Milk Can (college football)

This article is about the college football game. For the high school football rivalry game, see Milk Can Game (high school football).

Milk Can
Teams	Fresno State Bulldogs Boise State Broncos
Originated	2005 (First meeting 1977)
Trophy Series	Boise State leads 6–1
All-time Series	Boise State leads 10–4
Current Holder	Boise State
Fresno State (1) 2005	Boise State (6) 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

The Milk Can is awarded to each season's winner of the Battle of the Milk Can, a college football game between the Fresno State Bulldogs and the Boise State Broncos. The team who wins the Milk Can gets to keep it for a year. The trophy was created in 2005, but was not ready in time for the annual match in Fresno, which was won by the Bulldogs. It made its first appearance in 2006, when the victorious Broncos carried it off the field.

History of the trophy

The idea for a trophy as the prize for the newly arranged interstate rivalry was hatched by two separate dairy groups that decided to get involved with their local football programs. California (No. 1) and Idaho (No. 4) are two of the nation's leading dairy producers.^[1] The South Valley Dairy Group began raising money for Bulldog football in 2001; the Bronco Dairy Boosters began contributing to Boise State in 2005. Two dairymen and friends in these organizations, Dan Van Grouw of Meridian, Idaho (in the Boise metropolitan area) and Roger Fluegel of Visalia, California (in Fresno State's home of the San Joaquin Valley), put forward the idea of a traveling trophy and began the administrative process. There was positive feedback from the teams, coaches, and fans, but an "administrative changeover" kept the trophy off the field for the 2005 game, though the Bulldogs' 27–7 victory is the first listed on the can.

Pre-Milk Can Games

Boise State victories shaded in ██ blue. Fresno State victories are shaded in ██ red.

# Date Location Conference Winning team Losing team Series 1 1977 Bulldog Stadium PCAA-Big Sky Fresno State 42 Boise State 7 Fresno State 1–0 2 1984 Bulldog Stadium PCAA-Big Sky Fresno State 37 Boise State 21 Fresno State 2–0 3 1996 Bulldog Stadium WAC-Big West Fresno State 41 Boise State 7 Fresno State 3–0 4 2001 Bulldog Stadium WAC Boise State 35 Fresno State 30 Fresno State 3–1 5 2002 Bronco Stadium WAC Boise State 67 Fresno State 21 Fresno State 3–2 6 2003 Bulldog Stadium WAC Boise State 31 Fresno State 17 Tied 3–3 7 2004 Bronco Stadium WAC Boise State 33 Fresno State 16 Boise State 4–3

Results

Boise State victories shaded in ██ blue. Fresno State victories are shaded in ██ red.

# Date Location Conference Winning team Losing team Series All-Time 1 2005 Bulldog Stadium WAC Fresno State 27 Boise State 7 Fresno State 1–0 Tied 4–4 2 2006 Bronco Stadium WAC Boise State 45 Fresno State 21 Tied 1–1 Boise State 5–4 3 2007 Bulldog Stadium WAC Boise State 34 Fresno State 21 Boise State 2–1 Boise State 6–4 4 2008 Bronco Stadium WAC Boise State 61 Fresno State 10 Boise State 3–1 Boise State 7–4 5 2009 Bulldog Stadium WAC Boise State 51 Fresno State 34 Boise State 4–1 Boise State 8–4 6 2010 Bronco Stadium WAC Boise State 51 Fresno State 0 Boise State 5–1 Boise State 9–4 7 2011 Bulldog Stadium MWC-WAC Boise State 57 Fresno State 7 Boise State 6–1 Boise State 10–4

Notes

1. ^ "BSU, Fresno State starting to latch on to the "Milk Can" tradition". http://www.idahostatesman.com/sports/story/193972.html. Retrieved 2008-06-14. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• (Article written 24 October 2007)
• Got Milk? Boise State Broncos fan article (28 October 2007)