List of high school football rivalries (100 years+)

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)Rivalry
leader=Norwich Free Academy (Norwich, Connecticut)
rival=New London High School (New London, Connecticut)
record=
began=1875
notes=Annual Thanksgiving football game. The oldest high school football rivalry in the country, meeting for the 145th time in 2006.Fact|date=June 2008
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leader=Phillips Academy (Andover, MA)
rival=Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH)
record=67-49-10
began=1878
notes=Annual football game. This is one of the oldest football rivalries in the nation.Fact|date=June 2008
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leader=Wellesley High School (Wellesley, MA)
rival=Needham High School (Needham, MA)
record=58-52-9
began=1882
notes=Annual Thanksgiving Day game. First played Thanksgiving morning 1882 at Morton Field in Needham. The oldest public high school rivalry.Fact|date=June 2008
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leader=Noble and Greenough School (Dedham, MA)
rival=Milton Academy (Milton, MA)
record=
began=1886
notes=Annual football game. One of the oldest continual football rivalries in the nation.
ref=cite web| url=http://www.milton.edu/students/pages/milton_dictionary.asp|title= Milton Dictionary| publisher=Milton Academy|accessdate=2007-10-14] Rivalry
leader=St. Mark's School (Southborough, Massachusetts)
rival=Groton School (Groton, Massachusetts)
record= 132-0
began=1886
notes=Annual football game. St. Mark's-Groton Rivalry|Oldest Independent School League Rivalry in the U.S.
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leader=Boston Latin School (Boston, Massachusetts)
rival=English High School (Boston, Massachusetts)
record=72-36-13
began=1887
notes=Annual Thanksgiving football game. Oldest continuous high school football rivalry in the U.S.
ref=cite web|last=Tennis|first=Mark|author=Doug Huff|title=High School Football's Top 10 Rivalries|url=http://studentsports.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=446418|publisher=Student Sports|date=2005-08-23|accessdate=2007-10-30] cite news|last=Greenberg|first=Steve|title=Fall in love again|publisher=The Sporting News|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_38_229/ai_n15402487|date=2005-09-23|accessdate=2007-10-30] Rivalry
leader=Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
rival=The Hill School (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)
record=59-42-5
began=1887
notes=Annual football game. One of the oldest continual football rivalries in the nation.
ref= [Ross, Rosemarie. [http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15568464&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18040&rfi=6 "Hill ends season with key victory"] , "Mercury (Pennsylvania)", November 13, 2005. Accessed October 31, 2007. "In the game that annually means the most to them, it was near total Blues dominance as visiting Hill routed arch rival Lawrenceville, 41-18, Saturday to take home the silver trophy bowl for the second straight year.This was their 103rd showdown in a rivalry that started in 1887."] Rivalry
leader=Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Baltimore, MD)
rival=Baltimore City College (Baltimore, MD)
record=58-54-6
began=1889
notes=The City-Poly 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 Thanskgiving Day. Oldest continual football rivalry in Maryland. City has won the last three games.
ref=cite book | last = Patterson | first = Ted | title = Football in Baltimore: History and Memorabilia | publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press |date=2000 | location =Baltimore | pages =7] Rivalry
leader=Hyde Park Career Academy (Chicago, Illinois)
rival=Englewood Technical Prep Academy (Chicago, Illinois)
record=56-46-6
began=1889
notes=Known as the "The Greatest High School Football Rivalry in Illinois", Hyde Park and Englewood's first game took place in 1889. The winner of the annual game is awarded the Little Brown Shield, also known as The Lettermen Shield.
ref=cite web|last=Pruter|first=Robert|url=http://www.ihsa.org/initiatives/hstoric/football_engle-hp.htm|title=The Greatest High School Football Rivalry in Illinois|publisher=Illinois High School Association|accessdate=2007-10-30] Rivalry
leader=The Haverford School (Haverford, PA)
rival=Episcopal Academy (Merion, PA)
record=52-41-2
began=1889
notes=Annual EA Day or Episcopal-Haverford Day football game.
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leader= Medford High School (Medford, MA)
rival=Malden High School (Malden, MA)
record=55-54-2
began=1889
notes=Annual Thanksgiving Day game.
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leader=Beverly High School (Beverly, Massachusetts)
rival=Salem High School (Salem, Massachusetts)
record=52-49-7
began=1891
notes=Annual Thanksgiving football game.
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leader=Newburyport High School (Newburyport, Massachusetts)
rival=Amesbury High School (Amesbury, Massachusetts)
record=44-33-6
began=1891
notes=Annual Thanksgiving football game. Rivalry includes several unsanctioned games between 1891 and 1914.
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leader=Louisville Male High School (Louisville, Kentucky)
rival=DuPont Manual Magnet High School (Louisville, Kentucky)
record=79-40-6
began=1892
notes=Annual football game. Dubbed the "Old Rivalry" it is the oldest high school rivalry in Kentucky and the oldest rivalry west of the Appalachian Mountains. As of November 2, 2007, the rivalry game will be played at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. The rivalry item is The Barrel.
ref= [Frakes, Jason. [http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071102/SPORTS05/71102047 "Crimsons take out No. 5 Bulldogs"] , "The Courier-Journal", November 2, 2007. Accessed November 3, 2007.] Rivalry
leader=Central High School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
rival=Northeast High School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
record=49–46–9
began=1892
notes=Annual Thanksgiving game. The Philadelphia area's most recognized Thanksgiving football tradition, the schools play each year for the wooden horse trophy.
ref=cite web | url=http://www.nehs.phila.k12.pa.us/game.html | title=The Wooden Horse| publisher=Northeast High School |date=2004-02-09 | accessdate=2007-08-17] Rivalry
leader= Cony High School (Augusta, Maine)
rival= Gardiner High School (Gardiner, Maine)
record= 65-55-10
began=1892
notes= Cony and Gardiner no longer play in the same division, as a result, the teams play after the regular and post-season has concluded for each team. Cony upset Gardiner in 2007 in the 130th meeting in 115 continuous years.
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leader=Bradford Area High School (Bradford, Pennsylvania)
rival=Olean High School (Olean, New York)
record=
began=1893
notes=The second-oldest interstate high school football rivalry in the country.
ref=cite web|url = http://mdvarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=725594 | title =M&M rivalry conjures sweet memories| publisher = HighSchool Rivals.com|accessdate=2007-10-14 |date=2007-10-12|last=Kimmerly |first=Geoff|] Rivalry
leader=B.M.C. Durfee High School (Fall River, Massachusetts)
rival=New Bedford High School (New Bedford, Massachusetts)
record=
began=1893
notes=Annual Thanksgiving football game. The oldest high school football rivalry in South Coast New England.
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leader=Gonzaga College High School (Washington, D.C.)
rival=St. John's College High School (Washington, D.C.)
record=
began=1893
notes=Annual Thanksgiving football game. The rivalry is considered the oldest between two Catholic High Schools in the U.S.
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leader=St. Johnsbury Academy (St. Johnsbury, Vermont)
rival=Lyndon Institute (Lyndon, Vermont)
record=57-40-6
began=1894
notes=Annual football game. Played on the last Saturday of the regular season for Vermont High School football. The Vermont state legislature passed a resolution commemorating the 100th meeting between the schools in football and 110 years of the rivalry tradition in 2004.
ref=cite web|title=Academy vs. LI Football Rivalry|publisher=St. Johnsbury Academy|url=http://www.stjacademy.org/page.cfm?p=590|accessdate=2008-01-04] [cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/DOCS/2004/ACTS/ACTR459.HTM|title=Senate concurrent resolution commemorating the 100th football game between Lyndon Institute and St. Johnsbury Academy|publisher=Vermont General Assembly|date=2004|accessdate=2008-01-04] Rivalry
leader=Marinette High School (Marinette, WI)
rival=Menominee High School (Menominee, MI)
record=49-44-7
began=1894
notes=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.
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leader=Massillon Washington High School (Massillon, OH)
rival=Canton McKinley High School (Canton, OH)
record=62-49-5
began=1894
notes=Annual. The last game of the regular season at either Paul Brown Stadium in Massillon, or Fawcett Stadium, next to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in Canton. This rivalry was featured in Go Tigers!, a documentary on the Massillon football program. This game gets listed on Vegas parlay sheets, and has also been featured in Sports Illustrated and Nike's Brisco advertising campaign.
ref=cite web|title=Greatest HS Football Rivalries|publisher=Versus|url=http://www.versus.com/nw/article/view/40923/?UserDef=true&catID=79|accessdate=2007-10-30] Rivalry
leader=Millville Senior High School (Millville, NJ)
rival=Vineland Senior High School South/Vineland Senior High School North (Vineland, NJ)
record=55-60-19
began=1894
notes=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. Millville has dominated recently, winning 13 of the last 14 games.
ref= [http://www.nflhs.com/News/Records/11man_team_misc.asp] [http://www.hsstm.com/?scr=view_content&id=372] Rivalry
leader=Leominster High School (Leominster, Massachusetts)
rival=Fitchburg High School (Fitchburg, Massachusetts)
record=58-58-9 (record is in dispute)
began=1894
notes=Annual Thanksgiving football game. "The Rivalry", also known by locals as the Turkey Bowl, met for the 102nd Thanksgiving and the 124th time overall in 2007.
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leader=Newton North High School (Newton, MA)
rival=Brookline High School (Brookline, MA)
record=55-52-6
began=1894
notes=Annual Thanksgiving football game.
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leader=Sandusky High School (Sandusky, OH)
rival=Fremont Ross High School (Fremont, OH)
record=
began=1895
notes=Annual battle between the Sandusky Blue Streaks and the Ross Little Giants in the second oldest rivalry in Ohio.
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leader=Falmouth High School (Falmouth, MA)
rival=Barnstable High School (Barnstable, MA)
record=56-56-8
began=1895
notes=Annual football game. Traditionally played on Thanksgiving Day, series played on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Barnstable has a 39-38-4 edge in Thanksgiving games.
ref=cite web|url = http://capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071123/NEWS11/71123001 | title =Thanksgiving pigskin joy, disappointment| publisher = CapeCodTimes.com|accessdate=2007-11-23 |date=2007-11-23] Rivalry
leader=Dover High School (Dover, Ohio)
rival=New Philadelphia High School
record=47-47-9
began=1896
notes=Annual, last Friday in October. One of the oldest rivalries in the state. These two teams recently had their 100th meeting game in 2004, which coincidentally found rivalry's record tied at 45-45-9.
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leader=Adrian High School (Adrian, Michigan)
rival=Monroe High School (Monroe, Michigan)
record=
began=1896
notes=Annual game. Usually the last game of the season.
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leader=Lower Merion High School (Ardmore, Pennsylvania)
rival=Radnor High School (Radnor, Pennsylvania)
record=
began=1897
notes=Annual football game; played continually since inception. Radnor High School grants the students of the school a half-day on the next school day if the school beats Lower Merion. However, the students of Lower Merion do not enjoy any similar reward. As of the 2006 matchup, Radnor has won the last seven games running.
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leader=Middletown High School (Middletown, New York)
rival=Port Jervis High School (Port Jervis, New York)
record= 68-55-7
began=1897
notes=Annual football game; played for the Erie Bell from a railroad linking the two Orange County, NY cities. Middletown won the most recent meeting 7-3, snapping a Port Jervis 11-year streak.
ref= [cite news|title=Port Jervis rings Middie's Bell |publisher=Times Herald Record |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070908/SPORTS31/709080330|date=2007-09-08|accessdate=2008-06-16] Rivalry
leader=East Orange High School (East Orange, NJ)
rival=Barringer High School (Newark, NJ)
record=
began=1897
notes=Annual football game. Traditionally played on Thanksgiving Day. John Amos played in series, Dionne Warwick was a cheerleader in 1957.
ref= [cite news|title=Old Rivalry Returns to a Big Welcome |publisher=New York Times|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE6D91E3EF936A15752C1A96E948260|date=1988-11-25|accessdate=2007-10-30] Rivalry
leader=Piqua High School (Piqua, Ohio)
rival=Troy High School (Troy, Ohio)
record=61-58-6
began=1899
notes=Annual football game. Has been played continuously since 1911 and after over 123 meetings, the series has remained remarkably close.
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leader=Westfield High School (Westfield, New Jersey)
rival=Plainfield High School (Plainfield, New Jersey)
record=51-43-7
began=1900
notes=Annual Thanksgiving football game. Celebrated 100th game in 2005. (Plainfield won 9-0). Westfield won 2006 game 17-7.
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leader=Ansonia High School (Ansonia, Connecticut)
rival=Naugatuck High School (Naugatuck, Connecticut)
record=
began=1900
notes=Annual Thanksgiving football game. Game regularly draws crowds of up to 10,000.
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leader=Webster Groves High School (Webster Groves, Missouri)
rival=Kirkwood High School (Kirkwood, Missouri)
record=59-43-5
began=1901
notes= The rivalry became a Thanksgiving Day game in 1907. The Turkey Day Game is the oldest football rivalry and current Thanksgiving Day game west of the Mississippi River with the winners being awarded the Frisco Bell, donated by the Frisco Railroad Company in 1952.
ref=cite book | last = Greene | first = Shawn Buchanan | title = Turkey Day Game Centennnial |url=http://www.TurkeyDayGame.org/| publisher = G. Bradley Publishing, Inc. |date=2007 | location =Kirkwood, MO | pages =212] Rivalry
leader=Woodberry Forest School (Woodberry Forest, VA)
rival=Episcopal High School (Alexandria, VA)
record=51-47-8
began=1901
notes=Annual football game. This is the second longest consecutive high school rivalry in the South.
ref= [cite news |first=Mike |last=Morones |title='THE GAME': HIGH NOON For 107 years, two rival high-school football teams have squared off with one overriding goal: Sweet victory |url=http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/122007/12012007/337118 |work=The Free Lance-Star |date=2007-12-01 |accessdate=2008-02-18 ] Rivalry
leader=Portsmouth High School (Portsmouth, OH)
rival=Ironton High School (Ironton, OH)
record= 54-52-8
began=1902
notes=This is the oldest rivalry in southern Ohio and the 5th oldest in the entire state.
ref=cite web| url=http://www.irontonfootball.com/history2/seriespr.htm|title= Ironton Football Dot Com| |accessdate=2008-06-30] Rivalry
leader=The Peddie School (Hightstown, NJ)
rival=Blair Academy (Blairstown, NJ)
record=48-50-5
began=1902
notes=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. The rivalry incorporates all fall varsity sports with the Kelley-Potter Cup.
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leader=Benedictine Military School (Savannah, GA)
rival=Savannah High School (Savannah, GA)
record=51-47-8
began=1902
notes=The oldest high school football rivalry in the state of Georgia; it used to be played on Thanksgiving Day before 1960.
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leader=Marlborough High School (Marlborough, MA)
rival=Hudson High School (Hudson, MA)
record=60-40-4
began=1904
notes= Annual Thanksgiving football game. It is one of the oldest rivalries in Central Mass. The games are played at either the Morgan Bowl in Hudson or Kelleher Field in Marlborough.Rivalry
leader=Shelton High School (Shelton, Connecticut)
rival=Derby High School (Derby, Connecticut)
record=52-42-7
began=1904
notes=Annual Thanksgiving football game. It draws upwards of 10,000 people. The Derby/Shelton Rotary Club donates a competitive trophy that the winner of the game possesses for a year.
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leader=Green Bay East High School (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
rival=Green Bay West High School (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
record=51-39-3
began=1905
notes=One of the oldest rivalries in the state of Wisconsin. First unofficial game took place in 1895. Early games occasionally had more fans than games played by the Green Bay Packers, who used to play at City Stadium. Notable players include Curly Lambeau, Arnie Herber, and Jim Crowley.Curly Lambeau also coached the Green Bay East football team (1919-1921).
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leader=Mount Carmel High School (Chicago, Illinois)
rival=St. Rita of Cascia High School (Chicago, Illinois)
record=56-27-0
began=1905
notes=One of the oldest rivalries in the Chicago Catholic League. Games generally draw crowds of close to 10,000. Both schools have graduated a number of notable NFL players including Dennis Lick and Donavan McNabb.
ref=cite news|last=Tucker|first=Steve|title=Mount Carmel vs St. Rita series history|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20070914/ai_n20508572|date=2007-09-14|accessdate=2007-10-31] Rivalry
leader=Easton Area High School (Easton, Pennsylvania)
rival=Phillipsburg High School (Phillipsburg, New Jersey)
record=56-40-5
began=1906
notes=Annual Thanksgiving football game. Game draws crowds sometimes exceeding 20,000 fans. The two cities are located in separate states, separated by a bridge that crosses the Delaware River. Nationally televised on ESPN in 1988, ESPN2 in 2006.
ref=cite news|last=Brady|first=Erik|title=Every year fields the game of the century|publisher=USA Today|url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2006-11-21-1a-cover-centenary-game_x.htm|date=2006-11-23|accessdate=2007-10-30] Rivalry
leader=Sherman High School (Sherman, Texas)
rival=Denison High School (Denison, Texas)
record=59-34-6
began=1906
notes=The annual "Battle of the Ax" is the oldest continual high school football rivalry in the state of Texas. Since 1912, there have only been five years in which the game was not played, three of which were during World War I. 1949 was the first year in which the Ax was awarded to the winner of the game.
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leader=Wayzata High School (Plymouth,Minnesota)
rival= [Minnetonka High School] (Minnetonka, Minnesota)
record=
began=1908
notes=The annual Battle for the Baybell Trophy is usually ends up deciding the winner of the Classic Lake Conference and both teams usually win their sections and advance to the Prep Bowl. This match-up is between two of the oldest high schools in Minnesota Wayzata being over 150 years old being founded in 1857. Minnetonka was founded in 1952 however being formed from Deephaven and Sxcelsior High Schools being founded in 1900.
ref=cite news|last=Sayles|first=Damon|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=105C113AA78B1ECB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Ax facts|publisher=The Dallas Morning News|date=2004-10-15|accessdate=2007-10-30|quote=Jesse Jones, a bank president and former resident of Sherman, wanted Lewisville and Marcus to have a rivalry similar to the one between Sherman and Denison, which originated in 1912. That game also is dubbed the Battle of the Ax.] [cite web|title=SHS Battle of the Ax|url=http://www.shermanisd.net/SHS/battle_of_the_ax.htm|publisher=Sherman Independent School District|accessdate=2007-10-31] Rivalry
leader=Aberdeen High School (Aberdeen, Washington) (Aberdeen, WA)
rival=Hoquiam High School (Hoquiam, WA)
record= 62-35-5
began=1906
notes=The oldest high school football rivalry in the state of Washington.
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leader=Kent-Meridian High School (Kent, WA)
rival=Auburn Senior High School (Auburn, WA)
record= 47-46-13
began=1908
notes=The second oldest high school football rivalry in the state of Washington. There have been 113 games played, but seven of the final scores were not recorded. In the early history of the rivalry there were two contests per year between the rival schools. The winner of each year's game wins and displays the Taylor Trophy which was first presented by Dr. Owen Taylor in 1929.
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Half Hollow Hills West vs. Sayville High School

The Swampscott/Marblehead (MA) rivalry will soon reach 100 year as they play in their 100th meeting in the fall of 2008.

Watsonville High School (Watsonville,California) vs. Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, Ca.) The Watsonville Wildcatz/Santa Cruz Cardinals rivlary played in their 100th meeting in September of 2008. Watsonville prevailed.

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