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The Liberty Cup
The Liberty Cup was awarded annually to the winner of the college football game between Columbia University and Fordham University, the oldest remaining and two of the only three National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I football programs in New York City (Wagner College in the borough of Staten Island is the third). The trophy was dedicated in 2002, a year after the Columbia-Fordham game was postponed due to the attacks of September 11, 2001. () At least 43 Columbia alumni and 39 Fordham alumni and students〔(Fordham University Remembers 9/11 )〕 died at the World Trade Center,〔Berkow, Ira. "Reflections on Making the Proper Decision Over Postponing a Game." ''The New York Times'' Sept. 12, 2002.〕 including two former Fordham football players: Nick Brandemarti '00 and Kevin Szocik '97.
==Background==
Despite their proximity and long football histories, the schools met only three times in the 100 years from 1890 until 1991 (1890, 1902, and a Division III Fordham team was fielded in 1972), with Columbia shutting out Fordham each time. However, for 35 of those years the Rams did not have a Division 1 team to field against the Lions. Fordham folded its football program in 1954 citing financial concerns, until 1970 when it was re-introduced at the Division III level. The Rams would not play at the Division I level again until 1989. Fordham won the fourth meeting, in 1991, 20-16.
The teams had played annually since 2000. The Liberty Cup game typically opened Columbia's season and was usually the third game on Fordham's schedule. Columbia announced plans to end the series before the 2015 matchup. There has been no word of any future resumption and the series closed with Fordham holding a 10-4 lead.
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