The Colby-Bates-Bowdoin (CBB) is an athletic conference in Maine containing three NCAA

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 Division III and NESCAC

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 schools, Colby College

Colby College

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, Bates College

Bates College

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, and Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College

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. These colleges have competed against each other in athletic contests since the 1870s. Bates, Colby and Bowdoin have one of the top ten oldest NCAA Division III football rivalries. All three schools are located in Maine

Maine

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, United States

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 and are considered to be among the "Little Ivies

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."

CBB also ran a group of overseas colleges in major cities of the world including London, Cork, Johannesburg and others. In 2005 this program was discontinued for budget reasons.

Colby, Bates and Bowdoin also share academic resources, such as library texts, faculty resources and job recruiting facilities.

In 1961, the three colleges provided the financial support that led to the television station, WCBB, and, subsequently, The Maine Public Broadcasting Network

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CBB Championship

The CBB Championship is a Division III college football

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 tournament between Colby College, Bates College, and Bowdoin College. Each team plays the others once, and the CBB Championship is awarded to the college that beats the other two. The CBB Championship was created for the 1965 college football season. The CBB Championship was preceded by the Maine State Series or Maine State Championship, dating back to 1893, which included the University of Maine

University of Maine

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. The University of Maine moved to a higher level of competition for the 1965 season. In 2009 Sporting News named the CBB Championship the best rivalry in Maine as part of its "50 States, 50 Rivalries."

Bowdoin has won the most CBB Championships with 19 (1968–1971, 1973, 1975–1977, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1997, 1998, 2006–2008, 2010). Colby has won 14 (1972, 1983, 1988–1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003–2005). Bates has won 8 (1966, 1967, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1999, 2002). There have been 5 three-way ties (1965, 1979, 1995, 2009, 2011), and there has been one two-way tie (Bowdoin and Colby in 1993). The most consecutive CBB Championships is 5 by Colby (1988–1992).

Results of the CBB Championship:

Colby victories are shown in ██ blue, Bates victories in ██ red, and Bowdoin victories in ██ black.
Tied games, tied championships, future events, and scores which have not been added are shown in ██ gray.

Season	Champion	Colby - Bates score	Bates – Bowdoin score	Bowdoin – Colby score
1965	three-way tie	39-20	10-0	28-21
1966	Bates	28-7	35-13	15-6
1967	Bates	38-14	38-24	7-0
1968	Bowdoin	28-12	41-14	17-0
1969	Bowdoin	14-13	13-10	38-14
1970	Bowdoin	14-7	21-3	31-17
1971	Bowdoin	17-8	42-15	30-27
1972	Colby	35-21	37-10	28-22
1973	Bowdoin	14-0	20-12	28-20
1974	Bates	16-14	18-7	27-6
1975	Bowdoin	21-12	19-6	41-13
1976	Bowdoin	38-16	20-14	37-19
1977	Bowdoin	25-14	21-17	15-14
1978	Bates	27-20	24-14	27-10
1979	three-way tie	20-7	14-0	21-20
1980	Bowdoin	14-13	13-0	8-0
1981	Bates	10-6	23-13	17-13
1982	Bowdoin	28-21	33-14	18-0
1983	Colby	20-13	33-15	15-14
1984	Bowdoin	31-21	28-23	20-14
1985	Bowdoin	51-0	24-21	24-0
1986	Bates	21-6	36-0	21-14
1987	Bowdoin	46-28	20-19	14-10
1988	Colby	19-3	10-6	24-0
1989	Colby	31-0	10-0	38-20
1990	Colby	9-3	19-14	23-20
1991	Colby	41-7	34-13	28-13
1992	Colby	52-0	35-14	26-18
1993	Bowdoin, Colby tie	53-14	34-6	21-21
1994	Colby	28-6	33-14	34-13
1995	three-way tie	26-6	33-29	24-3
1996	Colby	28-21	35-16	39-15
1997	Bowdoin	22-21	28-19	27-19
1998	Bowdoin	13-7	49-14	10-7
1999	Bates	20-17 (OT)	38-7	20-0
2000	Colby	14-0	44-13	34-7
2001	Colby	42-0	38-35 (OT)	41-13
2002	Bates	19-14	48-28	32-27
2003	Colby	27-14	20-17	7-6
2004	Colby	17-16	21-0	23-0
2005	Colby	24-17	21-14	28-3
2006	Bowdoin	10-7 (4OT)	23-14	13-10
2007	Bowdoin	20-13	31-7	20-17
2008	Bowdoin	31-21	55-14	20-6
2009	three-way tie	34-27	28-24	32-27
2010	Bowdoin	10-6	21-20	26-21
2011	three-way tie	37-13	24-2	20-10
Season	Champion	Colby - Bates score	Bates – Bowdoin score	Bowdoin – Colby score