Yes. Jason Skirvin. Thanks

 

He went to Georgetown at the same time with Steve Lickert and Eddie Eviston. I forget other NKY players that played or went at that time, but those are the ones that I have always remembered.

Jason Skirvin is a HS referee now in NKY.

Jason Skirvin is a HS referee now in NKY.

 

And too scared to play basketball on Wed. Just kidding Skirv if you read this.

It wasn't on the field, but I always remember the late Great Jeff James from Bellevue threatening to blow up the Bridge separating Bellevue and Dayton if his beloved Tigers didn't win. Classic. It was always fun watching him get geeked up twice a year. It was like Christmas to him.

It wasn't on the field, but I always remember the late Great Jeff James from Bellevue threatening to blow up the Bridge separating Bellevue and Dayton if his beloved Tigers didn't win. Classic. It was always fun watching him get geeked up twice a year. It was like Christmas to him.

 

Jeff James was an awesome guy.....I used to love hearing him sing "Love Me Tender" in the locker after a Bellevue Victory.

Jeff James was an awesome guy.....I used to love hearing him sing "Love Me Tender" in the locker after a Bellevue Victory.

He really was "Mr. Bellevue". He was truely a Tiger at heart and loved BHS football like no other, including former players. I remember watching him walk into practice with his cowboy boots and JR Ewing cowboy hat. Awesome stuff. He is truely someone that binded together many BHS players and fans for decades. I'm sure he is representing Tiger Nation well in Heaven.

Don't know if anyone knows or remembers Greg Miller or not. I'm sure that just about anyone that played for Dayton or went to their games does. He was always amped up for Dayton games, especially when they played Bellevue. Back when Ridder was still coaching, Greg was always on the sidelines and would ride with us on the bus for home and away games. I don't believe that Greg has been on the sidelines for a while now, but did see him going up in to the stands at the Dayton/Ludlow game. He saw me by the fence and talked to me for a few minutes; it was nice getting to see him.

MEETING NUMBER	DATE	WINNER		LOSER
1	1926	Bellevue	12	Dayton	0
2	Nov 12, 1926	Dayton	6	Bellevue	0
3	Nov 18, 1927	Dayton	20	Bellevue	6
4	Nov 29, 1928	Bellevue	0	Dayton	0
5	Nov 28, 1929	Dayton	19	Bellevue	12
6	Nov 27, 1930	Dayton	12	Bellevue	0
7	Nov 13, 1931	Dayton	27	Bellevue	0
8	Nov 11, 1932	Dayton	20	Bellevue	0
9	Oct 27, 1933	Dayton	18	Bellevue	13
10	Sep 22, 1934	Dayton	12	Bellevue	0
11	Oct 26, 1934	Dayton	26	Bellevue	0
12	Nov 15, 1935	Dayton	11	Bellevue	6
13	Oct 23, 1936	Bellevue	31	Dayton	0
14	Oct 22, 1937	Bellevue	13	Dayton	0
15	Oct 21, 1938	Bellevue	14	Dayton	7
16	Oct 20, 1939	Bellevue	7	Dayton	0
17	Oct 19, 1940	Bellevue	19	Dayton	13
18	Oct 20, 1941	Bellevue	9	Dayton	0
19	Sep 11, 1942	Bellevue	7	Dayton	0
20	Oct 16, 1942	Bellevue	26	Dayton	6
21	Sep 10, 1943	Dayton	27	Bellevue	0
22	Oct 15, 1943	Dayton	21	Bellevue	0
23	Sep 8, 1944	Bellevue	9	Dayton	6
24	Oct 13, 1944	Dayton	6	Bellevue	0
25	Oct 12, 1945	Dayton	26	Bellevue	6
26	Nov 2, 1945	Bellevue	12	Dayton	6
27	Sep 6, 1946	Dayton	34	Bellevue	0
28	Nov 1, 1946	Dayton	13	Bellevue	6
29	Sep 5, 1947	Bellevue	9	Dayton	2
30	Oct 30, 1947	Dayton	6	Bellevue	6
31	Sep 17, 1948	Bellevue	14	Dayton	12
32	Oct 29, 1948	Dayton	13	Bellevue	6
33	Sep 16, 1949	Dayton	26	Bellevue	0
34	Oct 28, 1949	Dayton	46	Bellevue	6
35	Sep 15, 1950	Bellevue	38	Dayton	6
36	Oct 27, 1950	Bellevue	58	Dayton	6
37	Sep 14, 1951	Bellevue	46	Dayton	0
38	Oct 26, 1951	Bellevue	51	Dayton	13
39	Sep 12, 1952	Dayton	7	Bellevue	0
40	Oct 24, 1952	Dayton	21	Bellevue	6
41	Sep 18, 1953	Bellevue	14	Dayton	12
42	Oct 30, 1953	Bellevue	13	Dayton	7
43	Sep 17, 1954	Bellevue	27	Dayton	0
44	Oct 29, 1954	Bellevue	45	Dayton	0
45	Sep 16, 1955	Dayton	12	Bellevue	12
46	Oct 28, 1955	Bellevue	14	Dayton	0
47	Oct 26, 1956	Bellevue	44	Dayton	7
48	Oct 25, 1957	Bellevue	7	Dayton	0
49	Oct 24, 1958	Bellevue	14	Dayton	13
50	Oct 30, 1959	Bellevue	19	Dayton	0
51	Oct 28, 1960	Bellevue	30	Dayton	0
52	Oct 27, 1961	Bellevue	28	Dayton	13
53	Oct 26, 1962	Bellevue	7	Dayton	0
54	Oct 25, 1963	Dayton	33	Bellevue	0
55	Oct 30, 1964	Dayton	42	Bellevue	20
56	Oct 29, 1965	Bellevue	27	Dayton	0
57	Oct 28, 1966	Bellevue	19	Dayton	14
58	Oct 27, 1967	Dayton	20	Bellevue	7
59	Nov 1, 1968	Dayton	33	Bellevue	20
60	Oct 31, 1969	Dayton	8	Bellevue	6
61	Oct 30, 1970	Dayton	47	Bellevue	0
62	Oct 29, 1971	Dayton	6	Bellevue	0
63	Oct 30, 1972	Bellevue	8	Dayton	2
64	Nov 2, 1973	Dayton	8	Bellevue	0
65	Nov 8, 1974	Bellevue	14	Dayton	0
66	Aug 29, 1975	Dayton	15	Bellevue	6
67	Nov 7, 1975	Bellevue	22	Dayton	9
68	Aug 27, 1976	Bellevue	13	Dayton	6
69	Nov 5, 1976	Bellevue	40	Dayton	6
70	Aug 26, 1977	Bellevue	6	Dayton	0
71	Nov 4, 1977	Bellevue	35	Dayton	7
72	Aug 25, 1978	Bellevue	15	Dayton	12
73	Nov 3, 1978	Bellevue	18	Dayton	0
74	Aug 17, 1979	Bellevue	23	Dayton	6
75	Oct 26, 1979	Bellevue	30	Dayton	6
76	Aug 22, 1980	Dayton	7	Bellevue	6
77	Oct 31, 1980	Bellevue	21	Dayton	6
78	Aug 21, 1981	Bellevue	38	Dayton	16
79	Oct 30, 1981	Bellevue	42	Dayton	7
80	Aug 21, 1982	Bellevue	21	Dayton	7
81	Oct 29, 1982	Bellevue	37	Dayton	0
82	Aug 19, 1983	Bellevue	13	Dayton	7
83	Oct 28, 1983	Bellevue	26	Dayton	0
84	Aug 17, 1984	Bellevue	13	Dayton	7
85	Oct 26, 1984	Bellevue	35	Dayton	13
86	Sep 20, 1985	Bellevue	20	Dayton	14
87	Nov 1, 1985	Bellevue	8	Dayton	6
88	Sep 19, 1986	Bellevue	12	Dayton	3
89	Oct 31, 1986	Dayton	20	Bellevue	0
90	Aug 27, 1987	Bellevue	14	Dayton	6
91	Oct 30, 1987	Bellevue	42	Dayton	8
92	Aug 26, 1988	Dayton	20	Bellevue	6
93	Oct 28, 1988	Bellevue	24	Dayton	6
94	Aug 25, 1989	Bellevue	14	Dayton	0
95	Oct 27, 1989	Bellevue	7	Dayton	0
96	Aug 24, 1990	Bellevue	14	Dayton	6
97	Oct 26, 1990	Bellevue	35	Dayton	26
98	Aug 30, 1991	Bellevue	30	Dayton	0
99	Nov 1, 1991	Bellevue	21	Dayton	0
100	Aug 28, 1992	Bellevue	35	Dayton	0
101	Oct 30, 1992	Bellevue	20	Dayton	6
102	Aug 27, 1993	Dayton	16	Bellevue	7
103	Oct 29, 1993	Dayton	28	Bellevue	0
104	Aug 26, 1994	Dayton	7	Bellevue	6
105	Oct 28, 1994	Bellevue	14	Dayton	7
106	Aug 15, 1995	Dayton	9	Bellevue	6
107	Oct 27, 1995	Bellevue	14	Dayton	0
108	Aug 30, 1996	Dayton	13	Bellevue	6
109	Nov 1, 1996	Dayton	43	Bellevue	0
110	Aug 29, 1997	Dayton	21	Bellevue	14
111	Oct 31, 1997	Dayton	7	Bellevue	0
112	Aug 28, 1998	Bellevue	21	Dayton	13
113	Oct 30, 1998	Dayton	23	Bellevue	15
114	Nov 13, 1998	Dayton	31	Bellevue	6
115	Aug 27, 1999	Bellevue	58	Dayton	0
116	Oct 29, 1999	Bellevue	20	Dayton	0
117	Aug 25, 2000	Bellevue	48	Dayton	0
118	Oct 27, 2000	Bellevue	47	Dayton	7
119	Aug 24, 2001	Bellevue	48	Dayton	6
120	Oct 26, 2001	Bellevue	21	Dayton	8
121	Aug 30, 2002	Bellevue	13	Dayton	7
122	Nov 1, 2002	Dayton	16	Bellevue	13
123	Aug 29, 2003	Bellevue	27	Dayton	0
124	Oct 31, 2003	Bellevue	39	Dayton	0
125	Aug 27, 2004	Bellevue	14	Dayton	7
126	Oct 29, 2004	Bellevue	41	Dayton	12
127	Oct 28, 2005	Bellevue	35	Dayton	14
128	Oct 27, 2006	Dayton	20	Bellevue	19
129	Oct 5, 2007	Dayton	35	Bellevue	8
130	Nov 9, 2007	Bellevue	20	Dayton	13
131	Oct 10, 2008	Bellevue	33	Dayton	21
132	Oct 9, 2009	Bellevue	56	Dayton	7
133	Oct 8, 2010	Bellevue	46	Dayton	0
134	Oct 21, 2011	Bellevue	17	Dayton	7
135	Oct 19, 2012	Bellevue	58	Dayton	8
136	Oct 25, 2013	Bellevue	64	Dayton	0
137	Oct 24, 2014	Bellevue	61	Dayton	0
138	Aug 28, 2015	Bellevue	42	Dayton	0
139	Oct 16, 2015	Bellevue	31	Dayton	0
140	Aug 27, 2016	Dayton	14	Bellevue	13
141	Oct 14, 2016	Bellevue	7	Dayton	0
142	Aug 25, 2017	Bellevue	47	Dayton	27
143	Oct 13, 2017	Bellevue	42	Dayton	40
144	Aug 24, 2018	Bellevue	49	Dayton	6
145	Oct 12, 2018	Bellevue	45	Dayton	6
146	Aug 31, 2019	Dayton	36	Bellevue	12
147	Oct 11, 2019	Bellevue	21	Dayton	12
148	Oct 9, 2020	Dayton	22	Bellevue	13
149	Oct 8, 2021	Dayton	44	Bellevue	7
150	Oct 7, 2022	Dayton	46	Bellevue	0
151	Oct 6, 2023	Dayton	38	Bellevue	14
152	Oct 11, 2024	Bellevue	42	Dayton	0
153	Oct 10, 2025	Bellevue	18	Dayton	0

I've been slowly working on piecing together all the dates and scores in a spreadsheet over the course of about a dozen years. Finally got it knocked out, haha. Bellevue currently leads the series 98 wins to 52, with 3 ties...including a 0-0 tie in 1928.

The first "Battle For The Paddle" game was on Oct 5, 2007, but they did also have a very short-lived traveling trophy prior to that. For the second game of the 1942 season, a vintage squirrel rifle was donated to be used as a traveling trophy between the schools, and the game was dubbed "The Battle For The Old Rifle." The rifle didn't last long...I've never seen or heard mention of it after Bellevue won the rifle in 1942.

There have been SIXTY-TWO defensive shutouts between the two teams in 153 games played. That's bonkers!

And looking a little more at scores, Bellevue has only had 6 points in seventeen games, and Dayton has only had 6 points in twenty-two games....Dayton has only had 7 points in another eighteen games...and Bellevue has only had 14 points in another fourteen games.

5 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

There have been SIXTY-TWO defensive shutouts between the two teams in 153 games played. That's bonkers!

And looking a little more at scores, Bellevue has only had 6 points in seventeen games, and Dayton has only had 6 points in twenty-two games....Dayton has only had 7 points in another eighteen games...and Bellevue has only had 14 points in another fourteen games.

Dayton's 1932 20-0 shutout win was masterminded by a fella named John Wooden.

Yes, that one.

I forgot about posting this from when I did, it’s definitely been a good while since I did. @Colonels_Wear_Blue thanks for posting the stats that you did.

An awesome memory for me was being apart of the rivalry as an assistant coach for Bellevue for 6 years and Dayton for 2 years. It is a great river city rivalry and I think one of the most unique in the state!

On 10/18/2011 at 12:18 PM, Qryche11 said:

I have a couple that I was part of as a Tiger that ended up being great games.

 

As a Frosh I was on the sidelines in 1985 watching the 2nd game of the season as they used to play twice. This game in particular featured some really nice players for both squads. Bellevue had QB Mike Roa, LB Kevin Apted and Noseguard Steve Trapp while Dayton had RB Lonnie Jourdan, LB Dennis Brock and QB Larry Workman. I just remember the final drive for Bellevue when they marched down the field 80 yrds with under 2 minutes to play and scored to win the game. Mike Roa did a great job of running and passing to WR Bobby Ferguson as they marched down the field. I remember a lot of quick outs to get out of bounds and Roa Moa scrambling for a lot of yards. I don't remember who scored the winning TD but it happened with like 20 seconds left. That was pretty exciting.

 

The other happened my Soph year in 1986 up at Dayton in our first game of the year. We had a strong Sr class and I fortunately earned the starting QB position that year. We ran a wide open offense and threw the ball a lot. Our starting backfield was soph FB Les Leicht 5'11 215lbs who could squat 500lbs at the time. Chris Hoop was our SR RB and Bobby Ferguson was our track star WR who I used to love throwing to on Friday nights. Dayton was led by Sr. QB Larry Workman who was an outstanding athlete and an awesome baseball player. Dewayne Meyer was a soph WR for Dayton who was pretty darn good and the Brock Twins roamed the field on the defensive side for Dayton. We busted the scoring open on a 55 yrd run by our FB Leicht who simply took the FB Buck handoff and bounced out to the left sideline and scored. Nobody wanted to get in that kid's way. It was a pretty even game throughout but the deciding TD came on a roll out pass into the endzone that I threw up and let Ferguson go up and get. He went in between two defenders and snagged it out of the air for the score. It ended up being enough and I remember walking off the field after the game getting yelled at by Dayton fans and having some of their players issuing threats. You gotta love the most hated rivalry in all of KY the Dayton/Bellevue rivalry.

 

Nice thread, brought back a lot of memories.

I believe Les' son was a nice player on some good Brossart teams. I remember all those guys you talked about!