The Webfoots and Gaels played an annual Thanksgiving Day classic from 1929 to 1935 in San Francisco's Kezar Stadium.
The 1950 game would be the last time the rivalry was contested, as Saint Mary's College discontinued football in 1951 due to restrictions resulting from the Korean War.
[2] The games were scheduled as an annual Thanksgiving Day classic, always held at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
Saint Mary's College discontinued the Gaels football and baseball teams in 1951 due to the national emergency sparked by the Korean War.
[6] In their statement discontinuing the varsity football team, the Saint Mary's board of trustees thanked their athletic rivals for their longstanding competition: "The board is also gratefully mindful of the valued association maintained by St. Mary's college with other colleges and universities of long standing rivalry on the field of sport.