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The Fremont Cannon is the trophy awarded to the winner of the Battle for Nevada, an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Nevada Wolf Pack football team of the University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada) and the UNLV Rebels football team of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The trophy was built in 1970 and is a replica of a 19th-century Howitzer cannon that accompanied American explorer and politician John C. Frémont on an expedition to Nevada in the mid 19th century. Originally fired following a touchdown by the team in possession of the cannon, it has been inoperable since 1999. The wooden carriage is painted the school color of the team in possession, navy blue for Nevada or scarlet for UNLV. The trophy is the heaviest and most expensive in college football. The first game between the teams was in 1969 with Nevada defeating UNLV. The following year the cannon was built and UNLV became the first team to win the cannon. The current holder is UNLV, following a 23–17 victory in 2015 at Mackay Stadium in Reno in front of the stadium's crowd of 29,551. Nevada has the longest win streak in the rivalry, holding the cannon for eight consecutive years. ==History of the trophy== In 1967 Bill Ireland was hired by Nevada Southern University (the predecessor to UNLV) to coach their new football team,〔 and by 1969 came up with the idea to have a trophy as a symbol of the rivalry between the two schools.〔 Ireland was the first football coach of the UNLV Rebels, and an alumnus and former coach of Nevada. The cannon was donated by Kennecott Copper and is a replica of a howitzer cannon that explorer John C. Fremont used on an expedition in 1843, and allegedly left in a snowdrift in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The cannon contains a barrel, weighs , and cost $10,000 to build, making it the heaviest and most expensive trophy in college football.〔 The cannon is painted the winning team's color, red for UNLV, and blue for Nevada. The two schools first played each other on Thanksgiving Day, 1969, the game was actually played the Saturday before Thanksgiving (Nov 22 1969) and was homecoming, with the Wolf Pack winning 30–28, however construction of the cannon had yet to be completed. The first competition for the cannon was in 1970 when the Rebels won 42–30 in Las Vegas. In 1978, following Nevada's first victory over UNLV in four seasons, Chris Ault convinced security at McCarran International Airport to allow the team to disassemble the cannon and take it as carry-on luggage back to Reno.〔 The team had to figure out how to break down the cannon, a task that was usually done by the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, which UNLV did not have in 1978. The Fremont Cannon was refurbished by the UNLV athletics department at a cost of $1,500 in 2000 following damage after a UNLV victory celebration wherein fans and players attempted to lift the cannon and dropped it. Traditionally, the team possessing the cannon would fire it each time they scored a touchdown during the rivalry game;〔 however, the cannon has not been fired since the restoration due to the damage it received.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fremont Cannon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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