While Lawrence generally owned the early part of the series, outside of a match in 1901 where both teams claimed victory,[2] Ripon dominated the 1920s and 1930s.

Ripon again had the upper hand in the 1960s, but Lawrence was the top team from the mid-1970s through the late 1980s.

Ripon is currently on the longest winning streak in the series with twenty–three consecutive victories.

The Lawrentian worried in 1896 that the rivalry was so intense that football might be banned as a sport.

[8] Upon a victory by the Vikings over the Red Hawks, the bell in Main Hall on the Lawrence campus is rung.