Largest Football Trophy

[Chief Caddo]
In 1960 interstate rivals Stephen F. Austin of Texas and Northwestern State of Louisiana agreed that whichever school lost the next year's football matchup would fell a tree near its campus and send the trunk to the winning school, where a statue would be carved. Northwestern State won and created 7'6", 320-pound Chief Caddo (named for a Caddo Indian whose tribe settled the areas where both schools are located) from a 2,000-pound black gum log. The Chief, held by the winner of the annual game, is on display in the field house at Northwestern State, awaiting this year's Nov. 23 showdown.