[2] The Sacred Cod Trophy was the idea of the Boston University chapter of the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity.

In 1962, the BU-Holy Cross game was not played due to the failure to find an available date, thus the trophy was not awarded.

The 1963 game was postponed due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy and was never rescheduled.

[3] The trophy was a gold cup topped with a cod fish a symbol of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

[4] The name was inspired by the Sacred Cod, a wooden fish that has hung in the Massachusetts State House since the mid 1700s.