| Series Leader | Series Rival | Series Record | Series Began | Notes | References |
| 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. | [1][2][3][4]
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| 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 will occur. | [5][6]
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| Lancaster High School (Lancaster, New York) | Depew High School (Depew, New York) | 47-29-7 | 1919 | One of the oldest and most passionate rivalries in New York State, it was ranked one of the top 15 in the nation by USA Today in 1993. The series took an eight-year break in the 1930s when the series got so intense fan safety was a concern. The annual game draws close to 8,000 spectators. | [7]
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| Albion High School (Albion, New York) | Medina High School (Medina, New York) | 51-39-4 | 1920 | One of the oldest rivalries in Western New York, each team tends to dominate a decade. As the last regular season game for both schools, thousands attend from each town, as they are located only ten miles apart. The clash of the Purple Eagles and Mustangs enters its 90th year. | [8]
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| Loyola Blakefield (Baltimore, Maryland) | Calvert Hall College High School (Baltimore, Maryland) | 46-33-8 | 1920 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. The rivalry is one of the oldest between two Catholic High Schools in the U.S. The "Turkey Bowl" is played in the Baltimore Ravens' M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland | [9]
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| Rockwood High School (Rockwood, Tennessee) | Harriman High School (Harriman, Tennessee) | 48-34-6 | 1921 | The State of Tennessee's oldest continuous rivalry; these schools are only 8 miles apart. | [10]
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| St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Kenmore, New York) | Canisius High School (Buffalo, New York) | 43-30-3 | 1921 | One of the oldest and most passionate rivalries in New York State, these schools share a deep hatred for each other. The schools are less than 4 miles apart and are the premier private, Catholic schools in Western New York. The series had to be suspended around the 1930's and 1940's due to the intense nature of the games, but the Bishop of Buffalo later reinstated the rivalry in the late 1940's when a Catholic league was formed. The Game has been featured as part of the Great American Rivalry Series. St. Joe's took the series lead after winning 25 of 27 straight games up until 2006. Canisius has since won the last 5. Several players from both schools have gone on to the NFL. | [11]
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| Upper Darby High School (Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania) | Haverford High School (Havertown, Pennsylvania) | 41-39-6 | 1921 | Proud to be one of the oldest Thanksgiving Day rivalry games in the Pennsylvania, the schools are just 2.5 miles apart. | [12]
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| Easley High School (Easley, South Carolina) | Pickens High School (Pickens, South Carolina) | 35-18-1 | 1923 | The Annual Meals on Wheels Food Fight Bowl is played at Brice Field in Easley or Bruce Field in Pickens. Although kickoff is always at 8:00pm, the battle for supremacy begins at 4:00pm in the Meals on Wheels Tailgate Party. (all proceeds go to Meals on Wheels of Pickens County), at 6:00pm, a talent show starts between 2 students from each school. Fans vote through donations and the school (not the individual) is awarded the Ultimate Food Fight Trophy. 7:00pm, the marching bands and cheerleaders lead the march down to the field, where the Food Fight Bowl kicks off. The winner of the game is awarded the Food Fight Bowl Trophy. | [13][14]
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| Chelmsford High School (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) | Billerica Memorial High School (Billerica, Massachusetts) | 53-23-5 | 1927 | Annual Thanksgiving football game. One of the oldest in the Greater-Lowell suburban area of Massachusetts. The "Police Chiefs Trophy" is awarded to the winning team each year. 2009 game saw the Billerica team shut out Chelmsford 17-0 to take the Merrimack Valley Conference Large School Division title and enter the Division 1 playoffs on a high note ending a three year losing streak. | [15] [16] |
| Concord High School (Concord, North Carolina) | A. L. Brown High School (Kannapolis, North Carolina) | 38-34-4 | 1931 | Dubbed the "Battle for the Bell," the two high schools face off for bragging rights and a coveted 1940's Southern Railway Bell, which was donated to promote sportsmanship in the series for the 1950 game. The Bell is painted in transom of the winner's colors, a tribute to the textile heritage of Kannapolis and Concord. Played continuously since 1931, the oldest rivalry in N.C. regularly draws 11-14,000 fans and is preceded by a week of activities (both charitable and rivalry-oriented) at the two schools. In many years during the 1980's-1990's, the game - traditionally the season finale - also decided the South Piedmont Conference title. Concord and A.L Brown have both won two state titles in the past 20 years, and are among the state's traditional football powers. | [17]
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| Fort Hill High School (Cumberland, Maryland) | Allegany High School (Cumberland, Maryland) | 44-29-4 | 1936 | Annual Homecoming game, usually draws 10 to 14 thousand fans. The winner keeps "The Black Kettle", a traveling trophy with the scores from all the previous games engraved. Subject of a one-hour NFL Films documentary on Versus. | [18][19]
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| Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nevada) | Rancho High School (North Las Vegas, Nevada) | 28-25-1 | 1930s | The oldest high school football rivalry in Nevada, The Bone Game, is the annual contest between the two oldest schools in Las Vegas. The winner of the game takes possession of "Sir Herkimer's Bone," a large cow bone that is preserved in bronze, until the following year. | [20][21]
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| Abraham Lincoln High School (San Jose, California) | San Jose High Academy | 38-24-0 | 1943 | "Big Bone Game," it is the only Thanksgiving-Day high school football rivalry game that is held west of Missouri. Lincoln once passed up a postseason playoff bid so that it could play the Big Bone Game on Thanksgiving. The trophy that is passed to the winner is a cow femur that was found by a Lincoln student in his uncle's butcher shop. The rivalry has been recognized as one of the most unusual and intense in the country by Sporting News and StudentSports.com. | [22][23][24]
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| Jenks High School (Jenks, Oklahoma) | Union High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma) | | 1946 | Known as the "Backyard Bowl," the rivalry has received coverage by Sporting News and is the subject of a Versus documentary produced by NFL Films. The annual game is played at the University of Tulsa and has drawn crowds of over 40,000. The annual rivalry game was presented on the Great American Rivalry Series internet broadcast in 2007. One of these two teams has won Oklahoma's Class 6A (large school) title every year since 1996. | [18][22][23][25][26][27][28][29]
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| St. Xavier High School (Louisville, Kentucky) | Trinity High School (Louisville, Kentucky) | 31-30-2 | 1956 | Dubbed the "St. X/Trinity Game", is one of the five biggest high school rivalries in the nation, according to USA Today and has been labeled the "best prep school rivalry in the country" by Sporting News. Played at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, it has drawn more than 35,000 spectators in each of the last ten matchups. Part of the Great American Rivalry Series internet broadcast for several years, the game is also listed in Game of the Year: 50 Years of the Greatest High School Football Rivalry in America. | [22][23][28][30][31][32]
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| Permian High School (Odessa, Texas) | Lee High School (Midland, Texas) | 29-19-1 | 1961 | The Permian-Lee rivalry is featured in the H. G. Bissinger book Friday Night Lights and in the movie and the TV series, and featured in the documentary, Friday Nights in America. The 2004 matchup between the schools is believed to be the first live telecast of a regular-season high school football game in Texas. The station pre-empted the National League baseball playoff game scheduled to be broadcast in order to carry the rivalry game. | [22][33][34][35][36][37]
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| Clinton-Massie High School (Clarksville, Ohio) | Blanchester High School (Blanchester, Ohio) | 25-18-0 | 1964 | Dubbed the Cider Keg Game, this game is played for a red, white, and blue keg. It is the oldest rivalry in Ohio involving a traveling trophy. | [38]
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| Rock Hill High School (Rock Hill, South Carolina) | Northwestern High School (Rock Hill, South Carolina) | 22-21-0 | 1964 | One of the Carolinas' biggest high school rivalries and ranked by a top high school football rivalries by Sporting News and StudentSports.com. The annual game was the first in the area to have its video broadcast live over the internet. The audio of the game has also been broadcast over the internet by the Great American Rivalry Series. | [22][23][28][39][40]
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| Decatur High School (Decatur, Alabama) | Austin High School (Decatur, Alabama) | 30-14-0 | 1965 | This rivalry is considered the most heated in North Alabama high school football. The game is held in Ogle Stadium on the campus of Decatur High and consistently draws crowds of 12,000 to 13,000 each year. | [41][42][43]
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| Valdosta High School (Valdosta, Georgia) | Lowndes High School (Valdosta, Georgia) | 33-12-0 | 1968 | Known as "The Winnersville Classic," the rivalry game currently attracts around 14,000 spectators. | [22][44][45]
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| North Hunterdon High School (Clinton Township, New Jersey) | Voorhees High School (Glen Gardner, New Jersey) | 21-11-1 | 1976 | The annual Milk Can Game is their last game of the season. After the conclusion of the game, a gold colored milk can is awarded to the winner. This school receives bragging rights and ownership of the can until the next year's game. | [46][47][48] [50]
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| Glencoe High School (Hillsboro, Oregon) | Hillsboro High School (Hillsboro, Oregon) | 21-6-0 | 1980 | Cross-town rivals schools with winner getting bragging rights to Hare Field, the stadium is shared between the two schools and the "Home" School rotates every year. The annual rivalry game was presented on the Great American Rivalry Series internet broadcast in 2007. | [28][51]
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