| currentstreak         = Fordham, 6 (2010–2015)
| currentunbeatenstreak = 
| trophy                = Liberty Cup (September 21, 2002)
| total                 = 24
| series                = Tied 12–12
| stadiums              =  [[Jack Coffey Field]] (Fordham)
[[Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium|Wien Stadium]] (Columbia)
}}
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The '''Liberty Cup''' is a [[trophy]] awarded to the winner of the [[college football]] game between [[Columbia University]] and [[Fordham University]], two [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] football programs in [[New York City]]. The cup was awarded annually from 2002 to 2015, but the two teams have not met since then.

The trophy was dedicated a year after the Columbia-Fordham game was postponed following the attacks of [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001]].<ref>[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0610FF345C0C768DDDA00894D9404482] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311134134/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0610FF345C0C768DDDA00894D9404482 |date=2007-03-11 }}</ref> At least 43 Columbia alumni and 39 Fordham alumni and students<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/public_affairs/archives/2006/archive_708.asp|title=Fordham University Remembers 9/11<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=2007-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716062831/http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/public_affairs/archives/2006/archive_708.asp|archive-date=2007-07-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> died at the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]].<ref name=IRA>Berkow, Ira. "Reflections on Making the Proper Decision Over Postponing a Game." ''The New York Times'' Sept. 12, 2002.</ref> They included two former Fordham football players, Nick Brandemarti, a member of the class of 2000, and Kevin Szocik, a 1997 graduate. Columbia ended the crosstown rivalry series after a run of losses in the 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fordhamram.com/2016/04/05/football-announces-schedule-for-2016-season/ |title=Football Announces Schedule for 2016 Season |access-date=2016-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220032546/https://fordhamram.com/2016/04/05/football-announces-schedule-for-2016-season/ |archive-date=2016-12-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2015/02/columbia-football-consultant-raise-pay-drop-fordham-019814|title=Columbia football consultant: Raise pay, drop Fordham|first=Conor|last=Skelding|website=Politico|quote=The Cup will take place in 2015, but not 2016.}}</ref>

==Background==
Columbia, based in [[Upper Manhattan]], and Fordham, based in [[The Bronx]], today represent two of the three Division I football teams in New York City; [[Wagner College]], on [[Staten Island]], is the third. In the early days of college football, they were two of the three nationally prominent teams in New York City, with [[NYU Violets football|New York University]] the third.

Despite their proximity and long football histories, however, the schools met only three times in the 100 years up to 1990. The first matchup took place in 1890, and another followed in 1902.<ref name="sports-reference.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/columbia/|title=Columbia Lions Index - College Football at Sports-Reference.com|website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/fordham/|title=Fordham Rams Index - College Football at Sports-Reference.com|website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref> Both contests were lopsided shutout wins by Columbia. Columbia had been one of the first universities to sponsor a football team, and the Blue and White, along with other future [[Ivy League]] teams, were among the nation's leaders in the early decades of the 20th century.

The two teams did not meet again for several decades, even after Fordham joined Columbia in the NCAA's "major" level, equivalent to today's Division I, in 1928.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Aside from 1943–1945 hiatus due to [[World War II]], Fordham remained a major program until the 1954 season. It pursued a national schedule, however, rather than meeting "Ancient Eight" teams like Columbia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://badgerherald.com/news/2003/03/03/origins-of-the-term/|title=Origins of the term 'Ivy League' remain mysterious}}</ref> After a string of losing seasons both athletically and financially, Fordham folded its football program in 1954.

A renewal of the rivalry became possible only in 1970, when Fordham reintroduced varsity football, at what is now known as the [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] level. Columbia, along with the rest of the Ivy League, still played at what is now known as the [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision]] level.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/ivy/|title=Ivy Group Index - College Football at Sports-Reference.com|website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref> Nonetheless, the Columbia scheduled Fordham in 1972 as a replacement for [[Buffalo Bulls football|Buffalo]] which had temporarily terminated its football program.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/12/archives/fordham-eleven-to-play-columbia-in-72.html|title=Fordham Eleven to Play Columbia in '72|first=Gordon S.|last=White|date=12 March 1971|via=www.nytimes.com}}</ref> Like their previous two contests, the 1972 affair also ended in a lopsided shutout win for the Lions. Again, competing at different levels kept the schools from establishing a series.

This changed in the 1980s. Columbia, along with the rest of the Ivy League, was relegated to the new Division I-AA (now known as [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision]]) after the 1981 season. Fordham moved up to I-AA prior to the 1989 season. This put the 1991 encounter between the two on a more even footing. Fordham won that fourth meeting by a 20-16 score. Columbia gained revenge in sweeping the next four contests, which were played in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996. After a brief hiatus, the two renewed their series in 2000, typically as Columbia's season opener and the third game on Fordham's schedule.

==Origin Of the Liberty Cup==
[[File:LibertyCup-2015 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Liberty Trophy in 2015]]
The 10th meeting between Fordham and Columbia originally was scheduled for September 15, 2001. In the days following the [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001 attacks]], [[Major League Baseball]], the [[National Football League]] and many NCAA Division I teams canceled games for the following weekend. But Fordham and Columbia — the only Division I football teams in New York City at the time — debated as late as Friday, September 14, about the possibility of playing. Fordham officials wanted to send a message about American resilience in the face of the attacks, but Columbia officials argued that it was too soon to think about playing a football game. "The question was, should we not play and mourn and honor our dead, or was normalcy in the face of this disaster the best response?" said the [[Joseph A. O'Hare|Rev. Joseph A. O'Hare]], president of Fordham at that time.<ref name=IRA/>

The schools decided against playing on Sept. 15, but later in the season agreed to meet on Thanksgiving morning, November 22.  Fordham thumped Columbia 41-10 before a surprisingly ample crowd, considering the holiday and early start time. Afterward, O'Hare said it had been the right decision to reschedule.  "Oh, absolutely," he said. "I think we had put sports in perspective – and we played great."<ref name=IRA/>

Less than 10 months after that game, the underdog Lions gained their revenge, holding Fordham close for 59 minutes before winning with a 37-yard field goal with 10.5 seconds to play. This September 2002 matchup was the inaugural Liberty Cup game. The 13-11 victory was Columbia’s only win of the 2002 season; Fordham finished 10-3, gaining a share of the [[Patriot League]] title and reaching the quarterfinals of the [[NCAA]] [[Football Championship Subdivision]] playoffs.

==Altar boy joke controversy==
The [[Columbia University Marching Band]] drew protests from Fordham and [[Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholics]] generally with an [[off-color]] [[Double entendre|double ''entendre'']] reference to the [[priest abuse scandal]] during its halftime performance at the inaugural 2002 Liberty Cup game, when the Columbia band's self-proclaimed "[[Poet Laureate]]" read from a script over the stadium's public address system:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id%3D1741746 |title=News – Editor & Publisher Magazine: Since 1884, the Voice of News Publishing |access-date=2005-12-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205727/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1741746 |archive-date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>

<blockquote>
"As well as the [[2002 New York Mets season|Mets' season]] going up in smoke, Fordham tuition [[Oral sex#Terminology and slang|going down]] like an altar boy, and the Fordham football team with [[Homeland Security Advisory System|a threat rating]] of a cute, neon pink, the band now presents an all-star gala halftime salute to more Columbia news."
</blockquote>

In reporting the incident, ''[[The New York Times]]'', the [[Associated Press]], and most of the mainstream media found the reference to be too insensitive or offensive and refused to print it.<ref>Wolper, Allan. [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1741746 The Joke Unfit to Print] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205727/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1741746 |date=September 27, 2007 }} Editor & Publisher Journal. October 15, 2002.</ref>  Columbia President [[Lee C. Bollinger]] apologized for the band's remark. The author of the joke refused to apologize.<ref>Wakin, Daniel J. "Columbia U. Head Apologizes To Fordham Over Public Gibe." ''The New York Times'' Sept. 25, 2002.</ref>

==Series history==
The 2003 game was a thriller, with Fordham coming out on top in a wild 37-30 game. [[Jerry Glanville]] was the color broadcaster for that game for TV as a part of the now-defunct Football Network.  After CBS executives saw his work on that game, he was offered a chance to call an NFL game the following week, the [[Detroit Lions]]–[[San Diego Chargers]] game.

Columbia took the 2006 meeting, 37-7, in the most lopsided result of the cup series until Fordham defeated Columbia 52-7 in 2013. The 2006 win was the Lions' second consecutive victory over Fordham, and made [[Norries Wilson]] the first Columbia coach since [[Aldo T. "Buff" Donelli]] to win his debut.  Fordham responded by winning eight of the next nine matchups.

==Hiatus==

In 2014, after Columbia concluded a second consecutive 0–10 season, Columbia President [[Lee Bollinger]] commissioned former [[Boston University Terriers football|Boston University football]] head coach [[Rick Taylor (American football)|Rick Taylor]] to review the program. The following year, Taylor recommended Columbia improve its athletic facilities, increase salaries and discontinue the Fordham series. He based the recommendation partly on differences between the [[Ivy League]] and the [[Patriot League]]: a later start to the season for Ivy teams like Columbia, and the ability to offer [[athletic scholarship]]s for Patriot teams like Fordham.

"They should not play Fordham when Fordham has three games and scholarships under their belt," Taylor said. "I'd take Fordham on anytime in the middle of the season when I got games under my belt."

Columbia did not schedule Fordham after 2015.

"I would hope that some time in the next decade, Fordham comes back on the schedule," Taylor said. "Because that will prove that we were alright, and Columbia has succeeded." As of the 2023 season Columbia has yet to face Fordham again.

==Pre-Liberty Cup results==
Columbia held an 8–2 series lead, including meetings going back to the 19th century, before the Liberty Cup was dedicated:

{{sports rivalry series table
| team1 = Columbia
| team1style = {{NCAA color cell|Columbia Lions}}
| team2 = Fordham
| team2style = {{NCAA color cell|Fordham Rams}}
| series_summary = yes | notes = yes | notes_label = Attendance and Source
| legend_tie_text = | format = compact | cols = 1

| October 25, 1890 | Polo Grounds III, aka Brotherhood Park | Columbia | 40 | Fordham  | 0 | ???<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs18901106-01&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-football%2c+1890-----# |title=Columbia Daily Spectator 6 November 1890 — Columbia Spectator |publisher=Spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref>
| October 8, 1902 | Polo Grounds II, aka Columbia Field | Columbia  | 45 | Fordham | 0 | 1,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv22/CFHSNv22n1c.pdf |title=Harold Weekes, Columbia vs Fordham, October 8, 1902 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn99021999/1902-10-09/ed-1/seq-5/ |title=Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha [Neb.&#93;) 187?-1922, October 09, 1902, Page 5, Image 5 « Nebraska Newspapers « Library of Congress |issue=1902/10/09 |pages=5 |publisher=Nebnewspapers.unl.edu |date=1902-10-09 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19021009-01.2.9&srpos=3&e=------190-en-20--1--txt-txIN-football%2c+1902----1902-# |title=Columbia Daily Spectator 9 October 1902 — Columbia Spectator |publisher=Spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu |date=1902-10-09 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref>
| September 30, 1972 | Baker Field | Columbia  | 44 | Fordham | 0 | 6,845<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19721002-01.2.17 |title=Columbia Daily Spectator 2 October 1972 — Columbia Spectator |publisher=Spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu |date=1972-10-02 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref> 
| October 5, 1991 | Wien Stadium | Fordham | 20 | Columbia  | 16 | 3,650<ref>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5D9153DF935A35753C1A967958260 |title=COLLEGE FOOTBALL - Rams Bounce Back And Frustrate Lions - NYTimes.com |work=New York Times |date=1991-10-06 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref> 
| September 26, 1992 | Jack Coffey Field | Columbia | 18 | Fordham  | 9  | 3,521<ref>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEEDC1F31F934A1575AC0A964958260 |title=COLLEGE FOOTBALL - Hail Columbia, the Gem of the Bronx - NYTimes.com |work=New York Times |date=1992-09-27 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref> 
| September 25, 1993 | Wien Stadium | Columbia  | 7 | Fordham | 0 | 3,325<ref>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE3D7173CF935A1575AC0A965958260 |title=COLLEGE FOOTBALL - The Friendly Confines, but Not for the Lions' Opponents - NYTimes.com |work=New York Times |date=1993-09-26 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref> 
| October 8, 1994 | Jack Coffey Field | Columbia  | 24 | Fordham | 13 | 5,266<ref>{{cite web|last=Curry |first=Jack |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E4DF1E3DF93AA35753C1A962958260 |title=FOOTBALL - Norman Rockwell Would Have Loved It. Columbia Surely Does, 24-13. - NYTimes.com |work=New York Times |date=1994-10-09 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref>
| September 28, 1996 | Jack Coffey Field | Columbia | 17 | Fordham  | 10 | 5,713<ref>{{cite web|author=JACK CAVANAUGH |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE1DC103CF93AA1575AC0A960958260 |title=Mistakes Abound, but Columbia Finds Itself at 2-0 |work=The New York Times |date=1996-09-29 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref>
| September 16, 2000 | Wien Stadium | Columbia  | 43 | Fordham | 26  | 5,007<ref>{{cite web|author=BRANDON LILLY |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903E6D81F38F934A2575AC0A9669C8B63 |title=COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Columbia Offense Rumbles In Opener |work=The New York Times |date=2000-09-17 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref>
| November 22, 2001 | Jack Coffey Field | Fordham  | 41 | Columbia | 10 | 3,715<ref>{{cite web|author=BRANDON LILLY |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5D9153AF930A15752C1A9679C8B63 |title=FOOTBALL; Columbia Is Overmatched As Fordham Rolls in Finale |work=The New York Times |date=2001-11-23 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref>
}}

==Liberty Cup results==
Fordham earned victories in the final six Liberty Cup contests, the longest win streak of all meetings with Columbia, giving the Rams a 10–4 Cup series lead: 
{{sports rivalry series table
| team1 = Columbia
| team1style = {{NCAA color cell|Columbia Lions}}
| team2 = Fordham
| team2style = {{NCAA color cell|Fordham Rams}}
| series_summary = yes | notes = yes | notes_label = Attendance and Source
| legend_tie_text = | format = compact | cols = 1

| September 21, 2002 | Wien Stadium | Columbia | 13 | Fordham  | 11 | 3,865<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/sports/college-football-ivy-league-columbia-beats-fordham-on-a-field-goal.html|title=Columbia Beats Fordham On a Field Goal|date=22 September 2002|website=The New York Times}}</ref> 
| September 20, 2003 | Jack Coffey Field | Fordham  | 37 | Columbia | 30 | 6,895<ref>{{cite news|author=BRANDON LILLY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/21/sports/college-football-columbia-rallies-but-loses-once-again.html |title=COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Columbia Rallies, but Loses Once Again |work=The New York Times |date=2003-09-21 |access-date=2018-09-20}}</ref> 
| September 18, 2004 | Wien Stadium | Fordham  | 17 | Columbia | 14 | 2,176<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E1D91439F93AA2575AC0A9629C8B63|title=COLLEGE FOOTBALL: IVY LEAGUE ROUNDUP; Columbia Falls Behind Fordham Early, Then a Comeback Slips Away|first=Jason|last=Diamos|date=19 September 2004|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> 
| September 17, 2005 | Jack Coffey Field | Columbia | 23 | Fordham  | 17 | 6,912<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05EFD6113CF93BA2575AC0A9639C8B63|title=COLLEGE FOOTBALL: IVY LEAGUE ROUNDUP; Columbia Wins Its Season Opener|first=Bill|last=Finley|date=18 September 2005|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> 
| September 16, 2006 | Wien Stadium | Columbia | 37 | Fordham  | 7  | 4,454<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/17/sports/17columbia.html|title=Columbia Gives Coach a Victory in His Debut|date=17 September 2006|website=The New York Times}}</ref> 
| September 15, 2007 | Jack Coffey Field | Fordham  | 27 | Columbia | 10 | 3,721<ref>{{cite news|author=MICHAEL WEINREB |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/sports/16fordham.html?ref=sports |title=Running Back Returns to Give Fordham a Boost |work=The New York Times |date=2007-09-16 |access-date=2018-09-20}}</ref> 
| September 20, 2008 | Wien Stadium | Fordham  | 29 | Columbia | 22 | 2,304<ref>{{cite news|author1=DAVE CALDWELL |author2=THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/sports/ncaafootball/21columbia.html |title=Fordham Beats Columbia, 29-22 |work=The New York Times |date=2008-09-20 |access-date=2018-09-20}}</ref> 
| September 19, 2009 | Jack Coffey Field | Columbia | 40 | Fordham  | 28 | 6,449<ref>{{cite news|author=DAVE CALDWELL |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/sports/ncaafootball/20fordham.html |title=Olawale, Columbia's Resilient Quarterback, Delivers a Surprising Victory Over Fordham |work=The New York Times |date=2009-09-19 |access-date=2018-09-20}}</ref> 
| September 18, 2010 | Wien Stadium | Fordham  | 16 | Columbia | 9  | 4,454<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs20100920-01.2.30#.html|title=Columbia Daily Spectator 20 September 2010 — Columbia Spectator|website=spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu}}</ref> 
| September 17, 2011 | Jack Coffey Field | Fordham  | 21 | Columbia | 14 | 6,820<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2011/09/18/fordhams-comeback-stuns-columbia/|title=Fordham's comeback stuns Columbia|date=18 September 2011}}</ref> 
| September 22, 2012 | Wien Stadium | Fordham  | 20 | Columbia | 13 | 4,318<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2012/09/23/fordham-wins-liberty-cup/|title=Fordham wins Liberty Cup|date=23 September 2012}}</ref> 
| September 21, 2013 | Jack Coffey Field | Fordham  | 52 | Columbia | 7  | 7,026<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2013/09/21/fordhams-own-johnny-football-leads-rams-to-liberty-cup/|title=Fordham's own 'Johnny Football' leads Rams to Liberty Cup|date=21 September 2013}}</ref> 
| September 20, 2014 | Wien Stadium | Fordham  | 49 | Columbia | 7  | 4,805<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2014/09/20/fordham-dominates-columbia-in-liberty-cup/|title=Fordham dominates Columbia in Liberty Cup|date=20 September 2014}}</ref> 
| September 19, 2015 | Jack Coffey Field | Fordham  | 44 | Columbia | 24 | 8,052<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/sports/ncaafootball/score-is-lopsided-in-22nd-straight-loss-but-columbia-finds-room-for-optimism.html|title=Score Is Lopsided in 22nd Straight Loss, but Columbia Finds Room for Optimism|first=Tom|last=Pedulla|date=19 September 2015|via=www.nytimes.com}}</ref> 
}}

Following the most recent game in 2015, the overall series is tied, with both teams at 12 wins. Combining the 24 contests, Columbia outscored Fordham 527–494.

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