List of high school football rivalries more than 100 years old
High school football rivalries in the United States more than one hundred years old: For a list of other long-standing rivalries see: List of high school football rivalries less than 100 years old

List of high school football rivalries more than 100 years old

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Table Section Text: High school football rivalries in the United States more than one hundred years old: For a list of other long-standing rivalries see: List of high school football rivalries less than 100 years old

Series Leader	Series Rival	Series Record	Series Began	Notes	References

Norwich Free Academy (Norwich, CT)	New London High School (New London, CT)	77–63–11	1875	Annual Thanksgiving football game. One of the original annual Thanksgiving football games, but has not been played continuously.

Phillips Academy Andover (Andover, MA)	Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH)	74-54-10	1878	The oldest football rivalry between private American prep schools, waged between two schools 37 miles apart and founded in the 18th century by members of the Phillips family.

Wellesley High School (Wellesley, MA)	Needham High School (Needham, MA)	62–59–9	1882	Annual Thanksgiving Day game. First played Thanksgiving morning 1882 at Morton Field in Wellesley (named West Needham at the time).

Fordham Preparatory School (Bronx, NY)	Xavier High School (New York, NY)	49–39–3	1883	Annual Thanksgiving football game. The oldest high school rivals in New York City, with the 86th meeting taking place in 2009.

Milton Academy (Milton, MA)	Noble and Greenough School (Dedham, MA)	1886	Annual football game. One of the oldest continual football rivalries in the nation.

Groton School (Groton, MA)	St. Mark's School (Southborough, MA)	77–45–2	1886	Annual football game. St. Mark's-Groton Rivalry

Boston Latin School (Boston, MA)	English High School (Boston, MA)	77–35–13	1887	Annual Thanksgiving football game. Oldest continuous high school football rivalry in the U.S.

Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, NJ)	The Hill School (Pottstown, PA)	59–42–5	1887	Annual football game. One of the oldest continual football rivalries in the nation.

William Penn Charter School (Philadelphia, PA)	Germantown Academy (Fort Washington, PA)	80–33–11	1887	Believed to be the nation's oldest uninterrupted football rivalry among prep schools.

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Baltimore, MD)	Baltimore City College (Baltimore, MD)	62–61–6	1889	The annual Poly-City Game is now played at M&T Bank Stadium, normally home to the Baltimore Ravens, first Saturday in November after more than 75 years on Thanksgiving Day.

Hyde Park Career Academy (Chicago, IL)	Englewood Technical Prep Academy (Chicago, IL)	56–46–6	1889	Called by one writer "The Greatest High School Football Rivalry in Illinois", Hyde Park and Englewood's first game took place in 1889.

The Haverford School (Haverford, PA)	Episcopal Academy (Merion, PA)	53–44–2	1889	Annual EA Day or Episcopal-Haverford Day football game. The second oldest high school football rivalry in Pennsylvania?

Malden High School (Malden, MA)	Medford High School (Medford, MA)	62–55–10	1889	Annual Thanksgiving football game. The 127th meeting took place in 2014 in Malden.

Utica Proctor (Utica, NY)	Rome Free Academy (Rome, NY)	1891	Annual homecoming game but regular games throughout season.

Winchester High School (Winchester, MA)	Woburn Memorial High School (Woburn, MA)	51–42–12	1891	Annual Thanksgiving football game. This storied rivalry met for its 109th game in 2013.

Beverly High School (Beverly, MA)	Salem High School (Salem, MA)	54–51–7	1891	One of the oldest rivalry in the state. Thanksgiving football.

Newburyport High School (Newburyport, MA)	Amesbury High School (Amesbury, MA)	44–33–6	1891	Annual Thanksgiving football game. Rivalry includes several unsanctioned games between 1891 and 1914.

Louisville Male High School (Louisville, KY)	duPont Manual High School (Louisville, KY)	81–45–6	1892	Dubbed "The Old Rivalry" it is the oldest high school rivalry in Kentucky and the oldest rivalry west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Central High School (Pueblo, Colorado)	Centennial High School (Pueblo, Colorado)	56–53–9	1892	This rivalry is noted as being the oldest high school football rivalry West of the Mississippi River. There were no games held from 1908–1920.

Abilene High School (Abilene, KS)	Chapman High School (Chapman, KS)	1892	Annual football game, often serving as the Homecoming game for each team in alternating years. In 2009, this rivalry was also picked by ESPN as the greatest rivalry in Kansas.

Northeast High School (Philadelphia, PA)	Central High School (Philadelphia, PA)	54–51–10	1892	Annual Thanksgiving game. The Philadelphia area's most recognized Thanksgiving football tradition, the schools play each year for the wooden horse trophy.

Cony High School (Augusta, ME)	Gardiner High School (Gardiner, ME)	65–55–10	1892	Cony and Gardiner play in the Pine Tree Conference in Maine. After some recent division shuffling the teams are once again in the same division, Class B.

Vineland High School (Vineland, NJ)	Millville High School (Millville, NJ)	63–62-19	1893	Annual Thanksgiving football game. The oldest rivalry football game in New Jersey.

Saint Ignatius College Preparatory (San Francisco, CA)	Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (San Francisco, CA)	41–19–2	1893	The rivalry dates back to a rugby game on March 17, 1893; this led to the establishment of the Bruce-Mahoney Trophy in 1947.

West Aurora High School (Aurora, IL)	East Aurora High School (Aurora, IL)	64–48–12	1893	The East-West rivalry dates back to November 18, 1893, and is the longest continuous rivalry in Illinois. The two schools met in all but two years (1894 and 1897) since 1893, including two games in 1896 and 1898, with all but a handful of games prior to 1953 taking place on Thanksgiving Day.

Bradford Area High School (Bradford, PA)	Olean High School (Olean, NY)	1893	The second-oldest interstate high school football rivalry in the country, and the oldest such rivalry to feature public schools.

B.M.C. Durfee High School (Fall River, MA)	New Bedford High School (New Bedford, MA)	1893	Annual Thanksgiving football game. The oldest high school football rivalry in South Coast New England.

Pottsville Area High School (Pottsville, Pennsylvania)	Reading High School (Reading, Pennsylvania)	46–38–8	1893	Cut and polished anthracite coalTraditional annual Thanksgiving Day Game 1932–77. Cities separated by 34 miles via PA Route 61.

Gonzaga College High School (Washington, DC)	St. John's College High School (Washington, DC)	45–40–5	1893	Though the schools both played football as early as 1889, the football rivalry did not take root until 1928. The "Modern Era" began on October 26, 1928, when the teams met at Georgetown University before a crowd of 2,500.

Mount Carmel High School (Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania)	Shamokin High School (Shamokin, Pennsylvania)	67–25–11	1893	Following a six-year hiatus from 1928–1933, the two teams have played each other every year since 1934. The game known as the "Coal Bucket Game", formerly played on Thanksgiving Day, began in 1951 (series record: 41–15–2).

Thornton Academy (Saco, Maine)	Biddeford High School (Biddeford, Maine)	49–34–8	1893	The annual "Battle of the Bridge" rivalry began in 1893 off and on until 1927. In 1954 there was a 9-year gap before resuming in 1963 and continuing on ever since.

Hebron Academy (Hebron, ME)	Kents Hill School (Kents Hill, ME)	1894	Annual football game. Kents Hill School Rivalry

Athol High School (Athol)	Ralph C. Mahar Regional High School (Orange, Massachusetts)	51-31-1	1894	Annual football game. Thanksgiving Day Game

St. Johnsbury Academy (St. Johnsbury, VT)	Lyndon Institute (Lyndon, VT)	64–44–6	1894	Annual football game. Played on the last Saturday of the regular season for Vermont High School football.

Menominee High School (Menominee, MI)	Marinette High School (Marinette, WI)	51–50–7	1894	The oldest interstate rivalry between two public high schools (third overall), Menominee and Marinette are "twin towns" separated by less than a mile of water and a bridge, making the rivalry all the more intense.

Massillon Washington High School (Massillon, OH)	Canton McKinley High School (Canton, OH)	64–51–5	1894	Annual. The last game of the regular season at either Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon, or Fawcett Stadium, next to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in Canton.

Millville Senior High School (Millville, NJ)	Vineland Senior High School South/Vineland Senior High School North (Vineland, NJ)	55–60–19	1894	Annual Thanksgiving football game, this rivalry is the 12th-oldest in the United States. In terms of games (136), it is the fourth-longest in the nation's history.

Leominster High School (Leominster, MA)	Fitchburg High School (Fitchburg, MA)	66–59–10	1894	Annual Thanksgiving football game. "The Rivalry", also known by locals as the Turkey Bowl, met for the 111th Thanksgiving and the 155th time overall in 2016.

Newton North High School (Newton, MA)	Brookline High School (Brookline, MA)	55–53–6	1894	Annual Thanksgiving football game.

Ottawa Township High School (Ottawa, IL)	Streator Township High School (Streator, IL)	58–37–1	1895	The Ottawa Pirates and Streator Bulldogs are the 3rd longest football rivalry in the State of Illinois still active.

Ansonia High School (Ansonia, CT)	Naugatuck High School (Naugatuck, CT)	68–34–10	1895	Annual Thanksgiving football game. Game regularly draws crowds of up to 10,000.

Sandusky High School (Sandusky, OH)	Fremont Ross High School (Fremont, OH)	1895	Annual battle between the Sandusky Blue Streaks and the Ross Little Giants is the second oldest rivalry in Ohio.

Barnstable High School (Hyannis, MA)	Falmouth High School (Falmouth, MA)	58–57–8	1895	Annual football game. Traditionally played on Thanksgiving Day, series played on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

Warwick Valley High School (Warwick, NY)	Goshen High School (Goshen, NY)	45–44–0 (since 1927)	1896	Second-oldest rivalry in New York State; teams have played annually since 1927, and for the Spirit Trophy since 1976. In 2011, Goshen opted out of the rivalry due to divisional realignment.

North Tonawanda High School (North Tonawanda, NY)	Tonawanda High School (Tonawanda, NY)	63–31–9	1896	Annual T-NT game is the oldest rivalry in the Buffalo, NY area.

Dover High School (Dover, OH)	New Philadelphia High School (New Philadelphia, OH)	56–50–9	1896	Annual, last Friday in October. One of the oldest rivalries in the state.

Adrian High School (Adrian, MI)	Monroe High School (Monroe, MI)	1896	Annual game. Usually the last game of the season.

Lower Merion High School (Ardmore, PA)	Radnor High School (Radnor, PA)	56–53–11	1897	Annual football game; The oldest continuously played public high school football rivalry in the country. Radnor High School grants the students of the school a half-day on the next school day if the school beats Lower Merion.

Middletown High School (Middletown, NY)	Port Jervis High School (Port Jervis, NY)	69–55–7	1897	Annual football game; played for the Erie Bell from a railroad linking the two Orange County, NY cities. Middletown won the most recent meeting 37-14.

East Orange High School (East Orange, NJ)	Barringer High School (Newark, NJ)	1897	Annual football game. Traditionally played on Thanksgiving Day. John Amos played in series, Dionne Warwick was a cheerleader in 1957.

Lewiston High School (Lewiston, ME)	Edward Little High School (Auburn, ME)	93-70-12	1897	The 175th Battle of the Bridge was won by Lewiston in 2017.

LaSalle-Peru High School (LaSalle, IL)	Ottawa Township High School (Ottawa, IL)	63–50–5	1898	The Ottawa Pirates and LaSalle-Peru Cavaliers are one of the longest football rivalries in the State of Illinois still active. LaSalle-Peru won 2017 game 17-7.

Webster Groves High School (Webster Groves, MO)	Kirkwood High School (Kirkwood, MO)	54–49–7	1898	The rivalry began on November 18, 1898 and was first played on Thanksgiving Day in 1907 as the first championship game in St.

Sherman High School (Sherman, TX)	Denison High School (Denison, TX)	68-42-8	1898	The annual "Battle of the Ax," featuring the two largest high schools in the region of Texas commonly known as Texomaland, is among the oldest high school football rivalries in the state of Texas.

Ironton High School (Ironton, OH)	Portsmouth High School (Portsmouth, OH)	58–58–9	1899	This is the oldest rivalry in southern Ohio and the fourth-oldest in the entire state. The first meeting was a scoreless tie on November 30, 1899, at modern-day Moulton's Field in Ironton.

Shenandoah Valley High School (Shenandoah, Pennsylvania)	Mahanoy Area High School (Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania)	57–39–6	1899	"The Backyard Brawl". 103rd meeting in 2011.

Reading Memorial High School (Reading, MA)	Stoneham High School (Stoneham, MA)	61–24–8	1899	Annual football game. Traditionally played on Thanksgiving Day. Has been played continuously since 1923.

Troy High School (Troy, OH)	Piqua High School (Piqua, OH)	62–62–6	1899	Annual football game. Has been played continuously since 1911 and has had 130 meetings.

Carmi-White County High School (Carmi, IL)	Fairfield Community High School (Fairfield, IL)	60–41–6	1899	Annual football game. Have played for the Rotary Wheel trophy since 2005 (Fairfield leads trophy series 4-2)

Marlborough High School (Marlborough, MA)	Hudson High School (Hudson, MA)	60–44–5	1900	Annual Thanksgiving football game. It is one of the oldest rivalries in Central Mass.

Westfield High School (Westfield, NJ)	Plainfield High School (Plainfield, NJ)	57–45–7	1900	Annual Thanksgiving football game. Celebrated 100th game in 2005.

Yoakum High School (Yoakum, TX)	Cuero High School (Cuero, TX)	53–51–0	1900	The oldest small school rivalry in Texas. One of the intense rivalries in the nation, notwithstanding its lack of competitiveness – Cuero went undefeated for 42 consecutive years from 1969 to 2011.

Melrose High School (Melrose, MA)	Wakefield High School (Wakefield, MA)	51–38–6	1901	Annual football game. Have played continuously since 1918. Have played on Thanksgiving since 1960.

Woodberry Forest School (Woodberry Forest, VA)	Episcopal High School (Alexandria, VA)	57–49–9	1901	Annual football game. This is the longest consecutive high school rivalry in the South.

Dunkirk High School (Dunkirk, NY)	Fredonia High School (Fredonia, NY)	63–43–11	1901	Annual game. One of the longest running rivalries in Western New York.

Pottsville High School (Pottsville, PA)	Shamokin Area High School (Shamokin, PA)	50–20–0	1901	Anthracite "Hard" Coal Region Eastern Pennsylvania Football clash. Schools separated by 27 miles via PA Route 901.

Benedictine Military School (Savannah, GA)	Savannah High School (Savannah, GA)	51–47–8	1902	The oldest high school football rivalry in the state of Georgia; it used to be played on Thanksgiving Day before 1960.

Fremont Ross High School (Fremont, OH)	Findlay High School (Findlay, OH)	57–34–3	1902	Findlay won first game of series on Oct. 17, 1902, but since Fremont is 57-33-3.

Logansport High School (Logansport, Indiana)	Peru High School (Peru, Indiana)	58-50-5	1902	Annual football game. Peru-Logansport Rivalry.

Blair Academy (Blairstown, NJ)	Peddie School (Hightstown, NJ)	54–49–5	1903	One of the oldest rivalries in New Jersey, has met every year since 1902, with the exception of one year due to a polio outbreak in 1944.

Dodge City High School, (Dodge City, KS)	Garden City High School, (Garden City, KS)	70–35–4	1903	An annual game, nicknamed the "Hatchet Game," in which the winner receives a traveling trophy (a hatchet). It is the second oldest rivalry game in Kansas.

Wooster High School, (Wooster, OH)	Orrville High School, (Orrville, OH)	56–43–9 (through 2018)	1903	Annual. The longest running rivalry in Wayne County, Ohio and 6th longest in Ohio.

Parkersburg High School (Parkersburg, WV)	Marietta High School (Marietta, OH)	74–27–6	1903	The Battle for the Mid-Ohio Valley has been waged between PHS (West Virginia) and MHS (Ohio) for over a century. There have been 108 meetings between the two schools.

Shelton High School (Shelton, CT)	Derby High School (Derby, CT)	52–42–7	1904	Annual Thanksgiving football game. It draws upwards of 10,000 people.

Round Valley High School (Eagar, AZ)	St. Johns High School (St. Johns, AZ)	1904

Newburgh Free Academy (Newburgh, New York)	Kingston High School (Kingston, New York)	56-51-5	1905	Played annually since 1919. One of the oldest rivalries in New York State.

La Junta High School (La Junta, CO)	Lamar High School (Lamar, CO)	55–47–1	1905	One of the oldest rivalries in Colorado. The Savages and Tigers have recently played for a train whistle in what has been dubbed the "Whistle Game," similar to Pueblo's "Bell Game." This tradition began in 2002.

Green Bay East High School (Green Bay, WI)	Green Bay West High School (Green Bay, WI)	51–39–3	1905	One of the oldest rivalries in Wisconsin. First unofficial game took place in 1895.

Mount Carmel High School (Chicago, IL)	St. Rita of Cascia High School (Chicago, IL)	56–27–0	1905	One of the oldest rivalries in the Chicago Catholic League. Games generally draw crowds of close to 10,000.

Baylor School (Chattanooga, TN)	The McCallie School (Chattanooga, TN)	43–36–3	1905	The oldest rivalry in Tennessee. Called the "cross-river" rivalry because the two schools are separated by the Tennessee River in Chattanooga.

Dover High School (Dover, NH)	Spaulding High School (Rochester, NH)	66–46–8	1906	One of the oldest and fiercest rivalries in New Hampshire. The first game in 1906 was a 0-0 tie.

Douglas High School (Douglas, AZ)	Bisbee High School (Bisbee, AZ)	76—57—8	1906	"The (Copper) Pick" began in 1906, a contest between the high schools of two mining towns in southeast Arizona.

Pottsville High School (Pottsville, Pennsylvania)	Mount Carmel High School (Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania)	29–29–2	1906	Anthracite "Hard" Coal Region Eastern Pennsylvania Football clash. Schools separated by 18 miles via PA Route 901.

Easton Area High School (Easton, PA)	Phillipsburg High School (Phillipsburg, NJ)	63–42–5	1906	The two cities are located in separate states, separated by a bridge that crosses the Delaware River. First nationally televised high school football game-1988.

Aberdeen High School (Aberdeen, WA)	Hoquiam High School (Hoquiam, WA)	62–35–5	1906	The oldest high school football rivalry in the state of Washington. It had been the longest running football rivalry in the state until 1996 when Hoquiam High School cancelled the final three weeks of the season due to drug and alcohol violations.

Bellaire High School (Bellaire, OH)	Martins Ferry High School (Martins Ferry, OH)	53–48–7	1907	7th oldest rivalry in the state of Ohio. Also both teams are in the top 10 in Ohio and top 100 in the nation in all-time wins.

Haynesville Senior High School (Haynesville, LA)	Homer High School (Homer, LA)	71-31-5	1907	Annual game and oldest high school football rivalry in the state of Louisiana, known as the "Claiborne Parish Super Bowl." The most notable game in the series was for the 1971 2A state title; it ended in a tie, but HSHS was awarded the trophy, because they had more first downs.

Auburn Senior High School (Auburn, WA)	Kent-Meridian High School (Kent, WA)	47–47–13	1908	The second oldest high school football rivalry in Washington as well as the longest running rivalry. The winner of each year's game wins and displays the Taylor Trophy which was first presented by Dr.

Sikeston High School (Sikeston, MO)	Charleston High School (Charleston, MO)	90–34–4	1908	Separated by 12 miles, it is considered by some pundits to be the oldest rivalry west of the Mississippi River in terms of number of games played.

Santa Cruz High School (Santa Cruz, CA)	Watsonville High School (Watsonville, CA)	1908

Palmyra High School, (Palmyra, NJ)	Burlington City High School, (Burlington, NJ)	56–47–12	1908	Annual Thanksgiving game; one of the oldest rivalries in New Jersey and the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

Brookfield High School, (Brookfield, MO)	Marceline High School, (Marceline, MO)	39–36–1	1909	Separated by 9 miles, this heated rivalry is one of the oldest in Missouri.

Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, (Whitman, MA)	Abington High School, (Abington, MA)	53-38-5 (through 2010)	1910	Has been an annual Thanksgiving Contest since 1910, only skipping 1912.

Asheville School (Asheville, NC)	Christ School (Arden, NC)	50-36-4	1911	Has been played annually since 1911. The Asheville School Blues have the winning record, with the Christ School Greenies having won the contest every year since 2011.

Portland High School (Portland, ME)	Deering High School (Portland, ME)	54–36–7	1911	Annual Thanksgiving football game played the week after the state football championship. This is the only annual Thanksgiving game in Maine.

Mayfield High School, Mayfield, KY	Paducah Tilghman High School, Paducah, KY	49–46–9 (according to MHS) or 47–47–10 (according to PTHS)	1911	Second-oldest rivalry in Kentucky. Oldest rivalry in western Kentucky.

Stonington High School (Stonington, Connecticut)	Westerly High School (Westerly, Rhode Island)	74–66–17	1911	Annual Thanksgiving football game; teams used to play twice a year. In terms of games, no two high school football teams have played as many games against each other.

El Campo High School (El Campo, Texas)	Bay City High School (Bay City, Texas)	55–43–8	1911	Longest continual rivalry in Texas - the Ricebirds and Blackcats have played every year since 1920.

Bluefield High School (Bluefield, West Virginia)	Graham High School (Bluefield, Virginia)	63-24-2	1911	"The Battle of the Bluefields" is the classic Beaver/Graham football game. The backyard brawl between cross-border rivals, Bluefield High School Beavers on the West Virginia side and Graham High School G-Men from the Virginia side, is the area's largest sporting event.

Texas High School, (Texarkana, Texas)	Arkansas High School, (Texarkana, Arkansas)	1912	Long-standing rivalry between twin cities separated by a state line.

Geneva High School, (Geneva, IL)	Batavia High School, (Batavia, IL)	51–43–5	1913	A heated rivalry between two teams that are only separated by a border.

Jackson High School, (Jackson, MO)	Cape Central High School, ( Cape Girardeau, MO)	63–35–5	1913	Jackson and Cape play only 11 miles from each other, separated only by class, with Jackson in 5A, and Cape in 4A.

Evanston Township High School, (Evanston, IL)	New Trier High School, (Winnetka, IL)	54–45–4	1913	Evanston leads the all-time series, but as of the end of the 2014-2015 season, New Trier had won 17 of the last 20 games.

Valdosta High School, (Valdosta, GA)	Colquitt County High School, (Moultrie, GA)	29–70–4	1913	Valdosta leads the all-time series, but as of September 22, 2017 the Colquitt County Packers have won the last 5 games in the series.

Abington Senior High School	Cheltenham High School	54–34–6	1915	The fifth-oldest public high school football rivalry in Pennsylvania, the seventh of all schools. The rivalry is between the senior high schools of neighboring Abington and Cheltenham townships.

Napoleon High School (Napoleon, Ohio)	Defiance High School (Defiance, Ohio)	49-39-2	1916	Dubbed the "Maumee River Rivalry" because the 2 towns are located approximately 15 miles apart with both situated on the Maumee River.

Hollywood High School (Hollywood, California)	Van Nuys High School (Van Nuys, California)	1916	One of the oldest high school rivalries in Los Angeles. Both high schools have graduated a number of famous Hollywood celebrities, and NFL Hall-of-Famer Bob Waterfield was a VNHS alum.

Thomasville High School (Thomasville, AL)	Clarke County High School (Grove Hill, AL)	61-30-8	1917	Separated by 15 miles, the two compete in a three-way rivalry similar to the Army-Navy-Air Force rivalry.

Jackson High School (Jackson, AL)	Clarke County High School (Grove Hill, AL)	63-29-8	1917	Separated by 15 miles, the two compete in a three-way rivalry similar to the Army-Navy-Air Force rivalry.

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The annual Thanksgiving game between Amesbury High School and Newburyport High School is one of the oldest high school football rivalries in the country, dating back to 1891.

final_sentence: The annual Thanksgiving game between Amesbury High School and Newburyport High School is one of the oldest high school football rivalries in the country, dating back to 1891.