The rivalry has been played 108 times, renewed annually since 1907, except for interruptions during the World Wars and in 2017.

[1] The schools met twice in the years of 1913, 1984, and 1989, the latter two due to the SCIAC's doubling up of one opponent per season in the 1980s.

[3] Prior to the 1939 game between the two schools, Occidental decided to steal the shoes of Little All-American tackle (and future Whittier mayor) Myron Claxton in an attempt to hinder his performance.

After the Second World War, Claxton's shoes were bronzed by Whittier College's Franklin Society and became a trophy that the winner of the game maintains possession of for a year.

The Shoes were featured on a 2013 episode of ESPN's College Gameday broadcast from the University of Southern California.