A battle of Neighbors
The 2022 Cortaca Jug Game
Join the Ithaca College Bombers and Cortland Red Dragons in one of the great rivalry games in all of college football! In 2019, the Cortaca Jug game at MetLife Stadium set a new Division III single game attendance record of 45,161. Tickets go on sale on Nov. 16, 2021. Go to Ticketmaster.com that day to get your tickets and join us at iconic Yankee Stadium for the 2022 Cortaca Jug Game!
History of the Game
The Cortaca Jug is the trophy given in the annual college football game played between the Red Dragons of the State University of New York at Cortland and the Bombers of Ithaca College. The match-up is one of the most prominent in small college football. The Cortaca game typically sells out, with thousands of fans packed into see the game and many more watching at viewing parties across the country.
The name “Cortaca” is a portmanteau of the names of the two schools. The "cort" part coming from SUNY Cortland and the "aca" part coming from Ithaca College. The schools are located less than 21 miles apart in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State.
Latest News
Upstate New York Game of the Century II To be played at Yankee Stadium
2022 Cortaca Jug Game at Yankee Stadium between Ithaca College and Suny Cortland to kick off at 12:00 P.M. on Saturday, November 12 - game to be broadcast on the YES Network
Student Tickets to go on sale at Ithaca College and Cortland Campuses on Monday, September 12th at noon. To be eligible to purchase these designated Student Tickets, you must either be a student or member of the faculty or staff at either school and have an assigned email address ending in either Ithaca.edu or Cortland.edu.
Yankee Stadium will host the 2022 Cortaca Jug college football matchup between Ithaca College and SUNY Cortland with tickets going on sale to the general public on Tuesday, November 16, at 12:00 p.m.