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SUNY CORTLAND FOOTBALL NOTES
Cortland Red Dragons (9-0) vs. Ithaca Bombers (7-2)
67th Annual Cortaca Jug Game, presented by Visions Federal Credit Union
Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026; 1 p.m.; Yankee Stadium; Bronx, N.Y.
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THE MATCHUP: Long-time rivals Cortland and Ithaca vie for the Cortaca Jug at Yankee Stadium. Cortland, ranked ninth nationally by D3football.com and 10th by the AFCA, enters the game with a 9-0 record. Ithaca, the most recent Cortaca Jug winner, enters the game with a 7-2 mark. The teams are playing in a major stadium for the third time - they set a Division III attendance record with 46,161 fans at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., in 2019, and drew 40,232 fans, the second-highest Division III attendance, at Yankee Stadium in 2022.
THE SERIES: Cortland and Ithaca are playing for the Cortaca Jug for the 67th time. The schools actually started playing in 1930 and have met every year since 1948, other than in 2020 when the season was canceled. Ithaca leads the overall series 44-36-3 and the Jug series 39-27. Ithaca's Jug series lead does not include the Bombers' 1988 NCAA playoff win over the Red Dragons.
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 from a local home, and 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. In 1991, Sports Illustrated referred to the Cortaca Jug game as "the biggest little game in the nation."
Last season, Ithaca won at home over the Red Dragons, 26-21, as the Bombers held off a late Cortland comeback bid in front of an estimated 8,000 fans. Ithaca trailed 14-12 at halftime but scored twice in less than a three-minute span in the third quarter to go up 26-14. Nicholas Lang caught a 7-yard TD pass from Michael Reed to give Ithaca the lead, and Reed ran for a 10-yard score to cap a short drive after Cortland lost a fumble on a kickoff return. Mike Rescigno tossed two touchdown passes, including a 63-yard strike to Jacque LaPrarie nine seconds into the fourth quarter to cut Ithaca's lead to five. Cam Paquette intercepted a pass in the end zone on Cortland's next series with 1:11 left. The Red Dragons had a final shot, but a pass from Ithaca's 27-yard line missed the mark in the end zone as time expired.
Cortland won three of four meetings from 2021-24 - a 28-27 victory at home in 2021, a 38-28 win at Ithaca in 2023, and a 28-17 victory at home last year. The 2021 and 2024 victories completed 10-0 regular seasons for the Red Dragons. Ithaca won three straight games in the series from 2017-19 and Cortland won seven straight from 2010-16, including matchups in 2015 and 2016 when both schools were members of the Empire 8. Ithaca joined the Liberty League in 2017. 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.
Of the last 28 games in the series (1997-2025), 18 have been decided by eight points or less. In the previous 66 Cortaca Jug games, Cortland is 8-5 in games decided by 1-3 points and 11-8 in games decided by 4-8 points, but Ithaca is 9-5 when the margin is 9-16 points and 17-3 when a team wins by 17 or more.
CORTLAND CAPSULE: Cortland clinched its sixth straight outright Empire 8 title and extended its conference winning streak to 40 games with a 42-24 victory at Brockport last Saturday. Mike Rescigno ran for a career-high 196 yards and two touchdowns and completed eight passes for 190 yards and three scores. His TD runs covered 60 and 20 yards, and his TD passes went for 61, 30 and 33 yards to Jacque LaPrarie, Jayson Zeva and Joe Iadevaio, respectively. Aidan Lochner led Cortland with nine tackles, Memphis Ferguson had seven tackles, and Sonny Mayo finished with six tackles along with an 18-yard interception return for Cortland's final score.
Rescigno is Cortland's leading rusher with 902 yards on 120 carries (7.5 yards per attempt), including 10 touchdowns. He's completed 115-of-182 passes (63.2 percent) for 1,591 yards and 16 scores. Ethan Gallo has run for 587 yards and 14 touchdowns. Iadevaio has 31 receptions for 316 yards and two touchdowns. LaPrarie and Zeva share the team lead with six TD catches apiece.
Aidan Lochner holds the team lead with 62 tackles and has forced two fumbles. Memphis Ferguson has 45 tackles, and Joe Galea is the Red Dragon leader with 5.5 sacks. Nazair Jean-Lubin has three interceptions. Cole Callard has made 7-of-9 field goals, with a long of 47 yards, and 49-of-51 PAT kicks. Gavin Dandrea averages 39.5 yards per punt. Ravi Dass Jr. has returned two kickoffs for touchdowns - both versus Alfred State on Oct. 31 - and he averages 7.8 yards on 21 punt returns.
Tom Blumenauer is in his second season as Cortland's head coach and is currently 17-3 (.850) with the Red Dragons, and he's led Cortland to Empire 8 titles in each of his first two years. He and his assistants were named the Empire 8 Coaching Staff of the Year in 2025. Blumenauer came to Cortland from Franklin & Marshall, where he led the program to a combined 21-11 record, including an 11-8 mark in the competitive Centennial Conference, from 2022-24. The Diplomats won postseason bowl games versus Delaware Valley in 2024 and King's (Pa.) in 2023. Prior to F&M, "Coach Blu" served as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Williams College for six years from 2016-21, and his prior coaching stops include Bowdoin in 2015, Endicott in 2014 and St. Lawrence from 2010-13.
A 2007 Ithaca College graduate, Blumenauer played outside linebacker and free safety for the Bombers for two seasons from 2005-06. He was a two-time All-Empire 8 selection and was named to the 2006 Football Gazette All-East Region team. He's a native of Brentwood, N.Y., and was a football and wrestling standout at Brentwood High School.
A LOOK AT...ITHACA COLLEGE: Ithaca had its seven-game winning streak snapped last Saturday with a 14-10 loss to visiting RPI in a winner-take-all game for the Liberty League title. The Bombers led 10-7 at halftime behind a Michael Reed 3-yard run and an Andrew Rice 24-yard field goal, but the Engineers scored with 4:22 left in the third to take the lead.
Reed completed 17-of-31 passes for 185 yards, Antwan Harvey caught five passes for 70 yards, and Chase Myers ran for 48 yards on eight carries. Joe Spirra rang up 15 tackles and a forced fumble, Jake Green made 10 tackles and intercepted a pass, and Andrew Swierbut finished with eight stops and a forced fumble.
For the season, Reed is 134-of-222 through the air (60.4 percent) for 1,760 yards and 15 touchdowns, and he's run for 502 yards and seven scores. Chris Scully has run for 516 yards and 12 touchdowns, and Nicholas Lang has 45 receptions for 712 yards and seven touchdowns.
Spirra has a team-best 69 tackles, followed by Green with 50 and Swierbut with 49. Henry Takacs and Chris Clax each have four sacks, and Takacs is the team leader with five pass breakups. Rice has connected on 4-of-6 field goals and 31-of-32 PAT kicks, and Caleb Wandell averages 39.3 yards per punt. Of Wandell's 24 punts, 14 have pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line. Marcus Boyle averages 10.7 yards on 11 punt returns, and D'Adj Love has five kickoff returns for an average of 23.4 yards per return.
Brandon Maguire is in his first season as Ithaca's head coach. He served as the Bombers' offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in both 2024 and 2025. Prior to Ithaca, Maguire served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Chicago during the 2023 season, and he spent the 2022 season as a defensive line coach in the USFL with the Philadelphia Stars. Maguire also coached at Holy Cross from 2020-22 and at the University of Northern Colorado from 2015-20. He's a 2013 graduate of the University of Montana, and was a student assistant coach there in 2012 after an injury kept him off the field.
NOTEBOOK:
* Cortland is 9-0 for the sixth time in school history. In three of those previous five instances the Red Dragons completed the perfect regular seasons. The Red Dragons went 10-0 in the regular season and 11-1 overall in 1988, 2021 and 2024. In 2008 and 2022 (the latter at Yankee Stadium), Cortland lost to Ithaca to close the regular season 9-1. The 2008 team advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals and finished 11-2 and the 2022 squad lost in the NCAA first round and ended 9-2.
* Two current Red Dragons - receiver Joe Iadevaio and defensive back Shane Patterson - played in the game the last time the Cortaca Jug game was held at Yankee Stadium in 2022. Patterson recorded one assisted tackle, and Iadevaio did not record any stats. Both players earned an extra year of eligibility with medical hardship waivers - Iadevaio missed the entire 2024 season due to injury, and Patterson played in just two games in 2025 before suffering a season-ending injury.
* Seven members of this year's Cortland team appeared in the 2023 NCAA Division III Stagg Bowl (national championship game), which the Red Dragons won, 38-37, versus North Central. Those players are Kevin Whalen, Joe Iadevaio, Nazair Jean-Lubin, Ravi Dass Jr., Tyson Taylor, Aidan Lochner and Anthony Luciano. In that contest, Whalen started at left tackle, Iadevaio caught eight passes for 95 yards and two touchdowns, Dass returned two kickoffs for a combined 38 yards, Jean-Lubin registered five tackles and a pass breakup, and Lochner and Luciano each made one tackle. Jean-Lubin also helped make the stop on North Central's potential go-ahead 2-point conversion rush with 1:20 remaining.
* The inaugural Larry Czarnecki Cortaca Jug MVP Award will be presented immediately following Saturday's game. Czarnecki was an All-America defensive lineman at Ithaca in the early-to-mid 1970s, Cortland's head football coach from 1983-85, and an assistant coach for both programs at various times. Czarnecki passed away in November 2019 just one week after attending the Cortaca Jug game at MetLife Stadium.
* Cortland is averaging 44.1 points per game this season. The school record for scoring average is 46.2 points per game in 15 games during the Red Dragons' 2023 national championship season, followed by 45.8 ppg in 12 games in 2024, 45.1 ppg in 11 games in 2022, and 41.4 ppg in 12 games in 2021.
* Cortland trailed for the first time this season last week at Brockport, falling behind 7-0 and 10-7 before taking the lead for good late in the first half. The Red Dragons' first points came with 5:19 left in the first quarter - the longest it's taken Cortland to score in a game this year.
* Mike Rescigno has rushed for 902 yards this season and has a career total of 1,970 rushing yards. He broke the school record for career rushing yards by a quarterback of 1,785, set by Zac Boyes from 2021-24, and he's 30 yards away from becoming the 12th Cortland player with 2,000 career rushing yards. Ethan Gallo joined that club earlier this season. Rescigno averages 7.5 yards per carry this year; last year he also averaged 6.9 yards per rush, which set a school single-season record for highest rushing average per attempt (minimum 100 attempts).
* Ethan Gallo has career rushing totals of 2,458 yards and 48 touchdowns, along with 33 receptions for 231 yards and two scores, in 33 games. He's Cortland's career leader in rushing touchdowns, and two weeks ago he moved into second place on Cortland's career scoring list with 300 points, passing kicker Mike Baloga (298 from 2022-24). The Red Dragons' career scoring leader is Jaden AlfanoStJohn with 366 points from 2012-24. Gallo is now sixth at Cortland in career rushing yardage - next up on the list is Justin Autera in fifth (2,596 from 2009-13).
* Helping Cortland put up strong offensive stats this season is an offensive line that has started all nine games, to date - graduate student right tackle Kevin Whalen, junior right guard Andrew Dabulewicz, senior center Nate Parsons, junior left guard Lucas Houghton, and junior left tackle Tyler DeRue. Of this quintet, only one had started a game prior to this season - Whalen started all 11 games last year, the first two games in 2024 before missing the rest of the season due to injury, and all 13 games in which he appeared during Cortland's 2023 national championship season (he missed a regular-season game at St. John Fisher and an NCAA first-round game at Endicott due to injury). Whalen also appeared in four games off the bench in 2022. Dabulewicz played in all 11 games last fall, mainly on special teams, and one game in 2024. Parsons played in a combined seven games from 2023-25, Houghton played in two games in 2024 but did not play in 2025, and DeRue appeared in six games last season and five in 2024.
* 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 coming out on top both times - 37-30 at Ithaca in 2005 on a 8-yard TD pass from Alex Smith to Anthony Morat and 23-20 in Cortland in 2006 on a Matthew Mintz 40-yard field goal. Cortland's defense recorded interceptions in each of those overtimes with Stef Sair sealing the 2005 win and Bill Hauser picking off a pass to open the OT in 2006.
Cortland first-year head coach Tom Blumenauer played for Ithaca in both of those OT games; he recorded eight tackles, five solo, with a sack and had a pass breakup in the 2005 game, and had similar numbers in 2006 with eight tackles, five solo, including two for lost yardage.
* Cortland is second nationally in the Division III NCAA Power Index (NPI) through games of Nov. 7. The NPI, which began in 2024, is used to determine which teams earn at-large berths into the NCAA playoff field. Of the 40 teams that will be competing in the national tournament, 29 are automatic qualifiers by winning league championships and 11 will be at-large selections based on NPI rating. Sixteen teams will play in the first round Nov. 21, while 24 schools will earn byes into the second round Nov. 28. Based on data from the Hansen Ratings website, Cortland is projected to get a bye into the second round regardless of its outcome versus Ithaca.
The NPI is a combination of winning percentage and strength of schedule, with bonus points awarded for wins versus teams above a certain threshold. In addition, teams keep a minimum of five wins on their resume, with others dropped unless they improve a team's average score. All losses must be included in the score. The NPI ratings assist the NCAA committee with tournament seeding, with adjustments made due to geography to limit trips of more than 500 miles. The top eight teams in the final NPI rankings will be "protected" from being lined up to face other top-8 teams until the national quarterfinals.
* Nazair Jean-Lubin has 12 career interceptions, including three this season. He is tied for fourth on Cortland's career interception list with Joe Lopez (2007-10) and Steve Daly (1974-76). The Red Dragons career leaders are DJ Romano with 15 from 2008-11 and Jeff Beck with 15 from 2004-07, and Stef Sair ranks third with 13 from 2003-06. Jean-Lubin's 100-yard interception return for a touchdown Oct. 3 at Utica broke the school record of 94 yards, set by Steve Armstrong versus New York Tech in 1981. The maximum interception and kick return distance per NCAA rules is 100 yards, despite where in the end zone the return is initiated. Jean-Lubin intercepted a pass with his back foot in the end zone and ran for a touchdown on the final play of the first half to give Cortland a 28-7 halftime lead over the Pioneers.
* Ravi Dass Jr. became the first player in school history to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in the same game during Cortland's 80-7 win over Alfred State on Oct. 31. He returned the opening kickoff of the second half 85 yards, and later in the quarter brought back a kickoff 95 yards to paydirt. While those are the first two kickoff return touchdowns in his Red Dragon career, Dass has returned four punts for touchdowns in his four seasons. He returned a punt 76 yards for score in a home win over Brockport in 2025, and he holds the school record with an 83-yard punt return TD in a win at Randolph-Macon as a freshman in the 2023 NCAA semifinals. His other punt return TDs came at home versus Alfred University in 2023 and at Hilbert in 2024.
* Gavin Dandrea's 70-yard punt on Oct. 24 vs. St. John Fisher last week is the fifth punt of at least 70 yards by a Cortland player since full stats were first tracked in 1963. He joins a group that includes Ed Louiz (75 yards at Montclair St. in 1975), Todd Hobin (74 yards at Alfred University in 1985), Liam Casey (71 yards versus Brockport in 2019), and Scott Harrison (71 yards at Ithaca in 1999). Additionally, Cortland's older records show a 72-yard punt by Pete Palleschi versus Brockport in 1954.
* Cortland's roster this season includes six pairs of brothers: Brady and Jack Ciano (QB and WR); Cam and Cristian Freeman (both DB); Joe and Craig Galea (LB and QB); Samuel and Tom Jacquays (RB and DB); Brandon and Patrick Moloney (DL and LB); and Logan and Shane Reilly (WR and DB).
* Cole Callard's 47-yard field goal versus Alfred State on Oct. 31 is the second-longest field goal by a Red Dragons since at least the 1982 season. George Oostmeyer made a 48-yarder versus Rowan in 2001 in the final game played on Cortland's Davis Field (now the site of the school's Student Life Center). The school record for longest field goal is 61 yards by Bill Shear versus Hobart at home in 1966 (the first-ever 60-yard field goal in collegiate or professional football history). Shear also made a 51-yarder at Trenton State in 1966 and Jim Perrott hit a 51-yarder versus Glassboro St. (now Rowan) at home in 1965 (full field-goal records are not available from 1967-81).
* Two Cortland receivers joined the career 100-catch club this fall. Jayson Zeva has 112 career receptions in 35 games, and Joe Iadevaio has 109 catches in 42 games.
* During the lead-up to the 2019 Cortaca Jug game at MetLife Stadium, the Cortland sports information office produced weekly "Cortaca Flashback" stories highlighting some of the top Red Dragon moments in Cortaca Jug history. The series included:
Stories from the entire Cortaca Flashback series:
1988 Red Dragons Win "Upstate NY Game of the Century"
Botched Field Goal Turns Into Cortaca Jug's Most Memorable Play in 2014 Red Dragon Victory
Red Dragons Beat Undefeated and Defending National Champ Bombers in Wild 1992 Contest
Cortland Wins Thriller at Ithaca in 1997 for First Road Win vs. Bombers in 30 Years
Cortland Pulls Off Two of Cortaca's Largest Comebacks in 1999 and 2010
Red Dragons Work Overtime for Back-to-Back Wins in 2005 and 2006
Late Heroics Lead to Unexpected Road Wins in 2003 and 2013
Cortland's Three Largest Cortaca Jug Wins (1968, 1996, 2011)
Goal-Line Stands Lead Red Dragons to 2002 and 2012 Cortaca Victories
Cortland Wins Inaugural Cortaca Jug game in 1959
"Honorable Mentions" that almost made our list:
2015: Cortland won 11-8 at Ithaca to clinch the Empire 8 crown
1982: Cortland rallied from a 17-7 deficit at home behind TD runs from Mike Bowe and Dave Cook to win 21-17 to end Ithaca's nine-game Cortaca streak, prompting one of the few photos ever of players celebrating with the Jug after the game
Since that series, Cortland has added Cortaca Jug wins at home in 2021, at Ithaca in 2023, and at home in 2024.
CORTLAND EMPIRE 8 NOTES:
* Cortland has been an Empire 8 conference member since 2015 (previously competed in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) for 15 seasons from 2000-14 - finished in at least a tie for first place in the NJAC six times).
* Cortland is one of three Empire 8 affiliate members for football, along with Morrisville and Alfred State (all three are otherwise full-time members of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC)). Brockport moved from affiliate to full-time status in the league in 2024. Alfred University, Hartwick, St. John Fisher and Utica also are full conference members.
* Cortland's Empire 8 titles: outright league title and NCAA automatic bid in 2021 (6-0), 2022 (6-0), 2023 (6-0), 2024 (7-0), 2025 (7-0) and 2026 (7-0); co-champion in 2015 and 2019, earning an NCAA bid in 2015; second or tied for second in 2017 and 2018.
* Cortland has a 40-game Empire 8 winning streak dating back to late in the 2019 season. During that streak, only five games were decided by two scores or less, including two this year. Margin of victory breakdown during the streak:
33+ points 25 times
25-32 points 3 times
17-24 points 7 times
9-16 points 3 times (31-21 at Utica, 2026) (28-13 vs. Utica, 2025) (32-21 at Hartwick, 2019)
1-8 points 2 times (29-28 at Brockport, 2024) (28-20 vs. St. John Fisher, 2026)
* Cortland's last Empire 8 loss was a 32-26 home overtime setback versus Brockport in 2019. The Red Dragons' last Empire 8 loss in regulation was 21-16 at Brockport in 2018.
NCAA TOP 40:
Cortland and Ithaca rank in the top 40 nationally in Division III in the following team and individual categories:
CORTLAND:
1st, Kickoff Returns, 32.7 yds./return
2nd, Team Passing Efficiency Defense, 88.5 opponent rating
9th, Total Defense, 219.1 yds./game
11th, Time of Possession, 33:35/game
12th, First Downs Defense, 118
13th, Rushing Offense, 253.2 yds./game
13th, Scoring Defense, 11.8 pts./game
15th, Scoring Offense, 44.1 pts./game
15th, Rushing Defense, 69.9 yds./game
15th, Red Zone Offense, 89.6 pct.
15th, Sacks Allowed, 0.7/game
19th, Defensive Touchdowns, 3
21st, Passing Yards Allowed, 149.2 yds./game
27th, Fourth Down Conversion Percentage, 64.7 pct.
28th, Fumbles Lost, 3
32nd, Kickoff Return Defense, 15.7 yds./return
33rd, Turnovers Lost, 9
34th, Total Offense, 438.7 yds./game
34th, First Downs Offense, 201
36th, Punt Return Defense, 4.1 yds./return
Cortland is one of 14 undefeated Division III teams
Ravi Dass Jr., 1st, Kickoff Return Touchdowns, 2 (nine players tied at 2)
Mike Rescigno, 7th, Rush Yards per Carry, 7.5 yds./rush
Jacque LaPrarie, 9th, Yards per Reception, 21.8 yds./catch
Ethan Gallo, 11th, Rushing Touchdowns, 14
Cole Callard, 19th, Field Goal Percentage, 77.8 pct.
Mike Rescigno, 21st, Total Offense, 277.0 yds./game
Ethan Gallo, 21st, Total Touchdowns, 14
Ethan Gallo, 27th, Scoring, 9.3 pts./game
Mike Rescigno, 30th, Points Responsible For, 17.3 pts./game
Mike Rescigno, 30th, Passing Efficiency, 161.2 rating
Mike Rescigno, 33rd, Rushing, 100.2 yds./game
Mike Rescigno, 34th, Rushing Touchdowns, 10
Mike Rescigno, 34th, Yards per Pass Attempt, 8.7 yds./attempt
Cole Callard, 38th, Field Goals, 0.8/game
Mike Rescigno, 40th, Passing Yards per Completion, 13.8 yds./completion
ITHACA:
3rd, Punt Return Defense, 0.5 yds./return
6th, Fourth Down Conversion Percentage Defense, 20.0 pct.
8th, First Downs Offense, 235
11th, Scoring Defense, 11.2 pts./game
12th, Fumbles Lost, 2
13th, Net Punting, 38.3 net yds./punt
14th, Turnovers Lost, 7
24th, Total Offense, 454.3 yds./game
24th, Blocked Punts, 2
25th, Scoring Offense, 40.3 pts./game
25th, Tackles for Loss Allowed, 3.8/game
27th, Rushing Offense, 225.8 yds./game
28th, Rushing Defense, 77.9 yds./game
31st, Passes Had Intercepted, 5
33rd, Total Defense, 262.2 yds./game
35th, Third Down Conversion Percentage, 47.5 pct.
35th, First Downs Defense, 133
39th, Fewest Penalties, 4.7/game
Chris Scully, 19th, Rushing Touchdowns, 12
Marcus Boyle, 26th, Punt Returns, 10.7 yds./return
Carson Ciancuielli, 29th, Fumbles Recovered, 2
Michael Reed, 40th, Total Offense, 251.3 yds./game
Chris Scully, 40th, Total Touchdowns, 12
2026 Cortland Weekly Award Winners (game date/opponent in parentheses)
Cole Callard, So., Kicker
Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 17 at Alfred Univ.)
Gavin Dandrea, So., Punter
Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 24 vs. St. John Fisher)
Ravi Dass Jr., Sr., Kick Returner
D3football.com National Team of the Week (Returner) (Oct. 31 vs. Alfred St.)
Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 31 vs. Alfred St.)
Joe Galea, Sr., Linebacker
Empire 8 Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 12 at Union)
Empire 8 Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 24 vs. St. John Fisher)
Jacque LaPrarie, Sr., Wide Receiver
Empire 8 Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 26 vs. Morrisville)
Aidan Lochner, Sr., Linebacker
Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 3 at Utica)
Mike Rescigno, Jr., Quarterback
Empire 8 Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 19 vs. Hartwick)
Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 17 at Alfred Univ.)
Empire 8 Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 7 at Brockport)
SCHEDULES/RESULTS:
CORTLAND (9-0)
Sept. 5 at Grove City (PA)................................. W 28-18
Sept. 12 at Union................................................. W 26-0
Sept. 19 * HARTWICK......................................... W 55-3
Sept. 26 * MORRISVILLE......................................W 62-6
Oct. 3 * at Utica..................................................W 31-21
Oct. 17 * at Alfred Univ. ..................................... W 45-7
Oct. 24 * ST. JOHN FISHER................................ W 28-20
Oct. 31 * ALFRED ST. ....................................... W 80-7
Nov. 7 * at Brockport.......................................... W 42-24
Nov. 14 Ithaca (Yankee Stadium)........................ 1:00
* Empire 8 game (7-0) HOME GAMES IN CAPS
ITHACA (7-2)
Sept. 5 at Johns Hopkins (MD)......................... L 21-30
Sept. 12 ALFRED UNIV. .................................... W 27-3
Sept. 19 * HILBERT............................................. W 76-6
Sept. 26 * ST. LAWRENCE................................... W 66-0
Oct. 3 * at Hobart.............................................. W 27-20
Oct. 10 * ROCHESTER...................................... W 36-0
Oct. 24 * at Union............................................... W 35-14
Oct. 31 * at Buffalo State.................................. W 65-14
Nov. 7 * RPI....................................................... L 10-14
Nov. 14 Cortland (Yankee Stadium)................... 1:00
* Liberty League game (6-1) HOME GAMES IN CAPS
CORTLAND vs. ITHACA - SERIES RECORD
(Ithaca leads overall series 44-35-3 and Cortaca Jug series (1959-present) 39-26)
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)
2021 Cortland.......................28-27 Cortland
2022 Ithaca...........................34-17 Bronx, NY (Yankee Stadium)
2023 Cortland.......................38-28 Ithaca
2024 Cortland.......................28-17 Cortland
2025 Ithaca...........................26-21 Ithaca
# NCAA quarterfinals (not included in Cortaca series record)