Since 1887, two of the oldest public schools in the United States, the

Boston Latin School The Boston Latin School is a public exam school in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established on April 23, 1635, making it both the oldest public school in the British America and the oldest existing school in the United States. Its curriculum f ...

and English High School of Boston, have faced off in an annual

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competition which now takes place on Thanksgiving day at Harvard Stadium. The rivalry had been the longest-running continuous high school football rivalry in the U.S, until the streak was broken in the 2020 season; the game was played every year, even during World War I, the Spanish flu, and World War II, but high school football was banned in Massachusetts in 2020 as a reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts. It remains the fifth longest all time behind

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versus

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; Wellesley, Massachusetts versus

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; New London, Connecticut versus Norwich Free Academy in

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;

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vs. William Penn Charter School; and Lawrenceville School vs. The Hill School.

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The series began with both teams' formation in 1887. Prior to 1887, English and Latin had fielded a unified team. Until the late 1960s, the rivalry was fairly even. Since that time, Latin has dominated the series, leading all time 83–38–13, and winning 52 of the last 57 contests (1964-2021). Latin's dominance could be considered at its zenith in the 1970s when they held English to only 28 points for the entire decade. Ten of the games ended in scoreless ties, a rare feat in modern

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at any level, although the last instance of this came in 1945. The implementation of overtime has dramatically reduced the number of tie games throughout the game of football. Much of the series has been decided in blowout victories by one side or the other, with 63 of the 134 games being decided by shutouts and 39 of the contests ending in 20-point or more victories.

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