Way back when the Naval Academy began playing football, Lehigh was a traditional opponent.
Those schools, located approximately 180 miles apart, first met on the gridiron in 1889 with Lehigh winning the inaugural matchup 26-6.
There would be 17 contests between 1889 and 1913 with the Midshipmen eventually gaining the upper hand. Lehigh captured four of the first five matchups, but Navy won 10 of the next 12.
For unknown reasons, the series was abruptly halted and did not resume for another 70 years. Navy and Lehigh played four times between 1983 and 1987 and by that time the schools competed at different levels of college football.