Steven Dean Memorial Trophy

The Steven Dean Memorial Trophy is a college football trophy that goes to the winner of the Catholic University of America and Georgetown University football game. The trophy was introduced in 1976 and is named after former Georgetown University team manager and Catholic University sports information director Steven Dean, who died of cerebral palsy.^[2][3] It was considered the "City Championship".^[4]

Steven Dean Memorial Trophy

Catholic University Cardinals Georgetown Hoyas
Sport	Football
First meeting	September 25, 1976; 48 years ago (1976-09-25) Catholic University 41, Georgetown 35
Latest meeting	September 14, 2019 Georgetown 69, Catholic University 0
Stadiums	Brookland Stadium GU Baseball Field Kehoe Field Cardinal Stadium Cooper Field
Trophy	Steven Dean Memorial Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total	19
All-time series	Georgetown leads 10–9 (.526)[a]
Largest victory	Georgetown 69–0 (2019)
Longest win streak	Georgetown, 4 (1985–1988, 1991–present)
Current win streak	Georgetown, 4 (1991–present)
Catholic University Georgetown

Catholic and Georgetown had already met for 8 seasons (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 and 1974) before the trophy introduction,^[5][6] and the rivalry was becoming the nation's capital own Holy War.

Catholic won the first trophy game 41–35 at Brookland Stadium and went on to win 9. Georgetown won in 1978 for the first time,^[7] and won the trophy ten times, leaving the series 10–9.^[a]

After three straight Georgetown wins, the last game of the annual series was played in 1993, with Georgetown moving to Division I and Catholic still competing in Division III. The rivalry was renewed with a meeting in 2019, won 69–0 by Georgetown.^[8]

Game results

Catholic University victories

Georgetown victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 September 25, 1976 Washington, D.C. Catholic University 45–35 2 September 24, 1977[9][b] Washington, D.C. Catholic University 27–22 3 September 23, 1978 Washington, D.C. Georgetown 28–19 4 November 3, 1979 Washington, D.C. Catholic University 13–6 5 November 1, 1980 Washington, D.C. Catholic University 33–8 6 October 31, 1981 Washington, D.C. Georgetown 6–0 7 October 30, 1982 Washington, D.C. Catholic University 19–18 8 October 29, 1983 Washington, D.C. Catholic University 40–23 9 October 27, 1984[a] Washington, D.C. Catholic University 56–6 10 November 2, 1985 Washington, D.C. Georgetown 24–10 No. Date Location Winner Score 11 November 1, 1986 Washington, D.C. Georgetown 16–14 12 October 31, 1987 Washington, D.C. Georgetown 35–14 13 October 29, 1988 Washington, D.C. Georgetown 18–13 14 October 28, 1989 Washington, D.C. Catholic University 21–3 15 October 27, 1990 Washington, D.C. Catholic University 26–9 16 November 2, 1991[10] Washington, D.C. Georgetown 21–17 17 October 31, 1992 Washington, D.C. Georgetown 19–16 18 October 30, 1993 Washington, D.C. Georgetown 10–0 19 September 14, 2019 Washington, D.C. Georgetown 69–0 Series: Georgetown leads 10–9

Notes

1. The result of the 1984 game is disputed.^[1]
2. This was the second year in a row that the game was decided in the final 90 seconds.^[9]