The Steven Dean Memorial Trophy is a
college footballtrophy that goes to the winner of the
Catholic University of America and
Georgetown University football game. The trophy was introduced in
1976 and is named after former Georgetown University team manager and Catholic University sports information director Steven Dean, who died of
cerebral palsy.[2][3] It was considered the "City Championship".[4]
Catholic and Georgetown had already met for 8 seasons (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 and 1974) before the trophy introduction,[5][6] and the
rivalry was becoming the nation's capital own
Holy War.
Catholic won the first trophy game 41–35 at
Brookland Stadium and went on to win 9. Georgetown won in 1978 for the first time,[7] and won the trophy ten times, leaving the series 10–9.[a]
After three straight Georgetown wins, the last game of the annual series was played in 1993, with Georgetown moving to Division I and Catholic still competing in Division III. The rivalry was renewed with a meeting in 2019, won 69–0 by Georgetown.[8]