Thanksgiving Day · November 26, 2026
The rivalries
Massachusetts plays more than a hundred high school football games on Thanksgiving morning, including the oldest public-school rivalry in the country. These are the ones with the deepest history; we add more every week through November.
- 1882
Needham vs. Wellesley
The oldest public high school football rivalry in the United States, first played in 1882.
D1 · D2
- 1887
Boston Latin vs. English High
The oldest continuous Thanksgiving Day rivalry in the country, first played in 1887.
D3 · D8
- 1889
- 1891
- 1891
- 1891
Winchester vs. Woburn Memorial
Dead even entering the 2024 game: 55 wins each and 12 ties across 122 years.
D2 · D2
- 1893
- 1894
- 1894
Leominster vs. Fitchburg
The most-played rivalry in Massachusetts: the 2024 game was the 143rd meeting.
D1 · D4
- 1894
- 1895
- 1899
- 1900
- 1901
- 1910
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Northbridge vs. Uxbridge
Northbridge coach Ken LaChapelle retired after the 2025 Thanksgiving game, ending 50 seasons and a Massachusetts-record 411 wins.
D7 · D7
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Plymouth North vs. Plymouth South
The 2025 game was played at Fenway Park on Thanksgiving Eve and went to overtime.
D2 · D3
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