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This rivalry is noted as being the oldest high school football rivalry West of the Mississippi River. There were no games held from 1908–1920. There were no games held from 1908–1920. Played at Pueblo's Dutch Clark Stadium, known as The Bell Game as the winning school takes possession of an old train bell which was donated as a trophy in 1950.
The Bears–Cardinals rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Chicago Bears and the Arizona Cardinals. It is the oldest rivalry in the NFL and features the only two remaining teams from the league's inception in 1920. At that time, the Bears were known as the Decatur Staleys, and the Cardinals were the Racine Cardinals.
The Big Game between Stanford and California is the oldest college football rivalry in the West. The first game was played on San Francisco's Haight Street Grounds on March 19, 1892, with Stanford winning 14–10. The term "Big Game" was first used in 1900, when it was played on Thanksgiving Day in San Francisco.
The rivalry took on political tones as well, coming close to deposing the Roman Emperor Justinian in 532 CE in a riot and the suppression of the riot killed tens of thousands of people. Owners have been known to encourage rivalries as they tend to improve game attendance and television ratings for rivalry matches.
The South's Oldest Rivalry is the name given to the North Carolina–Virginia football rivalry. [6] It is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Virginia Cavaliers football team of the University of Virginia and the North Carolina Tar Heels football team of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [7]
The rivalry is the second-oldest of the NFC East. It has been called the greatest rivalry in NFL history other than Steelers vs Ravens. [103] [104] The Giants and Eagles have met five times in the playoffs, with the Eagles leading 3–2. The Giants won in 1981 and 2000, and the Eagles won in 2006, 2008, and 2022. The Eagles currently lead the ...
This championship game matchup tied the rivalry with the South's Oldest Rivalry between Virginia and North Carolina for the 2nd most played rivalry game in FBS football. The rivalry is historically close, with the all-time series tied as recently as the 2014 season. However, since 2006, Georgia has won 17 of the last 20 to take a nine-game lead.
For a list of high school football rivalries, see: List of high school football rivalries more than 100 years old; or;