In a sport that thrives on rivalries, there is just one series that has earned the title of The Rivalry.

As of the end of the 2014 football season, Lehigh and Lafayette have played out their famous football grudge match a remarkable 150 times—19 more times than Harvard had played Yale, 35 more times than Navy had played Army and 39 more times than Ohio State had played Michigan. For the historic 150th game, the rivals traveled to New York, where they played in front of a sellout crowd at iconic Yankee Stadium. First played in 1884, the game has become one of the most treasured traditions—and most heated rivalries—in all of college sport.

Reflects former Mountain Hawks tailback Keith Sherman,’14: “Coming into Lehigh, one of the first things the older guys tell you is, ‘You don’t lose to Lafayette—in anything.”