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AMERICAN FOOTBALL

The Commonwealth Cup is a football game played by Virginia and Virginia Tech on a Saturday close to Thanksgiving to see who gets the bragging rights to the state in football. A relatively new tradition, it began in 1996 . Currently, Virginia Tech holds the cup (winning in November 2005 , 52-14). Previously, Virginia had the cup in 2003 . Before that Virginia Tech had held the cup for a string of four consecutive years starting in 1999 and ending in 2002 . Before that Virginia won the cup back-to-back from 1997-1998 . Virginia Tech won the first game for the Commonwealth Cup in 1996 .



Related cups

The same name is used for an annual Polo charity match in Goochland County .

A Richmond, Virginia , firm sells pewter cups using the same name.


COLLEGE BASKETBALL

The Commonwealth Cup is an alternate name for the Commonwealth Classic , an annual basketball game played by Boston College and the University Of Massachusetts .


EUROPE

See the Champions Cup of the Former Soviet Republics.


MOTOR RACING

There has been a Commonwealth Cup Late Model Race at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway.


SHOOTING

Another Commonwealth Cup has been created for winning in Wellington , New Zealand .


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