Contested yearly between the University of Richmond Spiders and College of William & Mary Tribe, only three rivalries in NCAA Division I have more games played: Lafayette–Lehigh, Princeton–Yale, and Harvard–Yale.

The Capital Cup is one of the oldest collegiate American football rivalries, played between the University of Richmond Spiders and the College of William & Mary Tribe.

The yearly contest is the fourth-most-played game in Division I college football, and through the 2023 match-up has been played 134 times.

With CAA Football not playing in fall 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Spiders and Tribe did not meet during a calendar year for the first time since 1943.

[3] A Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award was established 2009, coinciding with the rivalry's renaming to Capital Cup.