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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich Free Academy (Norwich, Connecticut) | New London High School (New London, Connecticut) | 1875 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. The oldest high school football rivalry in the country, meeting for the 145th time in 2006. | |
| Phillips Academy (Andover, MA) | Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH) | 1878 | Annual football game. This is one of the oldest football rivalries in the nation. | |
| Wellesley High School (Wellesley, MA) | Needham High School (Needham, MA) | 58-52-9 | 1882 | Annual Thanksgiving Day game. First played Thanksgiving morning 1882 at Morton Field in Needham. The oldest public high school rivalry. |
| Noble and Greenough School (Dedham, MA) | Milton Academy (Milton, MA) | 1886[1] | Annual football game. One of the oldest (though non-continuous) football rivalries in the nation. | |
| St. Mark's School (Southborough, Massachusetts) | Groton School (Groton, Massachusetts) | 1886 | Annual football game. St. Mark's-Groton Rivalry|Oldest Independent School League Rivalry in the U.S. | |
| Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) | Hill School (Pottstown, Pennsylvania) | 1887 | Annual football game. One of the oldest continuous football rivalries in the nation. | |
| Boston Latin School (Boston, Massachusetts) | English High School (Boston, Massachusetts) | 71-36-13 | 1887 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. Oldest continuous high school football rivalry in the U.S. |
| Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Baltimore, MD) | Baltimore City College (Baltimore, MD) | 58-53-6 | 1889[2] | 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 continuous football rivalry in Maryland. |
| Medford High School (Medford, MA) | Malden High School (Malden, MA) | 55-54-2 | 1889 | Annual Thanksgiving Day game. |
| The Haverford School (Haverford, PA) | Episcopal Academy (Merion, PA) | 52-41-2 | 1889 | Annual EA Day or Episcopal-Haverford Day football game. |
| Beverly High School (Beverly, Massachusetts) | Salem High School (Salem, Massachusetts) | 52-49-7 | 1891 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. |
| Newburyport High School (Newburyport, Massachusetts) | Amesbury High School (Amesbury, Massachusetts) | 44-33-6 | 1891 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. Rivalry includes several unsanctioned games between 1891 and 1914. |
| Central High School (Philadelphia, PA) | Northeast High School (Philadelphia, PA) | 49–46–9 | 1892[3] | Annual Thanksgiving game. The Philadelphia area's most recognized Thanksgiving football tradition, the schools play each year for the wooden horse trophy. |
| Louisville Male High School (Louisville, Kentucky) | duPont Manual Magnet High School (Louisville, Kentucky) | 76-39-6 | 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. Up until 1982, the game was played on Thanksgiving Day at Cardinal Stadium at the Kentucky Exposition Center. The series has since then rotated between home fields between each school. As of November 2, 2007, the rivalry game will be played at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. The rivalry item is The Barrel. |
| B.M.C. Durfee High School (Fall River, Massachusetts) | New Bedford High School (New Bedford, Massachusetts) | - | 1893 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. The oldest high school football rivalry in South Coast New England. |
| Vineland Senior High School South/Vineland Senior High School North (Vineland, NJ) | Millville Senior High School (Millville, NJ) | 1893 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. Met for the 135th time in 2006. | |
| Gonzaga College High School (Washington, D.C.) | St. John's College High School (Washington, D.C.) | - | 1893 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. The rivalry is considered the oldest between two Catholic High Schools in the U.S. |
| Fitchburg High School (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) | Leominster High School (Leominster, Massachusetts) | 58-56-9 | 1894 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. "The Rivalry" meets for the 102nd Thanksgiving and the 124th time overall in 2007. |
| Marinette High School (Marinette, WI) | Menominee High School (Menominee, MI) | 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) | 61-49-5 | 1894 | Annual. Two tradition-rich programs compete in 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. |
| 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. | |
| Falmouth High School(Falmouth, MA) | Barnstable High School (Barnstable, MA) | 58-54-8 | 1895 | Annual football game. Traditionally played on Thanksgiving Day, series played on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. |
| New Philadelphia High School (New Philadelphia, Ohio) | Dover High School (Dover, Ohio) | 47-46-9 | 1896 | 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 the teams tied in their records with each other at 45-45-9. |
| Lower Merion High School (Ardmore, Pennsylvania) | Radnor High School (Radnor, Pennsylvania) | 1897 | Annual football game; played continuously 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 4/3/07, Radnor has won the last seven games running. | |
| Piqua High School (Piqua, Ohio) | Troy High School (Troy, Ohio) | 59-57-6 | 1899 | Annual football game. Has been played continuously since 1911 and after over 120 meetings, the series has remained remarkably close. |
| Ansonia High School (Ansonia, Connecticut) | Naugatuck High School (Naugatuck, Connecticut) | - | 1900 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. Game regularly draws crowds of up to 10,000. |
| Westfield High School (Westfield, New Jersey) | Plainfield High School (Plainfield, New Jersey) | 51-43-7 | 1900 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. Celebrated 100th game in 2005. (Plainfield won 9-0). Westfield won 2006 game 17-7. |
| Woodberry Forest School (Woodberry Forest, VA) | Episcopal High School (Alexandria, VA) | 51-47-8 | 1901 | Annual football game. This is the second longest consecutive high school rivalry in the South. |
| Benedictine Military School (Savannah, GA) | Savannah High School (Savannah, GA) | 51-47-8 | 1902 | BC vs. High School is the oldest rivalry in the state of Georgia; it used to be played on Thanksgiving Day before 1960. |
| The Peddie School (Hightstown, NJ) | Blair Academy (Blairstown, NJ) | 48-50-5 | 1902 | Annual football game. 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. Now incorporates all fall varsity sports with the Potter-Kelley Cup. |
| Shelton High School (Shelton, Connecticut) | Derby High School (Derby, Connecticut) | 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. |
| Mount Carmel High School (Chicago, Illinois) | St. Rita of Cascia High School (Chicago, Illinois) | 56-27[4] | 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. |
| Green Bay East High School (Green Bay, Wisconsin) | Green Bay West High School (Green Bay, Wisconsin) | 51-39-3 | 1905 | 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 the same stadium as East. Notable players include Curly Lambeau, Arnie Herber, and Jim Crowley. |
| Easton High School (Easton, Pennsylvania) | Phillipsburg High School (Phillipsburg, New Jersey) | 55-40-5 | 1906 | 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. |
| Kirkwood High School | Webster Groves High School | - - | 1907 | Oldest rivalry in the state of Missouri.The winners of the Turkey Day game are awarded the Frisco Bell, donated by the Frisco Railroad Company in 1952. |
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You need to check up on the Chapman vs Abilene high school rivalry. It's older than many of the ones listed here, 1892, and was named oldest high school rivalry west os the Mississippi by ESPN in 2009.
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