Happy birthday, Colorado — and Colorado sports.

Leading into the state’s 150th birthday on Aug. 1, The Denver Gazette has partnered with the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame to publicize the definitive list of Colorado’s top 150 sports moments.

Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian Dave Plati and a committee of 10 compiled and will release the list every week until the No. 1 moment on July 31. Plati and Broncos icon Jim Saccomano will unveil the list weekly on a Colorado Sports Hall of Fame podcast at coloradosports.org/podcast/.

Today’s top moment in Colorado sports history:

No. 126

Nov. 28, 1889

The first game in one of the longest rivalries in college football was played in Colorado Springs, with Colorado School of Mines defeating Colorado College on Thanksgiving Day, 14-6. The two would meet 89 times through 1990, with Mines winning the last 11 to lead the series 46-38-5 before it was discontinued.

— Dave Plati, Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian