The history behind America's oldest active collegiate sporting event ABC News · June 9, 2017 More than a decade before the first Harvard-Yale football game, another sport that's still in play started the rivalry: rowing. The first Harvard-Yale Regatta was held in 1852 and the race became an annual event in 1864.
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