Green Bay East–Green Bay West football rivalry
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The Green Bay East–Green Bay West football rivalry is a high school football rivalry between Green Bay East High School and Green Bay West High School, two public high schools in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Played annually since 1905 (other than 1906 and 2020, when the games were cancelled and postponed respectively), it is Wisconsin's longest-running consecutively-played high school football rivalry.[1] The teams first met unofficially in 1895, but did not begin playing annually until ten years later. For much of the early 20th century, the rivalry game was one of the most popular events of the year in Green Bay due to East and West being the only city high schools, drawing crowds that exceeded those of the fledgling Green Bay Packers.[2]
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First meeting | November 30, 1905 East 21, West 0 |
Latest meeting | September 29, 2023 West 41, East 28 |
Next meeting | TBA (Fall 2024) |
Stadiums | Current: City Stadium (East), Del Marcelle Stadium (West), rotates annually or biannually since 1979 Past: Hagemeister Park and League Ball Grounds (1905–1922) Bellevue Park (1923–1924) Lambeau Field (rotated between City Stadium in 1960s and 1970s) |
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Meetings total | 117 |
All-time series | East leads, 64–51–3 |
Largest victory | East 70, West 0 (2018) |
Longest win streak | East, 11 (1998–2009) West, 7 (1909–1915) |
Longest unbeaten streak | East, 11 (1998–2009) |
Current win streak | West, 1 |
With the addition of Southwest High School in 1964 and Preble High School in 1965, enrollments at East and West declined along with the town-wide popularity of the game, but East and West continued to meet, celebrating 100 years of games in 2005. East has led the series four times (1905-1910, 1922–1952, 1979, 2003–present), and currently leads overall 64–50–3. West has led the series three times (1912-1920, 1954–1977, 1981–2001) and their longest period of dominance stretched from 1942 to 1962, where they won all but three games. After back-and-forth victories in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, East has won all but three games since 1998, and set a record for largest victory (70–0) in the schools' 2018 meeting. Many players from the earlier days of the rivalry went on to play in the National Football League, mostly for the Packers in their earliest years. Two Pro Football Hall of Fame members played in the East–West rivalry: quarterback Arnie Herber (West), and Curly Lambeau (East), who was inducted as a Packers coach.