Thanksgiving Day isn’t just about turkey and gratitude; it’s also steeped in tradition for high school football rivalries, marking decades of intense matchups that have etched themselves into local lore. Three storied rivalries – Amesbury vs. Newburyport, Triton vs. Pentucket, and Georgetown vs. Manchester Essex – have stood the test of time, showcasing the spirit of competition and camaraderie.
Amesbury vs. Newburyport (For the J. Walter Chase Trophy)(Newburyport leads series, 52-41-6)
2022: Amesbury 38, Newburyport 14
2021: Amesbury 12, Newburyport 7
2020: No game (COVID-19 pandemic)
2019: Newburyport 34, Amesbury 20
2018: Amesbury 8, Newburyport 0
2017: Newburyport 27, Amesbury 0
2016: Amesbury 22, Newburyport 17
2015: Newburyport 36, Amesbury 34 (OT)
2014: Newburyport 27, Amesbury 20
2013: Newburyport 21, Amesbury 7
2012: Amesbury 13, Newburyport 10
2011: Newburyport 24, Amesbury 6
2010: Newburyport 26, Amesbury 0
2009: Newburyport 33, Amesbury 0
2008: Amesbury 22, Newburyport 7
2007: Amesbury 17, Newburyport 12
2006: Amesbury 20, Newburyport 0
2005: Newburyport 20, Amesbury 0
2004: Newburyport 24, Amesbury 14
2003: Amesbury 27, Newburyport 7
2002: Newburyport 28, Amesbury 6
2001: Newburyport 46, Amesbury 16
2000: Newburyport 26, Amesbury 24
1999: Newburyport 34, Amesbury 0
1998: Newburyport 35, Amesbury 19
1997: Newburyport 42, Amesbury 6
1996: Amesbury 38, Newburyport 8
1995: Newburyport 34, Amesbury 0
1994: Newburyport 19, Amesbury 7
1993: Amesbury 14, Newburyport 0
1992: Amesbury 23, Newburyport 6
1991: Amesbury 26, Newburyport 14
1990: Newburyport 42, Amesbury 14
1989: Amesbury 35, Newburyport 6
1988: Amesbury 39, Newburyport 20
1987: Newburyport 6, Amesbury 3
1986: Amesbury 14, Newburyport 0
1985: Newburyport 20, Amesbury 14 (OT)
1984: Newburyport 25, Amesbury 14
1983: Newburyport 48, Amesbury 8
1982: Amesbury 31, Newburyport 7
1981: Newburyport 18, Amesbury 7
1980: Newburyport 26, Amesbury 6
1979: Amesbury 12, Newburyport 7
1978: Newburyport 14, Amesbury 12
1977: Newburyport 41, Amesbury 8
1976: Newburyport 35, Amesbury 0
1975: Newburyport 31, Amesbury 8
1974: Newburyport 21, Amesbury 13
1973: Newburyport 32, Amesbury 8
1972: Newburyport 30, Amesbury 6
1971: Amesbury 16, Newburyport 0
1970: Amesbury 28, Newburyport 20
1969: Newburyport 42, Amesbury 14
1968: Newburyport 42, Amesbury 26
1967: Newburyport 34, Amesbury 0
1966: Newburyport 49, Amesbury 0
1965: Newburyport 27, Amesbury 8
1964: Amesbury 14, Newburyport 0
1963: Amesbury 8, Newburyport 6
1962: Amesbury 6, Newburyport 0
1961: Newburyport 22, Amesbury 8
1960: Amesbury 32, Newburyport 16
1959: Newburyport 28, Amesbury 0
1958: Newburyport 20, Amesbury 16
1957: Amesbury 6, Newburyport 0
1956: Newburyport 13, Amesbury 0
1955: Newburyport 13, Amesbury 6
1954: Newburyport 7, Amesbury 6
1953: Newburyport 34, Amesbury 13
1952: Amesbury 15, Newburyport 12
1951: Amesbury 99, Newburyport 6
1950: Amesbury 47, Newburyport 20
1949: Amesbury 51, Newburyport 18
1948: Amesbury 25, Newburyport 13
1947: Amesbury 33, Newburyport 20
1946: Amesbury 33, Newburyport 18
1945: Amesbury 25, Newburyport 6
1944: Amesbury 40, Newburyport 6
1943: Amesbury 33, Newburyport 6
1942: Newburyport 6, Amesbury 0
1941: Newburyport 9, Amesbury 7
1940: Newburyport 3, Amesbury 0
1939: Tie, 7-7
1938: Amesbury 19, Newburyport 0
1937: Amesbury 25, Newburyport 0
1936: Newburyport 18, Amesbury 0
1935: Tie, 0-0
1934: Newburyport 26, Amesbury 0
1933: Amesbury 6, Newburyport 0
1932: Tie, 0-0
1931: Newburyport 20, Amesbury 6
1927-30: No Games
1926: Amesbury 27, Newburyport 0
1925: Tie, 0-0
1922-24: No Games
1921: Amesbury 14, Newburyport 7
1920: Tie, 0-0
1919: Newburyport 6, Amesbury 0
1918: No Game
1917: Tie, 6-6
1916: Amesbury 13, Newburyport 6
1915: Newburyport 25, Amesbury 0
thanksgiving football games
Nine games played from 1891-1914 are of suspicious origin and remain unsanctioned by both schools.
1909-14: No Games
1908: Newburyport, 6-0
1900-07: No Games
1899: Amesbury, 11-0
1898: Tie, 6-6
1897: Amesbury, 6-0
1896: Newburyport, 30-0
1895: No Game
1894: Tie, 0-0
1893: Tie, 0-0 (second game)
1893: Newburyport, 36-0 (first game)
1892: No Game
1891: Newburyport, 11-10
Triton vs. Pentucket (Pentucket leads series, 32-18-1)2022: Triton 46, Pentucket 21
2021: Pentucket 15, Triton 14
2021: Pentucket 20, Triton 10
2020: No game (COVID-19 pandemic)
2019: Pentucket 34, Triton 7
2018: Pentucket 28, Triton 0
2017: Triton 35, Pentucket 21
2016: Triton 33, Pentucket 18
- 2015
- : Pentucket 47, Triton 28
2015: Pentucket 13, Triton 10
- 2014
- : Pentucket 14, Triton 10
2014: Triton 31, Pentucket 7
- 2013
- : Pentucket 27, Triton 6
2013: Pentucket 19, Triton 13
2012: Pentucket 41, Triton 12
2011: Pentucket 30, Triton 28
2010: Pentucket 41, Triton 20
2009: Triton 28, Pentucket 6
2008: Pentucket 14, Triton 7
2007: Pentucket 28, Triton 0
2006: Triton 26, Pentucket 20, 2OT
2005: Pentucket 7, Triton 6
2004: Pentucket 21, Triton 6
2003: Pentucket 21, Triton 7
2002: Pentucket 27, Triton 6
2001: Pentucket 31, Triton 20
2000: Pentucket 33, Triton 0
1999: Pentucket 36, Triton 7
1998: Triton 14, Pentucket 7
1997: Triton 37, Pentucket 12
1996: Triton 20, Pentucket 13
1995: Triton 28, Pentucket 7
1994: Pentucket 20, Triton 13
1993: Pentucket 15, Triton 14 (OT)
1992: Pentucket 15, Triton 12
1991: Triton 19, Pentucket 0
1990: Pentucket 17, Triton 15
1989: Pentucket 6, Triton 0
1988: Pentucket 21, Triton 14
1987: Pentucket 6, Triton 0
1986: Triton 21, Pentucket 0
1985: Pentucket 14, Triton 8
1984: Triton 12, Pentucket 0
1983: Triton 29, Pentucket 0
1982: Triton 26, Pentucket 0
1981: Triton 41, Pentucket 18
1980: Tie, 6-6
1979: Pentucket 20, Triton 6
1978: Triton, score NA
1977: Pentucket 14, Triton 8
1976: Pentucket 14, Triton 7
1975: Triton 6, Pentucket 0
- Between 2013-15 Triton and Pentucket played twice per year, and in 2021 the two schools met in the MIAA tournament. The denotes the matchup played on Thanksgiving morning.
Georgetown vs. Manchester Essex (Manchester Essex leads overall series, 39-27-0)
(Thanksgiving football series began in 1991)
2022: Manchester-Essex 36, Georgetown 0
2021: Manchester-Essex 39, Georgetown 6
2020: No game (COVID-19 pandemic)
- 2019
- : Manchester Essex 28, Georgetown 12
2019: Manchester Essex 30, Georgetown 7
2018: Manchester Essex 38, Georgetown 8
2017: Manchester Essex 49, Georgetown 20
2016: Georgetown 35, Manchester Essex 0
- 2015
- : Manchester Essex 39, Georgetown 8
2015: Manchester Essex 34, Georgetown 0
- 2014
- : Georgetown 26, Manchester Essex 14
2014: Georgetown 14, Manchester Essex 13
- 2013
- : Manchester Essex 38, Georgetown 25
2013: Manchester Essex 28, Georgetown 12
2012: Manchester Essex 27, Georgetown 12
2011: Manchester Essex 28, Georgetown 7
2010: Georgetown 10, Manchester Essex 0
2009: Manchester Essex 22, Georgetown 14
2008: Manchester Essex 40, Georgetown 21
2007: Manchester Essex 27, Georgetown 7
2006: Georgetown 28, Manchester Essex 27
2005: Georgetown 9, Manchester Essex 0
2004: Georgetown 15, Manchester Essex 8
2003: Manchester Essex 36, Georgetown 29
2002: Manchester 33, Georgetown 12
2001: Georgetown 27, Manchester 7
2000: Georgetown 54, Manchester 0
1999: Manchester 36, Georgetown 6
1998: Manchester 13, Georgetown 6
1997: Georgetown 32, Manchester 0
1996: Georgetown 24, Manchester 20
1995: Georgetown 32, Manchester 6
1994: Manchester 22, Georgetown 0
1993: Georgetown 26, Manchester 6
1992: Georgetown 22, Manchester 8
1991: Manchester 27, Georgetown 6
1990: Manchester 31, Georgetown 13
1989: Georgetown 3, Manchester 0
1988: Manchester 12, Georgetown 0
1987: Manchester 7, Georgetown 6
1986: Georgetown 14, Manchester 13
1985: Manchester 37, Georgetown 14
1984: Manchester 40, Georgetown 0
1983: Manchester 6, Georgetown 0
1982: Manchester 14, Georgetown 0
1981: Manchester 10, Georgetown 0
1980: Manchester 23, Georgetown 0
1979: Georgetown 6, Manchester 0
1978: Manchester 14, Georgetown 2
1977: Georgetown 6, Manchester 0
1976: Manchester 7, Georgetown 6
1975: Georgetown 14, Manchester 8
1974: Manchester 7, Georgetown 6
1973: Georgetown 14, Manchester 6
1972: Georgetown 14, Manchester 0
1971: Georgetown 20, Manchester 6
1970: Georgetown 12, Manchester 6
1969: Georgetown 24, Manchester 14
1968: Manchester 14, Georgetown 6
1967: Georgetown 28, Manchester 0
1966: Manchester 30, Georgetown 6
1965: Manchester 20, Georgetown 0
1964: Georgetown 13, Manchester 12
1963: Georgetown 14, Manchester 0
1962: Manchester 26, Georgetown 0
1961: Manchester 32, Georgetown 6
1960: Manchester 22, Georgetown 8
These historic matchups are more than mere games; they’re a testament to the passion, spirit, and sense of community inherent in these towns. They bring together generations, fostering bonds among players, students, families, and communities, highlighting the essence of Thanksgiving traditions beyond the dinner table.
As these rivalries continue to evolve and add chapters to their storied histories, they serve as reminders of the timeless spirit of competition, sportsmanship, and local pride that define these Thanksgiving Day clashes.
