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{{Short description|American college football rivalry}}
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{{Notability|Sports|date=August 2024}}
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| name                  = Haverford–Swarthmore rivalry
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| team1                 = [[Haverford Fords]]
| team1logo             = Haverford_Fords_H_logo.png
| team2                 = [[Swarthmore Garnet Tide]]
| team2logo             = Swarthmore logo from NCAA.svg
| sport                 = [[College football|Football]]
| firstmeeting          = 1879
| mostrecent            = 1971
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| trophy                = Hood Trophy
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The '''Haverford–Swarthmore rivalry''' is a [[college rivalry|rivalry]] between the [[Haverford Fords]] and [[Swarthmore Garnet Tide]]. It used to include [[college football]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/11/26/archives/haverford-is-victorious-conquers-its-ancient-rival-swarthmore-by-10.html|title=HAVERFORD IS VICTORIOUS.; Conquers Its Ancient Rival, Swarthmore, by 10 to 7.|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 26, 1916}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 17, 2021 |title=Long lost football team recalled by its star lineman |url=https://talkerofthetown.com/2021/04/17/long-lost-football-team-brought-to-life-by-its-star-lineman/ |access-date=February 23, 2024 |website=Talker of the Town |language=en-US}}</ref> In other sports they are both members of the [[Centennial Conference]]. The 1894 football game between Haverford and Swarthmore claims to have the first "action shot" photograph of a college football game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisislowermerion.com/haverford-vs-swarthmore-1894-first-known-action-shot-of-a-college-football-game/|title=Haverford Vs. Swarthmore 1894 - First Known Action Shot Of A College Football Game|date=June 29, 2021}}</ref> The winner of the contest was awarded the Hood Trophy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haverfordathletics.com/information/hood_trophy/index|title=Hood Trophy|via=www.haverfordathletics.com}}</ref> The two universities are in the same state of [[Pennsylvania]].
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{{Haverford Fords football navbox}}
{{Swarthmore Garnet Tide football navbox}}
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[[Category:College football rivalries in the United States]]
[[Category:Swarthmore Garnet Tide]]
[[Category:Haverford Fords]]
[[Category:Dissolved sports rivalries]]
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