History
The idea of the statue was created in 1960 when longtime rivals NSU and SFA decided to award the winner of the game a trophy. The two schools settled on a wooden statue (both schools are located in heavily forested areas) of a legendary Indian chief whose tribe (the Caddo) was responsible for settling the locations that became the cities in which university was located (both of which are named for branches of the tribe). Under the agreement, the losing school would chop down a tree from one of its nearby forests, while the winning school would receive the log and carve the statue from it.
NSU won the 1961 game 35-19; thus, SFA delivered a 2,000-pound black gum log to NSU. Woodcarver Harold Green spent some 230 hours fashioning the statue. He was named Chief Caddo to honor the Indian tribe that not only settled the two communities, but provided safety for the early white settlers in the area.
NSU and SFA have been playing for Chief Caddo since 1961 and NSU has a 28-14-1 advantage in the trophy game.
Currently Chief Caddo continues to reside at SFA after SFA won the 2011 battle 33-0 at Northwestern State. The next battle for Chief Caddo is scheduled for November 17 in Nacogdoches, Texas at 3:00pm.
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