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36-612: The colleges contest the C-B-B Trophy in three-way football games in the Fall of their respective academic years. As of the 2023–24 season, Bowdoin leads the conference in wins, with 20; Colby has 17 and Bates has won 13. Colby holds the record for the longest streak of consecutive wins (1988–1992). Bates holds the record for biggest shutout with a 51–0 game over Colby in 1985. There have been eight three-way-ties: 1965, 1979, 1993, 1995, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2022. The three colleges also contest

72-689: A shutout ( US ) or clean sheet ( UK ) is a game in which the losing team fails to score. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball . Shutouts are usually seen as a result of effective defensive play even though a weak opposing offense may be as much to blame. Some sports credit individual players, particularly goalkeepers and starting pitchers , with shutouts and keep track of them as statistics; others do not. Shutouts in American football are uncommon. Keeping an opponent scoreless in American football requires

108-427: A single point can be scored simply by punting the ball from any point on the field into the end zone. In association football and other sports with a goalkeeper , the goalkeeper may be said to "keep a clean sheet " if they prevent their opponents from scoring during an entire match. Because football is a relatively low-scoring game, it is common for one team, or even both teams, to score no goals. A theory as to

144-602: A "football fight song" entitled, "Forward the White" in 1913. All football games between the two occurred on Bowdoin's Whittier Field , but with the development of Bates' Garcelon Field , both fields have been used to hold football games. Colby remained isolated from neighboring Bates, and the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium because of its location in Waterville , and socio-economic and political differences. However, in

180-563: A row from 2001 to 2007. The Polar Bears have historically been competitive in the NCAA tournament . The field hockey team at Bowdoin College has won 11 conference championships (8 since competing in the NESCAC) and 4 national championships. Bowdoin College fielded an official varsity football team for the first time in 1899, losing to Tufts 8–4 in its first game. Bowdoin football achieved its first win in

216-521: A single point). In college football, the Tennessee Volunteers hold the record for most consecutive shutout wins with 17. The streak started against Tennessee-Chattanooga on November 30, 1938 and ended with a 27–12 loss against Alabama on October 19, 1940. The achievement of a shutout is much more difficult in Canadian football , where scoring and offensive movement is generally more frequent and

252-410: A team's defense to be able to consistently shut down both pass and run offenses over the course of a game. The difficulty of completing a shutout is compounded by the many ways a team can score in the game. For example, teams can attempt field goals, which have a high rate of success. The range of NFL caliber kickers makes it possible for a team with a weak offense to get close enough (within 50 yards) to

288-492: A total of 7 points. The biggest shutout was Bates' 51–0 game against Colby in 1985. The longest consecutive streak of games won is Colby with 5 championships in a row (1988–1992). There have been 7 three-way-ties, 1 two-way tie, and 4 uses of overtime , (the 2006 Colby-Bates game required overtime to be issued four times for a winner to be determined). In 1999, all three colleges were prominently featured in The Sopranos . In

324-650: A varsity baseball time in 1867. Seven Bowdoin College alumnus have played in Major League Baseball . Since 1966, four players have been selected in the Major League Baseball draft . The Polar Bears have advanced to two NCAA tournaments in 2006 and 2012. The Polar Bears baseball team plays its home games at Pickard Baseball Diamond. Mike Connolly is the current head coach of the Bowdoin Polar Bears baseball. The women's basketball team at Bowdoin College has won nine NESCAC championships, including seven in

360-774: Is Colby College . Bates College is another big in-state conference rival. Historically, the University of Maine was a football rival during the Maine State Series era. Currently, Bowdoin, Bates, and Colby have competed for the CBB Championship since the 1960s. The college's rowing club competes in the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Chase Regatta annually. Bates and Bowdoin have been traditional rivals in football since they first met in 1889. As of 2021 , Bowdoin and Bates have competed in 123 football games, making it

396-709: Is a long tradition of rivalry and competitiveness between the two colleges, revolving around socioeconomic class, academic quality, and collegiate athletics . The two colleges have competed against each other athletically since the 1870s, and subsequently share one of the ten oldest NCAA Division III football rivalries, in the United States. The Bates-Bowdoin Game is the most attended football game every academic year at both colleges. As of 2015, both college's presidents are named Clayton ( Spencer and Rose ), leading students to include them in chants against each other. Bowdoin developed

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432-514: The Chase Regatta , an annual up-and-down river tourney. The inaugural winner was Bowdoin, but the series has since been dominated by Bates and Colby; Colby has won the regatta five times and the President's Cup nine times. Bates currently holds the most titles (14 out of 20 wins), the winning streak (2006–present), and the most President's Cups (9 cups). The CBB Consortium often draws comparisons to

468-606: The National Hockey League (NHL) is Martin Brodeur with 125 (see the all-time regular season shutout leaders ). The modern-day record for a team being shut out in a season is held by the Columbus Blue Jackets at 16, during the 2006–07 season . In the event a shutout happens while using several goaltenders, the shutout will be credited to the team who shut out the opponent. However, no single goaltender will be awarded

504-534: The intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Bowdoin College , located in Brunswick, Maine . The Polar Bears compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Bowdoin College currently fields teams in fourteen men's sports and sixteen women's sports. The polar bear team name was selected to honor Robert Peary of

540-917: The 10th longest NCAA Division III rivalry. The Polar Bears lead the Bobcats 67-49-7 all-time. The Bowdoin–Colby football rivalry is the third oldest in Division III. Additionally, the Bowdoin men's hockey team has a historic rivalry with Colby. The inaugural ice hockey match between the two schools occurred in 1922. Bowdoin College has a long history of athletes who have competed in the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games . Bowdoin has produced three gold medalists. The list of notable Polar Bear Olympians and Paralympians includes Fred Tootell , Geoffrey Mason , Bernard Lucas , Joan Benoit Samuelson , Jake Adicoff , and Emilie Grand'Pierre . Shutout In team sports,

576-451: The 1940s, Colby began competing with the two colleges and in the first game, had a three-way tie. In 1988, Bates president Reynolds began the Chase Regatta , which features the President's Cup, which is contested by Bates, Colby, and Bowdoin annually. The CBB Games is a college football competition between the three colleges. Each team plays the others once, with the C-B-B Trophy awarded to

612-511: The December 2006 Celtic League match between Munster and Connacht ended 13–0 to Munster; it was, therefore, said that Munster won "thirteen–nil." Recent examples of clean sheets in international rugby union include England vs Scotland in 2014 , France vs Italy in 2015 , France vs Argentina in 2016 , Scotland vs Italy in 2017 , New Zealand vs South Africa in 2017 , New Zealand vs Australia in 2019 , and Wales vs Italy in 2020 . Generally,

648-416: The act by which a single pitcher pitches a complete game and does not allow the opposing team to score a run . If two or more pitchers combine to complete this act, no pitcher will be awarded a shutout, although the team itself can be said to have "shut out" the opposing team. The only exception to this is when a pitcher enters a game before the opposing team scores a run or makes an out and then completes

684-637: The best NESCAC school in Maine; Bowdoin has won the CBB championship 20 times, the most of all three schools. Prior to the CBB Championship, the three schools competed with Maine for the State Championship. Bowdoin won the State Championship nine times. The State Championship seasons were: 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1949, 1952, 1960 and 1963. The Polar Bears football team plays its home games at Whittier Field ,

720-513: The center of campus. Brunswick Golf Course, Leighton Sailing Center, and Pineland Nordic Skiing Center are all located away from the main campus. Tim Ryan has been the athletic director since 2013. The Athletic Department also supports three club sports: rowing, rugby , and ultimate Frisbee . The Bowdoin College Athletic Department sponsors teams in 14 men's and 16 women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Bowdoin College first fielded

756-634: The class of 1877 who lead the first expedition that reached the North Pole . All Bowdoin Polar Bears sports teams compete in NCAA Division III, and 25 of 30 teams compete in the NESCAC. Bowdoin College was one of the eleven charter members who joined together to form the new New England Small College Athletic Conference in 1971. Most Bowdoin Polar Bears teams have on-campus facilities, and most are located on

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792-473: The college that beats the other two. The CBB Games was created for the 1965 college football season. Previously, Bates and Bowdoin have competed since 1870s against the University of Maine in the Maine State Series or Maine State Championship. When the University of Maine moved to a higher division in 1965, Colby joined and the rivalry took its current name. The Chase Regatta is an annual rowing race between

828-613: The episode entitled, " College ", Tony Soprano takes his daughter, Meadow on a trip to Maine to tour the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium. They first visit Bates in Lewiston ; while walking past the college's chapel she states, "[Bates has] a 48-to-52 male-female ratio, which is great, strong liberal arts program and this cool Olin Arts Center for music." They then drive up to Colby and Bowdoin using Drew University in New Jersey as

864-546: The following game in a 42–0 win over the Boston Latin School . The Polar Bears' most prominent current football rivals are in-state NESCAC foes Bates and Colby . Bowdoin has historically shared rivalries with Maine , too, but those games are no longer played annually and have lessened in intensity. Since 1965, Bowdoin, Bates, and Colby compete annually in the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Championship to be

900-508: The football games of the Big Three of the Ivy League , with Bowdoin often drawing the connection to Harvard , Bates to Princeton , and Colby to Yale . Just as Harvard, Yale, and Princeton are initialized as HYP, so too are Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin as "CBB". From its inception, Bates College served as an alternative to a more traditional and historically conservative Bowdoin College . There

936-571: The game without allowing a run to score. That pitcher is then awarded a shutout, although not a complete game. The all-time career leader in shutouts is Walter Johnson , who pitched for the Washington Senators from 1907 to 1927. He accumulated 110 shutouts, which is 20 more than second placed Grover Cleveland Alexander . The most shutouts recorded in one season was 16, which was a feat accomplished by both Grover Alexander (1916) and George Bradley (1876). These records are considered among

972-420: The goalposts and kick a field goal. Of 2,544 regular season NFL games from 2000–2009, 89 (3.5%) were shutouts. There are at least five instances in American football in which a team had been shut out throughout an entire season, and four in which a team has shut out all of their opponents in the season (the longest of these being the ten-game perfect season in which the 1933 Providence Huskies did not concede

1008-410: The men's and women's heavyweight varsity and club rowing crews of the colleges. The colleges have competed in the regatta since August 3, 1988 but have competed annually since August 3, 1997, when Bates President Thomas Hedley Reynolds instated the President's Cup to be contested by all three of the CBB schools. The President's Cup is given to the team that has won the most overall heats and races, while

1044-503: The most secure records in baseball, as pitchers today rarely earn more than one or two shutouts per season with a heavy emphasis on pitch count and relief pitching . Complete games themselves have also become rare among starting pitchers . As of 2021, the current active leader in shutouts is Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers , whose 15 shutouts ties him for 463rd all time. Only four pitchers whose entire careers were in

1080-410: The overall winner is determined by who won the most varsity and heavyweight competitions in the regatta. Note: Source of wins and losses: games between 1966 and 1978, games between 1979 and 1998, and for all other games not specified in aforementioned years: The highest scoring game was the 1987 Colby-Bates with a total of 74 points. The lowest scoring game was the 1967 Bowdoin-Colby game with

1116-570: The post-1920 live-ball era threw as many as 60 career shutouts, with Warren Spahn leading those pitchers with 63. In ice hockey , a shutout ( SO ) is credited to a goaltender who successfully stops the other team from scoring during the entire game. In regular season games, if the score is 0–0 with the game going to a penalty shootout, both goaltenders are credited with a shutout. A shutout may be shared between two goaltenders, but will not be listed in either of their individual statistics. The record holder for most regular-season career shutouts in

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1152-575: The shutout. This has happened several times in NHL history: Clean sheets are not common in either rugby union or league , since it is relatively simple to score a penalty kick. The 2005 Gillette Rugby League Tri-Nations final was the first time that Australia had been "nilled" since 1981. There is no alternative term for the occurrence of a team failing to score, except to say that the team scored "nil" (or "zero" or "nothing" in North America). For example,

1188-470: The south side of campus, including Sidney J. Watson Arena for ice hockey; Howard F. Ryan Field for field hockey and lacrosse; Pickard Field for baseball, soccer, softball, and rugby; Lubin Family Squash Center for squash; LeRoy Greason Pool for swimming and diving; and Farley Field House for indoor track and field. Whittier Field is located on the east side of campus. Morrell Gymnasium is located at

1224-530: The team's home field since the program began. B. J. Hammer is the current head coach of the Bowdoin Polar Bears football. Bowdoin has won 5 NCAA team titles. Below are 3 national team titles that were not bestowed by the NCAA: Bowdoin has won 46 conference titles. The men's ice hockey team competed in the ECAC until 1999 when the NESCAC teams formed their own conference tournament. The college's biggest rival

1260-445: The term's origin is that sports reporters used separate pieces of paper to record the different statistical details of a game. If one team did not allow a goal, then that team's "details of goals conceded" page would appear blank, leaving a clean sheet. If a game ends with a final score of 0–0, both sides are considered to have kept a clean sheet. In Major League Baseball , a shutout (denoted statistically as ShO or SHO ) refers to

1296-556: The two college's exteriors. On the drive from Bates to Colby, Tony Soprano reveals to his daughter that he is in the mafia , a major turning point in the series. For further information on history of the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium: For further reading: For further information on the NESCAC, and individual collegiate scores: Bowdoin Polar Bears The Bowdoin Polar Bears are

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