| The Apple Cup is the name of the annual | | | | been played the Saturday before Thanksgiving |
| intrastate rivalry football game played by Pac Ten | | | | but due to a lengthening of the college football |
| Conference rivals the University of Washington | | | | schedule to 12 games the game Apple Cup game |
| Huskies and the Washington State University | | | | has recently been pushed back to the weekend |
| Cougars. These two colleges have played each | | | | after Thanksgiving in order to preserve its place |
| other 102 times in the history of the Apple Cup | | | | as the final regular season game. |
| rivalry. Every season the winner of this much | | | | The story of how the title Apple Cup came to be |
| anticipated match up gets to go home with the | | | | associated with this rivalry is actually quite brief. |
| coveted Apple Cup trophy, a traveling trophy that | | | | For much of the history of this rivalry that dates |
| remains with whichever school won the most | | | | back to November of 1900 the instate opponents |
| recent contest. | | | | dubbed this the Governor's Trophy game but that |
| The University of Washington is located in Seattle, | | | | changed in 1962. Beginning with the 1962 match |
| Washington (the largest city in the state). | | | | up the name of the annual meeting between the |
| Approximately 285 miles east of Seattle is the | | | | two universities was changed from the |
| city of Pullman, Washington where the main | | | | Governor's Trophy to the Apple Cup in recognition |
| campus of the Washington State University | | | | of the apple orchids and apples that the state of |
| Cougars is located. The specific location of the | | | | Washington is so well known for. |
| annual Apple Cup game alternates between Martin | | | | Although the name change officially occurred in |
| Stadium (capacity 35,117) in Pullman and Husky | | | | 1962 when college football historians discuss the |
| Stadium (capacity 72,500) in Seattle. It takes | | | | record these two schools have against one |
| students about four and a half hours to make the | | | | another in the Apple Cup they generally count |
| drive from one campus to the other for away | | | | wins and losses all the way back to the first |
| football games. | | | | meeting on November 30, 1900 that ended in a |
| The annual game between the two largest | | | | 5-5 tie (a very bizarre final score by modern |
| universities in the state takes place on the | | | | standards). Over the 102 meetings these |
| Saturday following the Thanksgiving holiday and | | | | programs have had on the grid iron the University |
| marks the final game of the regular season. Prior | | | | of Washington leads the overall series by a count |
| to the 2007 season the game had historically | | | | of 65-31-6. |
