Secretaries Cup
The Secretaries Cup is an annual college football game in the northeast United States between the and the Both academies compete in NCAA Division III athletics.
The Secretaries Cup is an intense rivalry game for both schools. Although not matching the intensity or tradition of the the Secretaries Cup is often described as a small-college version of that matchup.
The rivalry was designated as the "Secretary's Cup" in 1981, when both academies were in the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. The name of the contest was pluralized when the U.S. Coast Guard moved to the Department of Homeland Security in 2003.
The two campuses are at opposite ends of Long Island Sound. The game alternates between the Coast Guard's Cadet Memorial Field in New London, Connecticut, and the Merchant Marine's Captain Tomb Field in Kings Point, New York, just east of New York City.
The game had been played on the last Saturday of the Division III football regular season from 1991 through 2005. When the Coast Guard Academy joined the New England Football Conference in 2006, the rivalry became a non-conference game and was moved to September. In 2017, the game moved back to November when the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference began sponsoring football with both teams as conference members. The 2017 game was played at 12 noon on Veterans Day, November 11.
Results
Through 2019, the Merchant Marine Academy has an overall lead in the series. Since the Secretaries Cup was established in 1981, the Merchant Marine Academy leads. There have been no ties in the series.The Merchant Marine Academy won the latest meeting in 2019 56–41.
| Coast Guard victories |
| Merchant Marine victories |