Capital Cup

Capital Cup
SportFootball
First meetingNovember 19, 1898
Richmond, 15–0
Latest meetingNovember 22, 2025
Richmond, 28–21
Next meeting2026
StadiumsE. Claiborne Robins Stadium
(Richmond)
Zable Stadium
(William & Mary)
TrophyCapital Cup (current)
I-64 Trophy (former)
Statistics
Meetings total136
All-time seriesRichmond, 67–64–5 (.511)
Largest victoryRichmond, 48–0 (1907, 1916)
Longest win streakWilliam & Mary, 15 (1939–1954)
Current win streakRichmond, 3 (2023–present)
30km
19miles
William & Mary
Richmond
Locations of Richmond and William & Mary

The Capital Cup is the trophy given to the winner of the annual college football rivalry game contested yearly between the University of Richmond Spiders and College of William & Mary Tribe. Coined as the "Oldest Rivalry in the South", the series is one of the longest-running college football rivalries in the United States. Only three rivalries in NCAA Division I have more games played: Lafayette–Lehigh, Princeton–Yale, and Harvard–Yale.