High school football rivalries in the United States more than one hundred years old:
| Series Leader | Series Rival | Series Record | Series Began | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich Free Academy (Norwich, CT) | New London High School (New London, CT) | 75-62-11 | 1875 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. The oldest high school football rivalry in the country. The record is for what is currently known. Earliest game was played on May 12, 1875. | [1] |
| William Penn Charter School (Philadelphia, PA) | Germantown Academy (Philadelphia, PA) | 80-33-11 | 1887 | Both schools compete in the Inter-Ac League which is thought to be the oldest interscholastic athletic league in the United States. The all-time series record: Penn Charter 80, Germantown Academy 33, with 11 ties. The 125th game will take place on Nov. 5, 2011 at Penn Charter. Penn Charter was founded in 1689 and Germantown Academy was founded in 1759. Earliest game was played on Nov. 18, 1887. | [1] |
| Malden High School (Malden, MA) | Medford High School (Massachusetts) (Medford, MA) | 59–54–10 | 1889 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. The 124th Meeting will take place in 2011 at Medford. The games alternate each year between MacDonald Stadium in Malden and Hormel Stadium in Medford, and kickoff is always at 10:00am. | |
| Phillips Academy (Andover, MA) | Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH) | 67–51–10 | 1878 | Annual football game. This is one of the oldest preparatory school athletic rivalries in the nation. For more information see Andover-Exeter Rivalry. | |
| Wellesley High School (Wellesley, MA) | Needham High School (Needham, MA) | 59-56-9 | 1882 | Annual Thanksgiving Day game. First played Thanksgiving morning 1882 at Morton Field in Needham. The oldest public high school rivalry. | [1] |
| Fordham Preparatory School (Bronx, NY) | Xavier High School (New York, NY) | 47–35–3 | 1883 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. The oldest high school rivals in New York City, with the 86th meeting taking place in 2009. | [2] |
| Milton Academy (Milton, MA) | Noble and Greenough School (Dedham, MA) | 1886 | Annual football game. One of the oldest continual football rivalries in the nation. | [3] | |
| St. Mark's School (Southborough, MA) | Groton School (Groton, MA) | 1886 | Annual football game. St. Mark's-Groton Rivalry | ||
| Boston Latin School (Boston, MA) | English High School (Boston, MA) | 72–36–13 | 1887 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. Oldest continuous high school football rivalry in the U.S. | [1][4][5] |
| William Penn Charter School (Philadelphia, PA) | Germantown Academy (Fort Washington, PA) | 78–33–11 | 1887 | The football game record goes back to 1887 and the overall tally for 122 consecutive games. It is the oldest football rivalry in Pennsylvania and commonly referred to as the oldest consecutive football rivalry. | |
| 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; oldest interstate rivalry. | [6] |
| Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Baltimore, MD) | Baltimore City College (Baltimore, MD) | 59–54–6 | 1889 | 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 Thanksgiving Day. Oldest continual football rivalry in Maryland. | [7] |
| 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 winner of the annual game is awarded the Little Brown Shield, also known as The Lettermen Shield. | [8] |
| 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. It is also the second oldest football rivalry in the InterAc League. They will play their 100th Game against one another on November 14, 2009. | |
| Winchester High School (Winchester, MA) | Woburn Memorial High School (Woburn, MA) | 51-42-12 | 1891 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. This storied rivalry meets for its 106th game in 2010. | [9] |
| Beverly High School (Beverly, MA) | Salem High School (Salem, MA) | 54–51–7 | 1891 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. This rivalry is also noted as being the oldest high school football rivalry West of the Mississippi River. In 2009, this rivalry was also picked by ESPN as the greatest rivalry in Kansas | [1][10] | |
| Louisville Male High School (Louisville, KY) | DuPont Manual Magnet High School (Louisville, KY) | 79–40–6 | 1892 | 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. | [11] |
| 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. | [12] |
| Cony High School (Augusta, ME) | Gardiner High School (Gardiner, ME) | 65–55–10 | 1892 | Cony and Gardiner no longer play in the same division, as a result, the teams play a pre-season game one week prior to the start of the regular season. This game has been incorporated along with other prep sports in the pre-season into a charity fundraiser towards the "Drive Out Cancer Challenge", with all proceeds going towards the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care in Augusta. Gardiner upset Cony in 2008 in the 131st meeting in 116 continuous years. | [13][14] |
| Central High School (Pueblo, Colorado) | Centennial High School (Pueblo, Colorado) | 54–45–9 | 1892 | Annual football game. The schools first played in 1892 and played 11 times (twice in 1900) until 1907. There were no games held from 1908–1920. The game resumed in 1921 and there have been multiple years in which the schools played twice (1932–1936, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1950), which accounts for the years versus record of games. The game is now played at Pueblo’s Dutch Clark Stadium and is now known as "The Bell Game" as the winning school takes possession of an old train bell which was donated as a trophy in 1950. | [15][16] |
| 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 [Source: Microfilm of the San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Examiner from the San Francisco Main Library], this led to the establishment of the Bruce-Mahoney Trophy in 1947. The trophy is named after a graduate from each school that died in World War II. Each school plays each other in football, basketball and baseball. The trophy goes to whoever wins two out of the of the first league meeting of these three sports. Oldest high school rivalry west of the Rockies and oldest Catholic school rivalry in the country. | [17][18] |
| 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. | [19] | |
| 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) | 45–37–8 | 1893 | Pottsville High retains "Lump of Coal" Trophy by virtue of 34–0 victory in 119th anniversary game at Pottsville Veterans Memorial Stadium on Oct 21, 2011. Annual Thanksgiving Day Game 1932–77. Cities separated by 34 miles via Route 61. In years past, teams, band and fans traveled to game via famed "Reading Railroad" and then paraded along host city streets to stadium. Total points scored in series was all-square as recently as 2004. | [20]< |
| Gonzaga College High School (Washington, DC) | St. John's College High School (Washington, DC) | 1893 | The rivalry is considered the oldest between two Catholic High Schools in the U.S. | ||
| Mount Carmel High School (Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania) | Shamokin High School (Shamokin, Pennsylvania) | 67–25–11 | 1893 | This Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Region rivalry began on October 28, 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). | [21][22][23] |
| 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. The lead-up to the annual Saturday afternoon game features plenty of tradition and pagentry including the decoration of the Route 1 bridge that connects the two cities. Streamers in maroon and gold, Thornton Academy’s school colors, adorn the Saco end of the bridge, while orange and black balloons, the school colors of Biddeford, are tied to the Biddeford end of the crossing. The Wilson-Agreste trophy, also known as the "Battle of the Bridge Trophy" was named for former ADs Donald Wilson (BHS) and Richard Agreste (TA). | [24] |
| St. Johnsbury Academy (St. Johnsbury, VT) | Lyndon Institute (Lyndon, VT) | 57–40–6 | 1894 | 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. | [25][26] |
| Marinette High School (Marinette, WI) | Menominee High School (Menominee, MI) | 49–44–7 | 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. | [19] |
| 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. This rivalry was featured in Go Tigers!, a documentary on the Massillon football program. This game gets listed on Vegas parlay sheets and has been featured in Sports Illustrated. | [4][5][27] |
| 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. Millville has dominated recently, winning 13 of the last 16 games. | [1] |
| Fitchburg High School (Fitchburg, MA) | Leominster High School (Leominster, MA) | 59–57–9 | 1894 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. "The Rivalry", also known by locals as the Turkey Bowl, met for the 103nd Thanksgiving and the 125th time overall in 2008. | [28] |
| 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) | 53–35–1 | 1895 | The Ottawa Pirates and Streator Bulldogs are the 3rd longest football rivalry in the State of Illinois still active. Both teams entered into a newly formed Northern Illinois BIG 12 aka/ NIB 12 (Previous to this they were both in the North Central Illinois Conference Reagan known as the NCIC Reagan. (info as of 6/2009) | [29] |
| Ansonia High School (Ansonia, CT) | Naugatuck High School (Naugatuck, CT) | 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 in 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. Barnstable has a 41-39-4 edge in Thanksgiving games. | [30] |
| Warwick Valley High School (Warwick, NY) | Goshen High School (Goshen, NY) | 45–44 (record 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, as Warwick has dominated in recent years; it is unknown when the series will resume. | [31] |
| North Tonawanda High School (North Tonawanda, NY) | Tonawanda High School (Tonawanda, NY) | 60–31–9 | 1896 | Annual T-NT game is the oldest rivalry in the Buffalo, NY area. Disparity between school sizes has threatened to end the rivalry. | [31] |
| Dover High School (Dover, OH) | New Philadelphia High School (New Philadelphia, OH) | 49–47–9 | 1896 | Annual, last Friday in October. One of the oldest rivalries in the state. These two teams had their 100th meeting game in 2004, which coincidentally found rivalry's record tied at 45–45–9. In 2008, Dover took a 2 game lead in the series by defeating New Philadelphia to end the regular season and again the following week in the first round of the playoffs. | |
| 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) | 56–48–11[32] | 1897 | 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. | |
| 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. | [33] |
| 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. | ||
| Webster Groves High School (Webster Groves, MO) | Kirkwood High School (Kirkwood, MO) | 53–42–7 | 1898 | The rivalry became a Thanksgiving Day game in 1907. It is the oldest current Turkey Day rivalry west of the Mississippi River with the winners being awarded the Frisco Bell, donated by the Frisco Railroad Company in 1952. The first known date for play between the schools was November 18, 1898. | [34] |
| Shenandoah Valley High School (Shenandoah, Pennsylvania) | Mahanoy Area High School (Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania) | 57–39–6 | 1899 | "The Backyard Brawl". 103rd Meeting in 2011. Played for the Damato/Szematowicz Trophy, named for WWII War Heros, 1st from each school killed in battle. Schools and towns separated via 4 miles along PA State Rt 54. | [35]< |
| 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. | [36] |
| Piqua High School (Piqua, OH) | Troy High School (Troy, OH) | 59–60–6 | 1899 | Annual football game. Has been played continuously since 1911 and after over 123 meetings, the series has remained remarkably close. | |
| 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. The games are played at either the Morgan Bowl in Hudson or Kelleher Field in Marlborough. | |
| Westfield High School (Westfield, NJ) | Plainfield High School (Plainfield, NJ) | 52–44–7 | 1900 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. Celebrated 100th game in 2005. (Plainfield won 9–0). Westfield won 2006 game 17–7. | |
| 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. | [37] |
| Woodberry Forest School (Woodberry Forest, VA) | Episcopal High School (Alexandria, VA) | 52–48–8 | 1901 | Annual football game. This is the longest consecutive high school rivalry in the South. | [38] |
| 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, Pennsylvania) | Shamokin High School (Shamokin, Pennsylvania) | 49–19–0 | 1901 | Anthracite "Hard" Coal Region Eastern Pennsylvania Football clash. Schools separated by 27 miles via PA Route 901. Last meeting on Oct 12, 2007 won by Pottsville 45-28. | [20]< |
| Ironton High School (Ironton, OH) | Portsmouth High School (Portsmouth, OH) | 55–54–8 | 1902 | This is the oldest rivalry in southern Ohio and the 5th oldest in the entire state. | [39] |
| The Peddie School (Hightstown, NJ) | Blair Academy (Blairstown, NJ) | 48–50–5 | 1902 | 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 Potter-Kelley Cup. | |
| 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. | |
| Dodge City High School, (Dodge City, KS) | Garden City High School, (Garden City, KS) | 70-34-4 | 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. Garden City High School holds the longest winning streak of 13 games (1995-2007). | [40] |
| Wooster High School, (Wooster, OH) | Orrville High School, (Orrville, OH) | 50-42-9 | 1903 | Annual. First game in 1903, played yearly since 1919 with one exception in 1980 when the game was canceled due to Orrville earning a bid in the state playoffs which began on the night of the Wooster rivalry game. The first 50 games were dominated by Wooster, holding a 31-13-6 edge. The last 50 games have favored Orrville by a 29-19-3 count. The Longest running rivalry in Wayne County, Ohio. | [41] |
| 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. The Derby/Shelton Rotary Club donates a competitive trophy that the winner of the game possesses for a year. Notable players from Shelton High School are Matt Gorlewski and Dan Orlovsky | |
| Round Valley High School (Eagar, AZ) | St. Johns High School (St. Johns, AZ) | 1904 | |||
| La Junta High School (La Junta, CO) | Lamar High School (Lamar, CO) | 55-47-1 | 1905 | This is one of the oldest rivalries in the state of Colorado as the schools have played 102 times since 1905. The Tigers have won 55 times, while the Savages have 47 wins. There has also been one tie. 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 year's edition of the Whistle Game marked 10 years of play for the Whistle. This tradition began in 2002. The Tigers won the first two games in the Whistle Game series, but the Savages have won the last eight. |
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| 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. Early games occasionally had more fans than Green Bay Packers games, 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). | |
| 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. Both schools have graduated a number of notable NFL players including Dennis Lick and Donavan McNabb. | [43] |
| Baylor School (Chattanooga, TN) | The McCallie School (Chattanooga, TN) | 38–35–3 | 1905 | The oldest rivalry in Tennessee. The rivalry was canceled in 1940 to be continued again in 1971. McCallie currently hold the longest winning streak with eleven straight wins, the most recent one being in 2008. In the 2009 annual Baylor vs. McCallie game, Baylor defeated McCallie, breaking their 11-win streak. This is called the "cross-river" rivalry because the two schools are separated by the Tennessee river in Chattanooga. Both schools use this game as their "homecoming" game, and it regularly attracts up to 10,000 people. | [44] |
| 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. A trophy was created in 1945. At one point, played two times a year (including Thanksgiving) until 1955. Rivalry slightly less competitive since the 1975 closure of the mining pit in Bisbee and continuing enrollment declines (since 1995, Douglas has won 14 meetings). | [45][46] |
| 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. Last meeting on Oct 27, 2007 won by Mt Carmel 33-19. | [47] |
| Easton Area High School (Easton, PA) | Phillipsburg High School (Phillipsburg, NJ) | 57–40–5 | 1906 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. Game has drawn as many as 20,000 fans. 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. Televised on ESPN in 1988, ESPN2 in 2006. Oldest interstate Thanksgiving Day Game. Chosen for first ever Gatorade Replay game, resolving 1993 tie. Easton-Phillipsburg Game was featured on the third episode of "Timeless" on ESPN 2, hosted by Dhani Jones. Game is played at Fisher Field in Easton, on the campus of Lafayette College. | [4][48] |
| Sherman High School (Sherman, TX) | Denison High School (Denison, TX) | 59–34–6 | 1906 | 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. | [49][50] |
| 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. The Aberdeen-Hoquiam game was one of the games that was cancelled. | [51] |
| 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. There have been 114 games played, but seven of the final scores are currently unknown. The winner of each year's game wins and displays the Taylor Trophy which was first presented by Dr. Owen Taylor in 1929. | [52] |
| Santa Cruz High School (Santa Cruz, CA) | Watsonville High School (Watsonville, CA) | 1908 | |||
| Palmyra High School, (Palmyra, NJ) | Burlington City High School, (Burlington, NJ) | 52–44–12 | 1908 | Annual Thanksgiving game; one of the oldest rivalries in New Jersey and the Philadelphia metropolitan area. | |
| 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. | [53] |
| Paducah Tilghman High School (Paducah, Kentucky) | Mayfield High School (Mayfield, Kentucky) | 47-37-10 | 1911 | Second-oldest rivalry in Kentucky. Traditions include burning of effigies representing the opponent's mascot at pep rallies; a dinner between the schools' cheerleading squads and the wearing of red socks (Mayfield's color) by Mayfield students on game day, following a superstition of a former Mayfield coach. | [54][55][56][57] |
| Stonington High School (Stonington, Connecticut) | Westerly High School (Westerly, Rhode Island) | 68-65-17 | 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. In 2009, the 150th meeting occured. | [58][59] |
| 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. | [60] |