Oldest and Longest Running Rivalries

[orngnblk]

On 11/20/2020 at 8:17 AM, FridayMainEvent said:

McCallie and Baylor is the oldest I've found.   Wasn't sure if there were any older than that.

I was under the impression that Harriman and Rockwood was.

[ReitzFan]

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On 12/26/2020 at 7:20 PM, Haydiboy said:

Mcminn county  vs bradley central 1916 to present 

 

[ddaddy]

Lewis County/Hohenwald and Hickman Co/Centerville started playing in 1921 and have played 80 times.

 

[PPride]

On ‎11‎/‎20‎/‎2020 at 7:17 AM, FridayMainEvent said:

McCallie and Baylor is the oldest I've found.   Wasn't sure if there were any older than that.

That's what I found as well. McCallie and Baylor have been playing each other since 1905.

[OLD PIRATE]

On 12/14/2020 at 3:18 PM, rlh said:

Few have had the drama going back to 1924 as the South Pittsburg - Jasper rivalry has.  Now Pruitt's McChickens had cover to slip away with a 1 point loss instead of the wood shed thumping they had waiting on them.

YepReconSo 

[PurplePower68]

8 hours ago, OLD PIRATE said:

YepReconSo 

Now Chicken Jones won't even play the Warriors. He's even got them middle school players scared to play. They completely dropped out of the SVC so they won't have to play us. Are you fellers gonna quit playing the little leaguers next? Need to change your colors and mascot to Oregon's. Be the Ducks because y'all keep ducking us.

Yep Recon So.

[rlh]

5 hours ago, PurplePower68 said:

Now Chicken Jones won't even play the Warriors. He's even got them middle school players scared to play. They completely dropped out of the SVC so they won't have to play us. Are you fellers gonna quit playing the little leaguers next? Need to change your colors and mascot to Oregon's. Be the Ducks because y'all keep ducking us.

Yep Recon So.

2017, 2018 and 2019 Whiwhul Tigers said y'all already have The McDucks mascot reserved following the Red Tygger Scare.

Edited July 3, 2021 by rlh

[PurplePower68]

17 minutes ago, rlh said:

2017, 2018 and 2019 Whiwhul Tigers said y'all already have The McDucks mascot reserved following the Red Tygger Scare.

Y'all will have it for a few years until Jones is gone.

 

Edited July 3, 2021 by PurplePower68

[epanther]

On 7/18/2005 at 9:49 PM, chs4life said:

Coffee Co. vs Tullahoma. Great game always for the Coffee Pot. It bleeds over into parking lots even fights the night after. This year let the players play and leave it on the gridiron. The game is at Manchester this year should be 8-10,000 at the game just like 2 years ago. People were still coming in 1 hour after it started.

Overall record 62 wins for Tullahoma and 29 wins for Coffee County?  Is that correct?

[Gov]

http://www.ahsfhs.org/tennessee/Teams/opponentseach2015.asp?Opponent1=McMinn County&Team=Bradley Central 

This is the link to all the games between McMinn County and Bradley Central. First Game was in 1916. They have played every year since 1927. There are 3 years in which the teams played each other twice in one season. Including this years victory the Bears have won 55 times with McMinn winning 41. They have tied 3 times. 

[ErikG]

On 11/19/2020 at 9:43 AM, FridayMainEvent said:

So, my question is, did this debate ever get settled?   What is the oldest ongoing rivalry in the State?

When I researched this sort of thing several years ago the "oldest" rivalry I found was MUS and Christian Bros which first played in 1894. They've now played a total of 60 times over the years; the series is uninterrupted since 1989.

The longest continuous/uninterrupted rivalry I know of is Harriman and Rockwood. They haven't missed a year since 1923 -- the only year missed since the two schools began playing in 1921 (when they played each other twice). Harriman and Rockwood are scheduled to square off for the 102nd time on 9/24/21 which, to my knowledge, is the most games in any series in TN history. Milan and Peabody have already played this season, their 101st meeting; they had an interruption in '99 & '00 which broke a continuous string dating back to 1930. Theirs might be the most competitive of TN rivalries with, say, 80 or more matchups, as Milan leads 51-48-2.

Interestingly, if you consider the most often played rival for a TN school, it involves an out-of-state opponent. TN High and VA High first played in 1911 and have met 110 times. They missed last year with VA not participating in fall sports due to COVID and, strangely, won't be playing each other this season or next. Prior to 2020, TN and VA last missed a fall date with one another in 1943.

Edited September 14, 2021 by ErikG