Lehigh University vs. Lafayette College...
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October 27, 1884
DAILY BETHLEHEM TIMES, Pennsylvania, October 27, 1884
* 'The Rivalry' very 1st game
* Lehigh University vs. Lafayette College
* A hometown newspaper title
This 4 page newspaper has a small one column headline at the top of the last column on the front page: "College Football--Lafayette vs. Lehigh" which begins with:
* On Saturday about 150 students and friends of Lehigh accompanied the University team to Easton, to witness their first appearance on the football field....
Tells of the very first football game between the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks and the Lafayette College Leopards which became to be known as "The Rivalry"
This happens to be the most played football rivalry in the history of college football here in America. This also happens to be the hometown newspaper of Lehigh University making this a very unique and historic item.
See photos for complete text. This issue and a few minor margin tears, otherwise in good condition.
wikpedia notes: The Rivalry is the college rivalry between Lehigh University and Lafayette College. The two institutions are located 17 miles apart in eastern Pennsylvania. The Rivalry is not limited to one sport, but is seen in any meeting of the two schools, whose competitors are true college student-athletes, pursuing significant majors and reaching top twenty NCAA graduation rates.
The football rivalry has been played 144 times since 1884, making it the most-played football rivalry in the nation. It is also the longest uninterrupted rivalry, since the teams have met every year since 1897. (Although Harvard and Yale began The Game in 1875, they did not play in 1885, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1917, 1918, 1943, or 1944). "The Rivalry" is so old that it predates football trophies; the winning team just gets to keep the game ball. These are painted with the score and displayed in winning institution's hall of fame. The evolution of the shape of the football can be seen in the displays of past game balls.
The football game is always sold out months in advance and has inspired books and a PBS television documentary narrarated by the late Harry Kalas. ESPNU recently ranked The Rivalry #8 in their Top Ten College Football Rivalries and Sports Illustrated has told its readers that seeing it "is something you have to do once in your life."
* 'The Rivalry' very 1st game
* Lehigh University vs. Lafayette College
* A hometown newspaper title
This 4 page newspaper has a small one column headline at the top of the last column on the front page: "College Football--Lafayette vs. Lehigh" which begins with:
* On Saturday about 150 students and friends of Lehigh accompanied the University team to Easton, to witness their first appearance on the football field....
Tells of the very first football game between the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks and the Lafayette College Leopards which became to be known as "The Rivalry"
This happens to be the most played football rivalry in the history of college football here in America. This also happens to be the hometown newspaper of Lehigh University making this a very unique and historic item.
See photos for complete text. This issue and a few minor margin tears, otherwise in good condition.
wikpedia notes: The Rivalry is the college rivalry between Lehigh University and Lafayette College. The two institutions are located 17 miles apart in eastern Pennsylvania. The Rivalry is not limited to one sport, but is seen in any meeting of the two schools, whose competitors are true college student-athletes, pursuing significant majors and reaching top twenty NCAA graduation rates.
The football rivalry has been played 144 times since 1884, making it the most-played football rivalry in the nation. It is also the longest uninterrupted rivalry, since the teams have met every year since 1897. (Although Harvard and Yale began The Game in 1875, they did not play in 1885, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1917, 1918, 1943, or 1944). "The Rivalry" is so old that it predates football trophies; the winning team just gets to keep the game ball. These are painted with the score and displayed in winning institution's hall of fame. The evolution of the shape of the football can be seen in the displays of past game balls.
The football game is always sold out months in advance and has inspired books and a PBS television documentary narrarated by the late Harry Kalas. ESPNU recently ranked The Rivalry #8 in their Top Ten College Football Rivalries and Sports Illustrated has told its readers that seeing it "is something you have to do once in your life."
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