Lafayette vs. Lehigh
First meeting:	Lafayette 50, Lehigh 0 October 25, 1884
Last meeting:	Lehigh 37, Lafayette 13 November 19, 2011
Next meeting:	November 17, 2012, Easton, PA
Total meetings:	147 (most in college football)
Series record	Lafayette: 76–66–5
Largest victory	Lehigh: 78–0 (1917)
Longest streak	Lafayette: 10 (1919–1928)
Current streak	Lehigh: 4 wins (2008–2011)
Trophy:	None

The Rivalry is the college rivalry

College rivalry

Pairs of schools, colleges and universities, especially when they are close to each other either geographically or in their areas of specialization, often establish a college rivalry with each other over the years. This rivalry can extend to both academics and athletics, the latter being typically...

 between Lafayette College

Lafayette College

Lafayette College is a private coeducational liberal arts and engineering college located in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. The school, founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter,son of General Andrew Porter of Norristown and citizens of Easton, first began holding classes in 1832...

 and Lehigh University

Lehigh University

Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...

. It is the most-played football rivalry in the nation and the longest uninterrupted rivalry.http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_15_longest_college_football_rivalries As of 2011, "The Rivalry" has been played 147 times since 1884 and since 1897. The schools met twice annually (except 1896) until 1901. The two institutions are located 17 miles apart in eastern Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. Though primarily alluding to football, "The Rivalry" pertains to a meeting between the two schools in all sports and other endeavors.

Despite popular belief, Harvard

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 and Yale

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

 did not play The Game in four separate years during "The Rivalry's" current streak of 121 consecutive games. Furthermore, Lehigh and Lafayette met twice per season in 1943 and 1944 during World War II. "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 or in the case of Lafayette, the President's house. The evolution of the shape of the football can be seen in the displays of past game balls.

The football game is usually sold out months in advance and has inspired books and a PBS television documentary narrated by the late Harry Kalas

Harry Kalas

Harry Norbert Kalas was an American sportscaster, best known for his Ford C. Frick Award-winning role as lead play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies...

. In 2006, ESPNU

ESPNU

ESPNU is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced by, affiliated with and owned by parent network ESPN. ESPNU originates out of ESPN Regional Television's ESPNU (often referred to as The U) is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced...

 ranked The Rivalry #8 in their Top Ten College Football Rivalries and Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...

has told its readers that seeing it "is something you have to do once in your life."

Early Days

Although they did not meet on the football field until 1884, an anecdote from David Bishop Skillman's history of Lafayette College reveals that bad blood existed between the two places even before Lehigh was founded. When Asa Packer

Asa Packer

Asa Packer was an American businessman who pioneered railroad construction, was active in Pennsylvania politics, and founded Lehigh University.-Early life:...

 first moved to Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

Jim Thorpe is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 4,804 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Carbon County. The town has been called the "Switzerland of America" due to the picturesque scenery, mountainous location, and architecture; as well as the "Gateway to...

) as an uneducated carpenter, he joined the congregation of a local Presbyterian Church following his family's footsteps. However, he did not fit in well with the other more straight-laced members of the congregation, and so left and joined an Episcopalian congregation that welcomed him.

One day, after Asa Packer had risen into affluence and before he founded Lehigh University, Ario Pardee, a coal baron from Hazleton

Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Hazleton is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 25,340 at the 2010 census, an increase of 8.6% from the 2000 census count .-Greater Hazleton:...

, approached Judge Packer in connection with the addition of an engineering wing to Lafayette College. While eager at first in the proposition, Judge Packer's enthusiasm turned sour when Pardee mentioned that the school would be under the control of the Presbyterian Church. Judge Packer let him know that he would have nothing to do with any school run by the Presbyterians.
Asa Packer later enlisted the help of the Episcopal Bishop of Philadelphia, William Bacon Stevens

William Bacon Stevens

The Rt. Rev. William Bacon Stevens was the fourth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. Born on July 13, 1815, Stevens was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover and later studied medicine at Dartmouth College and the Medical College of South Carolina...

, when
founding Lehigh University.

First athletic events

Lafayette records indicate that the first athletic meeting between the two schools was a series of baseball games played in Easton and Bethlehem in October 1869. The first game was a 45-45 tie, and Lafayette won the second meeting 31-24.

The first joint athletic track and field event held between the two institutions was on May 14, 1881 on the grounds of the Lehigh University Athletic Association. The meet consisted of fourteen events; Hundred Yards Dash, Half-Mile Run, Throwing the Hammer, Running High Jump, 440 Yards Dash, Mile Walk, Putting the Shot, Running Broad Jump, 220 Yards Dash, Mile Run, Pole Vaulting, 120 Yards Hurdle Race, Bicycle Race, Standing High Jump, and Tug of War. Lehigh emerged with a decisive victory winning ten of the fourteen events.
As a sign of the intense rivalry that would develop between these two schools, an article in Lafayette's student newspaper, the Lafayette College Journal, called the loss a "defeat in our recent contest with Lehigh University, -a defeat, too, doubly humiliating, coming, as it did, from an adversary in every other respect our inferior."

Early football

Lafayette football

Lafayette Leopards football

The Lafayette Leopards football program represents Lafayette College in college football. One of the oldest college football programs in the United States, Lafayette currently plays in the Patriot League at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level...

 began in 1882. The game was closer to rugby

Rugby football

Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...

 back then and even the goals and touchdowns were recorded separately in the scores. After football rules were standardized in 1883, Lafayette's manager Theodore L. Welles approached Lehigh and offered to play them. Lehigh thus formed its first team in 1884, managed by Richard Harding Davis

Richard Harding Davis

Richard Harding Davis was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played...

, which gamely played and lost twice to the more experienced Lafayette team.

The Lehigh freshmen were dismayed by the lack of support that the administration showed the team. They thought the rickety stands built for the 1887 event in Bethlehem

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...

 were a disgrace and set them on fire at the end of the game to celebrate Lehigh's first win. Thus the tradition of exuberance surrounding the game was started.

Since the start in 1884, only in one year (1896) have the teams not met. Because few schools were playing football at the time and travel was more difficult in the horse and buggy era, Lehigh and Lafayette played each other twice in the early years with each school hosting one of the games. This continued until the development of modern football in 1902 when the current annual game was established.

Only once have Lehigh and Lafayette played other than in Easton or Bethlehem. In 1891 the teams played a third game in Wilkes-Barre

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Luzerne County. It is at the center of the Wyoming Valley area and is one of the principal cities in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 Census...

, before 3,000 spectators. A newspaper report stated: "... by far the largest crowd that ever witnessed a football game in Wilkes-Barre, and the cheering of the students seemed to startle the natives." That was one of three Lehigh-Lafayette games that year; Lehigh won all three.

Modern era

The Rivalry's football game has been postponed only twice. The first postponement occurred in 1904 because of the death of Dr. Henry S. Drown, president of Lehigh and former faculty member at Lafayette. The only other postponement was in 1963 when the game was moved from November 23 to November 30 following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

.

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, the war restricted travel to other opponents and Lehigh was hosting officer training programs which limited sports programs. Thus to fill out their schedules, the nearby schools played two football games again in 1943 and 1944, with Lehigh students forming ad hoc teams just to keep The Rivalry tradition alive. The combination of only missing one year of play since 1884 plus 19 years with two games has led to The Rivalry becoming the most played in college football.

Before 1991, when new rules and game start times were imposed, it was traditional for the fans to tear down the temporary wooden goalposts that the schools erected for the event. The pieces were kept as souvenirs in the fraternities of each school. Eventually taking down the goalposts got out of hand with students fighting for the torn down goal posts, and with each other, as early as before the third quarter. New rules were implemented for the 1991 game played at Lehigh when H-shaped steel goalposts anchored 10 feet into the ground were first used. The fans who rushed the field were frustrated by the new changes and showed this by tearing up and throwing pieces of sod at the security guards and police who were surrounding the posts. Only one fan actually was able to climb the posts, and when he was pulled down, he was maced and handcuffed.

In recent years, the regular season ending game has often become a factor in deciding the winner of the Patriot League

Patriot League

The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I) for a number of sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision...

. During the 2004 and 2006 meetings Lehigh came into Fisher Stadium leading Lafayette by one game. Due to tie breaking rules the winner of the game would be crowned the League champion. The second runner-up during this period was Colgate University, that had beaten Lafayette or Lehigh that year. Following nine years of consecutive Lehigh victories, Lafayette earned a rare four year parade of Lafayette victories from 2004 through 2007 wherein the Lehigh class of 2008 witnessed no football victory against Lafayette at all. This was then reversed by Lehigh, with Lehigh running a four year streak from 2008 through 2011, making the Lafayette class of 2012 winless.

No game in 1896

The only year in which there was no game was 1896, when Lehigh refused to play Lafayette over a dispute about the eligibility of their best player, Charles "Babe" Rinehart

Charles Rinehart

Charles Ramsay Rinehart was an American football player, engineer and businessman. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964....

. The question of eligibility centered around Rinehart playing professional baseball the previous summer. A dominating lineman on Lafayette's national-champion 1896 team (who tied Princeton

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

 and beat Penn

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...

), Rinehart was a Walter Camp

Walter Camp

Walter Chauncey Camp was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". With John Heisman, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner, Fielding H. Yost, and George Halas, Camp was one of the most accomplished persons in the early history of American football...

 All-American, and is considered one of the finest players of the first half-century. He is enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame

College Football Hall of Fame

The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...

.

On this same Lafayette team was halfback George "Rose" Barclay, who in the same year was widely credited for inventing the football helmet

Football helmet

A football helmet is a protective device used primarily in American football and Canadian football. It consists of a hard plastic top with thick padding on the inside, a face mask made of one or more plastic bars, and a chinstrap. Some players add polycarbonate visors to their helmets, which are...

.

Longest run

During a 17-0 Lehigh victory in 1918, it is rumored that Lehigh halfback Raymond B. "Snooks" Dowd ran 115 yards for a touchdown. As Lehigh Athletic Media Relations relate the story, "Dowd ran the wrong way, circled his own goalposts," and then ran the length of the field for the touchdown eluding Lafayette's All-American linebacker Zac "Baker" Howes in the process. Some reports have been exaggerated to credit the length of the run to as much as 160 yards.

100th meeting

The 100th meeting of The Rivalry in 1964 didn't live up to the hype in Fisher Field

Fisher Field

Fisher Field at Fisher Stadium is a 13,132-seat multi-purpose stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. It opened in 1926 and it is home to the Lafayette College Leopards football team. Fisher Field, this past year, was voted the best gameday atmosphere in the Patriot League. A popular...

 in Easton. Ending in a 6-6 tie in a mistake-filled game, both teams' kickers missed extra points that would have given them the victory. Nick Leigh scored Lafayette's lone touchdown on a designed quarterback draw late in the 4th quarter with 6.9 seconds remaining. Coincidentally, this would be the last-ever tie in the football rivalry.

Overtime Catch

The 1995 game, the first year in which the Patriot League used overtime, was decided in the second overtime session. Following a 30-30 regulation score and a scoreless first possession of overtime, Lehigh wide receiver Brian Klingerman caught a pass with one hand from quarterback Bob Aylsworth in the back of the end zone. The catch not only won the game for Lehigh, which trailed 30-14 midway in the fourth quarter, but led them to clinch the Patriot League championship. The overtime periods had to be run towards the end of the field with the scoreboard. Overtime was played at dusk, and with the waning daylight, lit advertisements below the scoreboard were the only light source.

The Big Hurt

In 2005, Lafayette's Jonathan Hurt somehow got behind the Lehigh defenders and caught a miracle 37-yard touchdown heave as quarterback Pat Davis was smothered by Lehigh's defense on fourth-and-10 from the Lehigh 37 yard line with 38 seconds left. This gave Lafayette a 23-19 comeback win over Lehigh and a share of its second straight Patriot League championship in the 141st meeting of the nation's most-played rivalry. Lafayette's win also secured Colgate's co-Patriot League Championship, and gave Colgate the Patriot League's automatic berth to the playoffs. Based upon this win and their season record, Lafayette earned its first ever "At-Large" NCAA Division I-AA playoff bid. Hurt was named MVP of the game after running 18 times for 125 yards and a touchdown, and hauling in the game-winning score.

The Pick

Entering the 2009 game, nationally ranked Lafayette was heavily favored over a Lehigh team struggling through a disappointing season. If the Leopards secured victory, they were all but a lock for postseason play. Throughout a back and forth affair, both teams were tied at 21 at the end of regulation. This marked only the second time in 147 games that "The Rivalry" would be decided in Overtime. Lehigh started with the ball, and on the second play quarterback J.B. Clark found his tight end in the corner of the end zone. The home crowd erupted in jubilation, only to see the ensuing PAT sail wide right. The mood in the stadium immediately turned dour until linebacker Al Pierce intercepted Lafayette quarterback Rob Curley on the Leopard's first overtime play, thus securing a Lehigh win. The 145th also procured Lehigh a 2 - 0 advantage over Lafayette in overtime games.

Summary

147 meetings since 1884
Record

• Lafayette - 76
• Lehigh - 66
• Ties - 5

Game	Year	Site	Winner	Score	Notes
1	1884	Easton	Lafayette	50-0	First Game - Standardized Football Rules only established previous year
2	1884	Bethlehem	Lafayette	34-4
3	1885	Easton	Lafayette	6-0
4	1885	Easton	Tie	6-6
5	1886	Easton	Lafayette	12-0
6	1886	Bethlehem	Lafayette	4-0
7	1887	Bethlehem	Lehigh	10-4
8	1887	Easton	Lafayette	6-0
9	1888	Easton	Lehigh	6-4
10	1888	Bethlehem	Lehigh	16-0
11	1889	Bethlehem	Lehigh	16-10
12	1889	Easton	Tie	6-6
13	1890	Easton	Lehigh	30-0
14	1890	Bethlehem	Lehigh	66-6
15	1891	Bethlehem	Lehigh	22-4
16	1891	Wilkes-Barre	Lehigh	6-2	Only Neutral Ground game and only year with three games
17	1891	Easton	Lehigh	16-2
18	1892	Easton	Lafayette	4-0	Lafayette breaks 9-game unbeaten streak by Lehigh
19	1892	Bethlehem	Lehigh	15-6
20	1893	Bethlehem	Lehigh	22-6
21	1893	Easton	Lehigh	10-0
22	1894	Easton	Lafayette	28-0
23	1894	Bethlehem	Lehigh	11-8
24	1895	Bethlehem	Lafayette	22-12
25	1895	Easton	Lafayette	14-6
	1896				Due to an eligibility dispute, only year teams did not play each other. Lafayette National Champions (co-champs with Princeton)
26	1897	Easton	Lafayette	34-0
27	1897	Bethlehem	Lafayette	22-0
28	1898	Bethlehem	Lehigh	22-0
29	1898	Easton	Lafayette	11-5
30	1899	Easton	Lafayette	17-0
31	1899	Bethlehem	Lafayette	35-0
32	1900	Bethlehem	Lafayette	34-0
33	1900	Easton	Lafayette	18-0
34	1901	Easton	Lafayette	29-0
35	1901	Bethlehem	Lafayette	41-0
36	1902	Easton	Lehigh	6-0	Modern era of one game per year
37	1903	Bethlehem	Lehigh	12-6	Wright Brothers fly
38	1904	Easton	Lafayette	40-6	Delayed a week due to death of Henry Drown (Lehigh president)
39	1905	Bethlehem	Lafayette	53-0
40	1906	Easton	Lafayette	33-0	Forward Pass invented by future Lehigh coach
41	1907	Bethlehem	Lafayette	22-5
42	1908	Easton	Lehigh	11-5
43	1909	Bethlehem	Lafayette	21-0	Lafayette T Aaron Crane throws first-ever TD pass in series
44	1910	Easton	Lafayette	14-0	NCAA Established
45	1911	Bethlehem	Lafayette	11-0	Dannehour outduels Pazzetti; est. 10,000 fans attended game
46	1912	Easton	Lehigh	10-0	Lehigh QB "Pat" Pazzetti throws first TD pass in series for Lehigh in victory
47	1913	Bethlehem	Lehigh	7-0
48	1914	Easton	Lehigh	17-7
49	1915	Bethlehem	Lafayette	35-6
50	1916	Easton	Lehigh	16-0	50th Meeting
51	1917	Bethlehem	Lehigh	78-0	Largest margin of victory (Lehigh)
52	1918	Easton	Lehigh	17-0
53	1919	Bethlehem	Lafayette	10-6
54	1920	Easton	Lafayette	27-7
55	1921	Bethlehem	Lafayette	28-6	Lafayette National Champions
56	1922	Easton	Lafayette	3-0	Game-winner kicked with 45 seconds remaining
57	1923	Bethlehem	Lafayette	13-3
58	1924	Easton	Lafayette	7-0	Last March Field game
59	1925	Bethlehem	Lafayette	14-0
60	1926	Easton	Lafayette	35-0	First Fisher Field game; Lafayette National Champions
61	1927	Bethlehem	Lafayette	43-0
62	1928	Easton	Lafayette	38-14
63	1929	Bethlehem	Lehigh	13-12	Substitute center Ayre blocks kicks to seal victory
64	1930	Easton	Lafayette	16-6
65	1931	Bethlehem	Lafayette	13-7
66	1932	Easton	Lafayette	25-6
67	1933	Bethlehem	Lafayette	54-12
68	1934	Easton	Lehigh	13-7
69	1935	Bethlehem	Lehigh	48-0
70	1936	Easton	Lehigh	18-0
71	1937	Bethlehem	Lafayette	6-0	Lafayette undefeated; Tony Cavallo's TD only score
72	1938	Easton	Lafayette	6-0
73	1939	Bethlehem	Lafayette	29-13
74	1940	Easton	Lafayette	46-0	Lafayette undefeated
75	1941	Bethlehem	Lafayette	47-7	75th Meeting
76	1942	Easton	Tie	7-7
77	1943	Easton	Lafayette	39-7	Played two games due to wartime travel restrictions
78	1943	Bethlehem	Lafayette	58-0
79	1944	Easton	Lafayette	44-0	Played two games due to wartime travel restrictions
80	1944	Easton	Lafayette	64-0	Largest margin of victory (Lafayette)(Note that Lehigh's 1943-44 teams were ad hoc students due to wartime military training operations on campus)
81	1945	Bethlehem	Lafayette	7-0
82	1946	Easton	Lafayette	13-0
83	1947	Bethlehem	Lafayette	7-0	Game Played at Liberty HS Field
84	1948	Easton	Lafayette	23-13	Largest crowd to witness a game (21,000)
85	1949	Bethlehem	Lafayette	21-12	Game Played at Liberty HS Field
86	1950	Easton	Lehigh	38-0	Lehigh Undefeated; breaks 15-game unbeaten Lafayette streak
87	1951	Bethlehem	Lehigh	51-0	Game Played at Liberty HS Field
88	1952	Easton	Lehigh	14-7
89	1953	Bethlehem	Lafayette	33-13
90	1954	Easton	Lafayette	46-0
91	1955	Bethlehem	Lafayette	35-6
92	1956	Easton	Lehigh	27-10
93	1957	Bethlehem	Lehigh	26-13
94	1958	Easton	Tie	14-14
95	1959	Bethlehem	Lafayette	28-6
96	1960	Easton	Lehigh	26-3
97	1961	Bethlehem	Lehigh	17-14
98	1962	Easton	Lehigh	13-6
99	1963	Bethlehem	Lehigh	15-8	Delayed a week due to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
100	1964	Easton	Tie	6-6	100th Meeting; Missed extra points seal tie; both teams combine for one win on year
101	1965	Bethlehem	Lehigh	20-14
102	1966	Easton	Lafayette	16-0
103	1967	Bethlehem	Lafayette	6-0
104	1968	Easton	Lehigh	21-6
105	1969	Bethlehem	Lehigh	36-19
106	1970	Easton	Lafayette	31-28	Rick Nowell kicks game-winning FG with 1:10 left
107	1971	Bethlehem	Lehigh	48-19
108	1972	Easton	Lehigh	14-6
109	1973	Bethlehem	Lehigh	45-13
110	1974	Easton	Lehigh	57-7
111	1975	Bethlehem	Lehigh	40-14
112	1976	Easton	Lafayette	21-17
113	1977	Bethlehem	Lehigh	35-17	Lehigh National Div II Champions
114	1978	Easton	Lehigh	23-15
115	1979	Bethlehem	Lehigh	24-3	Lehigh National Div 1-AA Runners-Up
116	1980	Easton	Lehigh	32-0
117	1981	Bethlehem	Lafayette	10-3	First live TV broadcast (WLVT-TV); Taylor Stadium attendance record (19,414)
118	1982	Easton	Lafayette	34-6
119	1983	Bethlehem	Lehigh	22-14
120	1984	Easton	Lafayette	28-7	100th anniversary of first meeting
121	1985	Bethlehem	Lehigh	24-19
122	1986	Easton	Lafayette	28-23	Colonial League Established
123	1987	Bethlehem	Lehigh	17-10	Last Taylor Stadium Game
124	1988	Easton	Lafayette	52-45	Largest number of combined points scored, game (97). Lafayette Colonial League Champions (only team to dethrone Holy Cross during '86-'91 seasons when HC retained scholarships)
125	1989	Bethlehem	Lafayette	36-21	First Goodman Stadium Game; 125th Meeting; 100th consecutive meeting
126	1990	Easton	Lehigh	35-14	Colonial League changes name to Patriot League
127	1991	Bethlehem	Lehigh	36-18
128	1992	Easton	Lafayette	32-29	Lafayette Patriot League Champions
129	1993	Bethlehem	Lehigh	39-14	Lehigh Patriot League Champions; First national telecast; First college football game ever televised on ESPN2
130	1994	Easton	Lafayette	54-20	Lafayette Patriot League Champions
131	1995	Bethlehem	Lehigh	37-30	Lehigh Patriot League Champions
132	1996	Easton	Lehigh	23-19	First internet streamed game
133	1997	Bethlehem	Lehigh	43-31	100 years of an annual game
134	1998	Easton	Lehigh	31-7	Lehigh Patriot League Champions
135	1999	Bethlehem	Lehigh	14-12
136	2000	Easton	Lehigh	31-17	Lehigh Patriot League Champions
137	2001	Bethlehem	Lehigh	41-6	Lehigh Patriot League Champions
138	2002	Easton	Lafayette	14-7
139	2003	Bethlehem	Lehigh	30-10
140	2004	Easton	Lafayette	24-10	Game decided Patriot League champions (Lafayette & Lehigh); Lafayette wears black uniforms for the first time
141	2005	Bethlehem	Lafayette	23-19	Game decided Patriot League champions (Lafayette & Colgate)
142	2006	Easton	Lafayette	49-27	First game in renovated Fisher Stadium. First game in series to be played on artificial turf Artificial turf Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...  and to use artificial illumination. Lehigh's broadcaster WFMZ-TV WFMZ-TV, virtual channel 69 , is a general interest independent television station in Allentown, Pennsylvania, which is part of the Philadelphia DMA. Its studio and transmitter are located on South Mountain in Allentown.-Background:... produced the game in high definition, making it the first Lafayette-Lehigh game aired in HD. Game decided Patriot League champions (Lafayette & Lehigh)
143	2007	Bethlehem	Lafayette	21-17
144	2008	Easton	Lehigh	31-15
145	2009	Bethlehem	Lehigh	27-21	Overtime
146	2010	Easton	Lehigh	20-13	Lehigh Patriot League Champions
147	2011	Bethlehem	Lehigh	37-13	Lehigh Patriot League Champions; Lafayette wears retro 1960s uniforms

All Sports Trophy

The Rivalry was further cemented by the creation of the "All Sports Trophy" in 1968. The trophy is held by the school which wins the most varsity sports meetings during a school year. One point is awarded per victory. At the year end, points are totaled to determine the overall champion.

All Sports Trophy record

Men's sports

• Years won by Lehigh - 34
• Years won by Lafayette - 2
• Ties - 6

Women's sports

• Years won by Lafayette - 12
• Years won by Lehigh - 10
• Ties - 0

2007-2008 results

The following is the results from the All-Sports Trophy for the 2007-2008 academic year:

Men's sports

Date	Sport	Winner
September 15	Men's Cross Country	Lehigh
September 29	Men's Soccer	Lafayette
November 16	Men's Swimming and Diving	Lehigh
November 17	Football	Lafayette
January 26	Men's Basketball	Lehigh
February 1	Men's Indoor Track and Field	Lafayette
February 23	Men's Basketball	Lafayette
March 29	Men's Lacrosse	Lehigh
April 5	Men's Outdoor Track and Field	Lafayette
April 12	Baseball	Lehigh
April 12	Baseball	Lafayette
April 13	Baseball	Lehigh
April 13	Baseball	Lafayette
April 17	Men's Tennis	Lafayette

2007-2008 Men's Totals:

• Lafayette - 8
• Lehigh - 6

Women's sports

Date	Sport	Winner
September 15	Women's Cross Country	Lehigh
September 28	Volleyball	Lafayette
October 6	Field Hockey	Lafayette
October 20	Women's Soccer	Lehigh
October 26	Volleyball	Lafayette
November 2	Field Hockey	Lafayette
November 16	Women's Swimming and Diving	Lafayette
January 26	Women's Basketball	Lafayette
February 1	Women's Indoor Track and Field	Lafayette
February 23	Women's Basketball	Lafayette
March 9	Women's Lacrosse	Lehigh
April 5	Women's Outdoor Track and Field	Lafayette
April 5	Softball	Lehigh
April 5	Softball	Lafayette
April 6	Softball	Lehigh
April 6	Softball	Lafayette
April 8	Women's Tennis	Lehigh

2007-2008 Women's Totals:

• Lafayette - 11
• Lehigh - 6