THE MATCHUP: Cortland and Ithaca, both ranked in the top 20 nationally in Division III and sporting a combined 17-1 record, battle for the Cortaca Jug at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex in one of the nation's biggest small-college football rivalries. When the teams last met in 2019, they set a Division III attendance record at MetLife Stadium at 45,161, and the 2022 game is already scheduled to take place at Yankee Stadium.
Cortland (9-0) is ranked 13th nationally in Division III by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and 14th by D3football.com. The Red Dragons have already clinched an NCAA berth as the Empire 8 champion, and a win over Ithaca would help with the Red Dragons' playoff seeding and give the program only its second 10-0 regular-season record, with the first occurring in 1988.
Ithaca (8-1) is ranked 18th by both the AFCA and D3football.com. The Bombers can win the Liberty League title if Union defeats RPI, but if RPI wins that game the Bombers can still be a strong contender for one of five NCAA at-large berths with a win over Cortland.
THE SERIES: This is the 62nd time that Cortland and Ithaca are playing for the Cortaca Jug. The schools actually started playing in 1930 and have met every year since 1948, other than last year when the season was canceled. Ithaca leads the overall series 42-33-3.
In 1959, friends and team captains Tom Decker of Cortland and Dick Carmean of Ithaca originated the Cortaca Jug as the prize for the winner of the game between the schools located about 20 miles apart on Route 13. The original jug was purchased at a yard sale. Each year, the game's result is printed on the Jug. The first Jug ran out of room for scores in the mid-1980s, necessitating a second Jug. That Jug ran out of room for scores after the 2015 season, and a third Jug was created to list the scores beginning in 2016. Ithaca leads the Jug series 37-24, which does not include the Bombers' 1988 NCAA playoff win over the Red Dragons. The Bombers have won the last three matchups, including a 32-20 win at MetLife Stadium in 2019. Prior to Ithaca's current streak, Cortland won seven straight meetings in the series from 2010-16.
For two years (2015 and 2016) the teams met as Empire 8 foes. Ithaca, however, joined the Liberty League in 2017. Prior to 2015, Cortland was a member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference from 2000-14 and an independent before that. Cortland clinched the 2015 Empire 8 title with an 11-8 win at Ithaca.
In 2014, Cortland won at home over the Bombers, 23-20, in one of the most wild and memorable finishes in the rivalry's history. The Red Dragons trailed 20-17 and were lining up for a potential game-tying field goal with no timeouts left and the clock winding down. Holder Luke Hinton was late getting on the field, and was actually looking back at the kicker when a low snap hit him in the leg. Hinton recovered, rolled to his left and threw the game-winning TD pass to Mannix as time expired. The play was recognized as the nation's number-three play on ESPN's SportsCenter Top 10 that evening.
Of the last 23 games in the series (1997-2019), 16 have been decided by eight points or less. In the previous 61 Cortaca Jug games, Cortland is 7-5 in games decided by 1-3 points and 11-7 in games decided by 4-8 points, but Ithaca is 9-3 when the margin is 9-16 points and 16-3 when a team wins by 17 or more.
CORTLAND CAPSULE: Cortland finished as the outright champion of the Empire 8 with a 6-0 league mark after winning, 55-3, at St. John Fisher last Saturday. Brees Segala, playing in just the first half, helped the Red Dragons take a 49-0 lead by completing all 14 of his passes for 204 yards and four touchdowns. Cortland also scored two touchdowns on special teams - James Luciano blocked a punt that Tommy Heuer returned 27 yards for a score, and Dylan Dubuque blocked a field goal and returned the ball 64 yards for a touchdown. Derek Cruz caught two TD passes, Paul Imperiale and Justin Wheeler each made seven tackles, and Mark Noel and Nick Lardaro each intercepted a pass.
Segala has completed 145-of-210 passes (69 percent) in nine games for 1,969 yards and 26 touchdowns with only three interceptions, and he's rushed for 294 yards and five scores. Cruz has caught 48 passes for 598 yards and seven touchdowns and JJ Laap has 37 receptions for 637 yards and eight scores, while Jaden Alfanostjohn, in only six games, has run for 433 yards and six touchdowns.
Wheeler leads the Cortland defense with 63 tackles, followed by Imperiale with 47 and Christian Legagneur with 45. Lardaro has a team-high five sacks and Noel leads the team with four interceptions. Placekicker Nick Guglielmo has made all four of his field goals and 43-of-49 PAT kicks, and Liam Casey averages 39.4 yards per punt, but has been called upon to punt only 25 times through nine games.
Curt Fitzpatrick was named Cortland's head coach in February 2020, but the 2021 season is his first on the field for the Red Dragons after the 2020 season was canceled. Fitzpatrick previously served as head coach at Empire 8 foe Morrisville State for seven seasons from 2013-19 and guided the Mustangs to four winning seasons (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019), including one conference championship title and three postseason ECAC bowl appearances. In 2014, Morrisville finished with a 9-2 mark, claimed a share of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) crown with a 6-1 league mark, and earned a berth to the ECAC North Central Bowl, where they captured the college's first postseason championship title as an NCAA Division III member. Fitzpatrick was voted the NJAC Co-Coach of the Year by his peers and was named the D3football.com East Region Coach of the Year.
Fitzpatrick served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Utica College from 2008-12. He graduated from St. John Fisher College in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in management. A standout quarterback for the Cardinals, Fitzpatrick served as a team captain and was a four-year letterman. In his final season, he earned Empire 8 all-conference honors and set school passing records in touchdowns (30) and yards (2,366) while leading the program to a 10-2 overall record and an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance. He returned to his hometown of Fulton, N.Y., to coach quarterbacks and wide receivers at Fulton High School in 2005, and served as quarterbacks coach at St. John Fisher for two seasons from 2006-07. During those two years the Cardinals went a combined 23-4, won two Empire 8 crowns, and advanced to the NCAA semifinals (2006) and quarterfinals (2007).
A LOOK AT...ITHACA COLLEGE: Ithaca kept its NCAA postseason hopes alive with a 26-7 home win over previously unbeaten Union last Saturday. The Bombers finished 5-1 in the Liberty League this fall. Union and RPI enter their rivalry game Saturday each with one loss; Ithaca wins the league title with a Union victory due to its win over the Dutchmen, but RPI wins the league with a victory due to its win over Ithaca two weeks ago.
Nicholas Bahamonde made all four of his field goal attempts against Union, tying a school single-game record and setting a school single-season record with 16 this fall. Ithaca took a 10-0 first-quarter lead on a 4-yard TD pass from A.J. Wingfield to Billy Tedeschi and Bahamonde's 33-yard field goal. Two more field goals in the third quarter pushed the lead to 16-0, and the margin grew to 23 points on a 1-yard Jake Williams TD run early in the fourth. Wingfield finished 19-of-37 passing for 197 yards, Andrew Vito caught four passes for 53 yards, and Miles Haynes had 11 tackles.
Wingfield has connected on better than 71 percent of his passes this fall (197-of-276) for 2,217 yards and 15 touchdowns with eight interceptions. Vito has registered 58 receptions for 663 yards and four scores and Michael Anderson has 39 catches for 531 yards and six touchdowns. Jalen Hines averages nearly 59 rushing yards per game with five touchdowns. Haynes is the Bombers' leader with 43 tackles, Ben Stola has 41 tackles, and Derek Slywka has picked off four passes.
Dan Swanstrom is in his fifth year as Ithaca's head coach. The 10th head coach in program history, and only the third since 1967, Swanstrom has an overall record of 32-10 (.762), including a 3-0 mark in Cortaca Jug games. He led the Bombers to 8-3 records and ECAC bowl games in each of his first three seasons. Swanstrom was the quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Pennsylvania from 2014-16, and from 2008-13 he progressed from quarterbacks coach to offensive coordinator to associate head coach at Johns Hopkins University. His collegiate coaching career began as an assistant at the University of Redlands in California from 2006-08. Swanstrom is a Texas native and a 2005 graduate of Rhodes College (Tenn.), where he was a two-time captain, the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year, and a Gagliardi Trophy finalist.
NOTEBOOK:
* This year marks only the third time in school history that Cortland has opened the season with a 9-0 record. In 1988, the Red Dragons finished the regular season 10-0 (beating Ithaca for the ninth win and St. John Fisher for the 10th), while the 2008 squad lost to Ithaca at home to finish the regular season 9-1. Both of those teams ended the year with 11 wins and advanced to the national quarterfinals; the 1988 squad went 1-1 in the 16-team NCAA playoffs to end 11-1 and the 2008 team went 2-1 in the 32-team NCAA tournament to finish 11-2, with both seasons ending to the eventual national champion (at Ithaca in 1988, at Mount Union in 2008).
* The Cortaca Jug game moved from an early-season contest to a late-season game in 1980, and from that point only five previous times have both teams entered the Jug game with one loss or less (this doesn't count the 1988 NCAA playoff game, when the Jug wasn't on the line). The last time this occurred was in 2008, when Cortland entered 9-0 and ranked seventh nationally and Ithaca was 8-1 and 17th nationally, and in 1997, when both teams were 7-1 before Cortland's win in Ithaca. The only time both teams were unbeaten entering the game since 1980 was in 1988 when Cortland won the "Upstate New York Game of the Century" at Davis Field after both teams entered with 8-0 records.
* Cortland enters the game ranked first nationally in Division III in scoring defense, allowing 6.3 points per game. The Red Dragons are also second in passing efficiency defense (78.2 opponent rating), third in total defense (187.4 yards/game), and sixth in both rushing yards allowed (58.6/game) and passing yards allowed (128.9 yards/game). Over the past 50 years, Cortland's best scoring defense season came in 1989, when the Red Dragons posted a then-Division III record six shutouts and held teams to 6.1 points per game in the regular season (9.4 including the postseason). Prior to 1970, Cortland teams held opponents to under 10 points per game on numerous occasions, with the best mark of 2.3 points per contest in 1933.
* Ithaca is ranked ninth nationally in scoring defense, allowing 10.1 points/game, and is sixth in passing efficiency defense (83.3 opponent rating). The Bombers rank 27th nationally in total defense, giving up 256.7 yards/game of total offense.
* Cortland has not allowed a touchdown over its last 19 quarters, dating back to Brockport finding the end zone on the game's opening drive on Oct. 9. Morrisville State scored on a late fumble return on Oct. 2 with Cortland up 58-0, Buffalo State registered a touchdown late in the third quarter with the Red Dragons leading 51-0, and Wittenberg scored on two long TD passes in the season opener in Ohio Sept. 4.
* Cortland won its third Empire 8 title since joining the conference in 2015. The Red Dragons are outright league champs this fall with a 6-0 record, and were the league co-champion in both 2015 and 2019, earning an NCAA automatic berth in 2015. Cortland also finished second or tied for second in the league in 2017 and 2018. Cortland previously competed in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) for 15 seasons from 2000-14 and finished in at least a tie for first place six times. Three current Empire 8 members - Cortland, Brockport and Morrisville State - at one point played in the NJAC and are affiliate members of the E8 in football only. The other league teams - Alfred, Hartwick, St. John Fisher and Utica - are full conference members.
* Cortland continues to be on pace to break the school record for scoring average. The Red Dragons are averaging 47.7 points per game through nine games, with at least 31 points scored in each contest and 45 or more points seven times. The school record for scoring average in a season is 39.3 points per game in 2018.
* Cortland has scored more touchdowns this year on special teams and defense than the Red Dragons have allowed:
Cortland Special Teams Touchdowns: 6 (5 blocked punt returns, 1 blocked FG return)
Cortland Defensive Touchdowns: 5 (4 interception returns, 1 fumble recovery)
Opponent Total Touchdowns: 5 (4 offensive TDs, 1 defensive TD)
* Cortland is tied for second nationally with five defensive touchdowns, along with four other schools. Rose-Hulman leads Division III with six defensive touchdowns. Dylan Dubuque has scored two defensive touchdowns (one fumble recovery, one interception return), while Christian Legagneur, Stone Murray and Mark Noel have one defensive TD apiece. The school record for most defensive touchdowns by one player in a season is three by Chuck Eich (pronounced IKE) in 2003.
* Cortland's four interception returns for touchdowns this fall is tied for the school record along with the 2012 Red Dragon squad. Prior to 2012, Cortland teams registered three interception returns for TDs in 2003, 2004 and 2007. Full defensive records were first tracked at Cortland in 1979.
* Cortland ranks second in Division III nationally with six blocked punts (Wheaton (IL) is first with seven). The Red Dragons have set a school single-game record with five blocked punts returned for touchdowns. Cortland's other blocked punt nearly resulted in a score – a blocked a punt at TCNJ was recovered at the Lions' 3-yard line. The previous school record of three blocked punt touchdowns occurred in 2019. Adding in Cortland's blocked field goal for touchdown at St. John Fisher, the Red Dragons have returned six blocks for TDs this season, doubling the previous school mark of three from 2019.
* Cortland has scored on 39 of its 42 trips (92.9 percent) into the red zone (at or inside the opponents' 20-yard line) this season with 34 touchdowns and five field goals. The Red Dragons were 5-for-5 with five touchdowns in the red zone last week at St. John Fisher. The three Red Dragon red-zone failures this year were taking a knee at the end of a home win over Buffalo State, a fumble at Morrisville State that resulted in the Mustangs' fumble return for a touchdown, and a blocked field goal versus Alfred. Cortland has allowed its opponents inside the red zone only 14 times, resulting in eight scores (two touchdowns, six field goals), an interception, a fumble, and four turnovers on downs.
* Senior Brees Segala and his brother, current running backs coach
Brett Segala, are believed to be the first brothers to each start at quarterback at Cortland. Brett played in 26 games, 24 as a starter, from 2016-19 and is Cortland's career leader in passing yardage (6,518), completions (467) and touchdown passes (59). Their father, James, was a standout quarterback and baseball catcher at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was inducted into the Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. Brees and Brett are both named after quarterbacks who went on to legendary NFL careers – Drew Brees and Brett Favre.
* Brees Segala recorded what is believed to be a school-record pass efficiency rating of 316.7 at St. John Fisher last weekend after going 14-for-14 through the air for 204 yards and four touchdowns. The rating reflects four statistics - completion percentage, along with per-attempt passing yardage, passing TDs and interceptions. In 1991, Dick Puccio had a 314.8 rating versus Brockport (17-of-18, 315 yards, 4 TD, 0 INT) and a 304.1 rating against St. John Fisher (11-of-14, 258 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT). Segala is on pace to set a school single-season record in the category - he has a 185.8 rating this season, and the current school record is 169.1 by Steven Ferreira in 2015.
* Dating back to Oct. 30, Brees Segala has completed 16 consecutive passes (his last two versus Alfred and all 14 of his attempts at St. John Fisher before being pulled at halftime). Dick Puccio completed a school-record 20 straight attempts during the 1991 season (his final 13 versus Brockport and his first seven against Albany).
* Brees Segala has thrown 26 touchdown passes this season. The school single-season record is 31 TD passes by current Cincinnati Bengals' QB coach Dan Pitcher in 2011, followed by Steven Ferreira's 29 in 2015 and
Brett Segala's 26 in 2018. Segala has thrown at least two TD passes in each of Cortland's nine games this fall. Ferreira holds the school record for consecutive games throwing at least one TD pass at 13 spanning the 2015-16 seasons.
* Cortland head coach
Curt Fitzpatrick has won his first nine games as the Red Dragons' head coach - the best winning streak to start a Cortland football coaching career. The best unbeaten debut by a Cortland coach belongs to Carl "Chugger" Davis, who began his career with an 11-0-6 mark (4-0-3 in 1932, 5-0-2 in 1933, and 2-0-1 in 1934 before losing, 7-0, to Ithaca. Davis had a combined record of 24-2-7 in his first five seasons from 1932-36.
* A total of 23 different players have scored for Cortland through nine games this season, the most by a Red Dragon team since at least 1978. The 2012 and 2019 teams each had 19 players reach the scoring column, while the 2007 and 2011 teams each had 18 players score.
* Cortland is 6-5 all-time in overtime games, with the last a 32-26 home loss to Brockport in 2019. All 11 games were decided in the first extra session. Cortland and Ithaca have played two overtime games, with Cortland winning both: 37-30 at Ithaca in 2005 on an Alex Smith TD pass to Anthony Morat, followed by a Stef Sair interception, and 23-20 at home in 2006 when Bill Hauser picked off a pass and Matthew Mintz made a 40-yard field goal.
* On Sept. 21, it was announced that the 2022 Cortaca Jug rivalry game between Cortland and Ithaca will be played at Yankee Stadium. Tickets for that game go on sale Nov. 16 at noon. The teams set the Division III single-game attendance record in 2019 with 45,161 fans at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
* Cortland and Ithaca rank in the top 40 nationally in Division III in the following team and individual categories:
CORTLAND:
1st, Scoring Defense, 6.3 pts./game
2nd, Team Passing Efficiency Defense, 78.2 opponent rating
2nd, Defensive Touchdowns, 5
2nd, Blocked Punts, 6
3rd, Total Defense, 187.4 yds./game
3rd, Red Zone Offense, 92.9 pct.
3rd, Third Down Conversion Percentage, 55.9 pct.
3rd, Third Down Conversion Percentage Defense, 19.0 pct.
5th, Passing Yards Allowed, 128.9 yds./game
5th, Net Punting, 39.1 net yds./punt
6th, Rushing Defense, 58.6 yds./game
8th, Blocked Kicks, 7
8th, Fumbles Recovered, 11
9th, First Downs Defense, 112
11th, Scoring Offense, 47.0 pts./game
11th, Punt Return Defense, 1.1 yds./return
12th, Team Passing Efficiency, 175.5 rating
13th, Turnover Margin, plus-1.3/game
14th, Turnovers Gained, 23
14th, Red Zone Defense, 57.1 pct.
17th, Sacks Allowed, 0.8/game
21st, Fourth Down Conversion Percentage, 61.5 pct.
21st, Completion Percentage, 66.3 pct.
22nd, Passes Had Intercepted, 4
23rd, Blocked Kicks Allowed, 1
25th, First Downs Offense, 205
30th, Punt Returns (includes blocked punt returns), 13.9 yds./return
32nd, Tackles for Loss Allowed, 3.8/game
33rd, Fourth Down Conversion Percentage Defense, 29.4 pct.
35th, Time of Possession, 32:21/game
38th, Interceptions, 12
40th, Tackles for Loss, 7.0/game
(Cortland is one of 12 unbeaten teams in Division III)
Tommy Heuer, 3rd, Punt Return Touchdowns, 2
Justin Wheeler, 5th, Fumbles Recovered, 3
Brees Segala, 6th, Passing Efficiency, 185.8 rating
Carl Greene, Mike Pellittiere, DJ Trent, 8th, Punt Return Touchdowns, 1 each
Brees Segala, 12th, Passing Touchdowns, 26
Brees Segala, 12th, Completion Percentage, 69.0 pct.
Brees Segala, 14th, Yards per Pass Attempt, 9.4 yds./attempt
Brees Segala, 14th, Points Responsbile For, 20.7 pts./game
Dylan Dubuque, 14th, Blocked Kicks, 3
Christian Legagneur, 17th, Fumbles Recovered, 2
Nick Lardaro, 20th, Tackles for Loss, 1.7/game
Stone Murray, 21st, Blocked Kicks, 2
Mark Noel, 34th, Interceptions, 0.4/game
ITHACA:
3rd, Red Zone Defense, 42.9 pct.
5th, Completion Percentage, 71.3 pct.
7th, Team Passing Efficiency Defense, 83.3 opponent rating
9th, Scoring Defense, 10.1 pts./game
14th, Turnovers Gained, 23
19th, Fumbles Recovered, 10
21st, Third Down Conversion Defense, 28.6 pct.
22nd, Blocked Punts,2
23rd, Kickoff Return Defense, 14.6 yds./return
25th, Sacks Allowed, 1.0/game
27th, Total Defense, 256.7 yds./game
32nd, Interceptions, 13
32nd, Turnover Margin, plus 1.0/game
32nd, First Downs Offense, 202
33rd, Defensive Touchdowns, 2
36th, First Downs Defense, 134
37th, Passing Yards Allowed, 163.0 yds./game
38th, Total Offense, 429.4 yds./game
39th, Passing Offense, 262.2 yds./game
Nicholas Bahamonde, 1st, Field Goals, 1.8/game
A.J. Wingfield, 6th, Completion Percentage, 71.4 pct.
Nicholas Bahamonde, 8th, Field Goal Percentage, 84.2 pct.
Isaac Hadac, 17th, Fumbles Recovered, 2
A.J. Wingfield, 22nd, Completions, 21.9/game
Derek Slywka, 27th, Interceptions, 0.5/game
Andrew Vito, 34th, Receptions, 6.4/game
2021 Cortland Weekly Award Winners (game date/opponent in parentheses)
Joshua Cordero, Defensive Back
Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 18 vs. Buffalo State)
Derek Cruz, Wide Receiver
Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 23 vs. Utica)
Dylan Dubuque, Linebacker
Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 16 at Hartwick)
Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 30 vs. Alfred)
Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 6 at St. John Fisher)
Paul Imperiale, Linebacker
Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 23 vs. Utica)
Brees Segala, Quarterback
Empire 8 Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 4 at Wittenberg)
Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 11 at TCNJ)
Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9 vs. Brockport)
Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 6 at St. John Fisher)
Justin Wheeler, Linebacker
Empire 8 Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 11 at TCNJ)
Empire 8 Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9 vs. Brockport)
SCHEDULES/RESULTS:
CORTLAND (9-0)
Sept. 4 at Wittenberg (OH)............................. W 38-16
Sept. 11 at The College of New Jersey.......... W 49-6
Sept. 18 BUFFALO STATE............................... W 58-9
Oct. 2 * at Morrisville State............................ W 58-7
Oct. 9 * BROCKPORT..................................... W 31-10
Oct. 16 * at Hartwick....................................... W 48-3
Oct. 23 * UTICA................................................ W 45-0
Oct. 30 * ALFRED............................................. W 47-3
Nov. 6 * at St. John Fisher............................. W 55-3
Nov. 13 ITHACA............................................. 12:00
* Empire 8 game (6-0) HOME GAMES IN CAPS
ITHACA (8-1)
Sept. 4 BRIDGEWATER ST. (MA)................... W 52-20
Sept. 11 at Brockport...................................... W 23-8
Sept. 18 at Alfred............................................. W 34-0
Oct. 2 * HOBART............................................ W 28-21
Oct. 9 * at Rochester...................................... W 37-14
Oct. 16 * at St. Lawrence................................ W 17-0
Oct. 23 * BUFFALO STATE............................... W 51-7
Oct. 30 * at RPI................................................. L 11-14
Nov. 6 * UNION.............................................. W 26-7
Nov. 13 at Cortland......................................... 12:00
* Liberty League game (5-1) HOME GAMES IN CAPS
CORTLAND vs. ITHACA - SERIES RECORD
(Ithaca leads overall series 42-33-3 and Cortaca Jug series (1959-present) 3-24)
Year Winner........................... Score Site
1930 Cortland........................ 12-0 Cortland
1931 Ithaca............................ 12-6 Ithaca
1932 Tie.................................. 0-0 Ithaca
1933 Tie.................................. 6-6 Cortland
1934 Ithaca............................. 7-0 Ithaca
1948 Cortland........................ 19-0 Cortland
1949 Cortland........................ 32-7 Ithaca
1950 Ithaca............................. 7-6 Cortland
1951 Ithaca.......,................... 13-6 Ithaca
1952 Cortland........................ 39-6 Cortland
1953 Cortland........................ 32-0 Ithaca
1954 Tie................................ 13-13 Cortland
1955 Cortland........................ 28-0 Ithaca
1956 Cortland........................ 37-0 Cortland
1957 Cortland........................ 32-13 Ithaca
1958 Cortland........................ 16-6 Cortland
1959 Cortland........................ 13-7 Ithaca
1960 Ithaca............................ 12-6 Cortland
1961 Ithaca............................ 34-0 Ithaca
1962 Ithaca............................ 24-12 Cortland
1963 Ithaca............................ 22-7 Ithaca
1964 Cortland........................ 16-0 Cortland
1965 Ithaca............................ 13-12 Ithaca
1966 Cortland........................ 24-11 Cortland
1967 Cortland........................ 11-7 Ithaca
1968 Cortland........................ 34-13 Cortland
1969 Ithaca............................ 36-28 Ithaca
1970 Cortland.......................... 7-0 Cortland
1971 Ithaca............................ 21-13 Ithaca
1972 Cortland........................ 21-16 Cortland
1973 Ithaca............................ 41-33 Ithaca
1974 Ithaca............................ 34-33 Cortland
1975 Ithaca............................ 21-6 Ithaca
1976 Ithaca............................ 28-12 Cortland
1977 Ithaca........................... 38-17 Ithaca
1978 Ithaca............................ 27-13 Cortland
1979 Ithaca............................ 42-7 Ithaca
1980 Ithaca............................ 24-7 Cortland
1981 Ithaca............................ 42-0 Ithaca
1982 Cortland........................ 21-17 Cortland
1983 Ithaca............................ 49-26 Ithaca
1984 Ithaca............................ 42-6 Cortland
1985 Ithaca............................ 41-0 Ithaca
1986 Ithaca............................ 40-12 Cortland
1987 Ithaca............................ 37-15 Ithaca
1988 Cortland........................ 21-20 Cortland
1988 # Ithaca......................... 24-17 Ithaca
1989 Ithaca............................ 28-0 Ithaca
1990 Ithaca............................ 28-14 Cortland
1991 Ithaca............................ 23-14 Ithaca
1992 Cortland........................ 22-20 Cortland
1993 Ithaca............................ 32-14 Ithaca
1994 Ithaca........................... 15-13 Cortland
1995 Ithaca............................ 35-19 Ithaca
1996 Cortland........................ 41-13 Cortland
1997 Cortland........................ 33-28 Ithaca
1998 Ithaca............................ 37-29 Cortland
1999 Cortland........................ 26-21 Ithaca
2000 Ithaca............................ 19-14 Cortland
2001 Ithaca............................. 21-14 Ithaca
2002 Cortland........................ 16-12 Cortland
2003 Cortland........................ 16-15 Ithaca
2004 Ithaca............................ 47-22 Cortland
2005 Cortland........................ 37-30 (OT) Ithaca
2006 Cortland........................ 23-20 (OT) Cortland
2007 Ithaca............................ 40-17 Ithaca
2008 Ithaca............................ 35-13 Cortland
2009 Ithaca............................ 23-20 Ithaca
2010 Cortland....................... 20-17 Cortland
2011 Cortland....................... 27-3 Ithaca
2012 Cortland...................... 16-10 Cortland
2013 Cortland...................... 28-24 Ithaca
2014 Cortland...................... 23-20 Cortland
2015 Cortland.......................11-8 Ithaca
2016 Cortland.......................28-16 Cortland
2017 Ithaca...........................48-20 Ithaca
2018 Ithaca...........................24-21 Cortland
2019 Ithaca...........................32-20 East Rutherford, NJ (MetLife Stadium)
# NCAA quarterfinals (not included in Cortaca series record)