EASTON-P'BURG

"His name was Gouge Andrews and his message was simple...BEAT P'BURG!"

For a century, Easton, PA and Phillipsburg, NJ have been playing football on Thanksgiving morning.

This page provides information on this rivalry that is considered, by those in the region and beyond, as the greatest high school football rivalry in America.

The Easton-Phillipsburg Game is annually televised live and on tape delay. It has been the topic of several films and books, the feature of an ESPN special, and covered live by ESPN. It will be shown LIVE on ESPN2, Thanksgiving morning, November 23, 2006 at 9am.

-First Thanksgiving Day game to be played on Turf, not grass

-Easton Throwback Uniforms (helmet-1953, jersey-1939-41, pants-1953)

ESPAGAIN!

It's official! ESPN will once again be airing the Thanksgiving Day game with Phillipsburg LIVE on National Television. This year's game, the 100th in the storied rivalry will have a bit of a twist. Kickoff will be at 9:05, rather than the traditional 10:30 am to accommodate ESPN and its NFL contract. The game will feature the debut of the Easton-Phillipsburg Hall of Fame, the NEW and IMPROVED FieldTurf and Seating at Lafayette's Fisher Field, and perhaps most interesting, Easton and Phillipsburg will both be sporting throwback, retro-style uniforms from various decades to pay tribute to the many players, teams, and coaches who have come before them.

Full Story from The Express-Times

Full Story from The Morning Call

SHOW 3 (January 22, 2005)
Easton vs. Phillipsburg
For nearly a century these two bordering towns that are separated by the Delaware River have been playing their annual Thanksgiving day football game. This monumental game highlights the heated rivalry, tradition and history between the two communities. This year's game marks only the second time in the game's history that both teams enter the game undefeated.

EASTON-P'BURG INFORMATION

All-Time Rivalry Breakdown

Year	Winner	Score
2006	Easton	21-7
2005	Phillipsburg	17-0
2004	Easton	31-0
2003	Phillipsburg	26-23
2002	Phillipsburg	25-0
2001	Easton	28-7
2000	Easton	17-14
1999	Easton	41-7
1998	Easton	34-0
1997	Phillipsburg	26-6
1996	Easton	27-7
1995	Easton	25-13
1994	Easton	34-6
1993	TIE	7-7
1992	Easton	29-0
1991	Easton	24-15
1990	Phillipsburg	28-0
1989	Phillipsburg	21-12
1988	Phillipsburg	20-15
1987	Phillipsburg	19-10
1986	Easton	20-10
1985	Easton	14-7
1984	Phillipsburg	14-12
1983	Phillipsburg	14-7
1982	Phillipsburg	32-0
1981	Phillipsburg	23-0
1980	Easton	14-3
1979	Easton	35-22
1978	Easton	14-7
1977	Phillipsburg	7-6
1976	Phillipsburg	28-0
1975	Easton	7-0
1974	Easton	10-6
1973	Phillipsburg	18-6
1972	Phillipsburg	15-13
1971	Phillipsburg	8-0
1970	Easton	23-0
1969	Phillipsburg	41-8
1968	Easton	20-0
1967	TIE	0-0
1966	Easton	13-6
1965	Easton	13-6
1964	Phillipsburg	7-0
1963	Phillipsburg	33-6
1962	Phillipsburg	9-0
1961	Phillipsburg	7-0
1960	Phillipsburg	7-6
1959	Easton	21-0
1958	Easton	26-6
1957	Easton	20-7
1956	Phillipsburg	18-6
1955	Phillipsburg	7-6
1954	Easton	7-6
1953	Easton	14-7
1952	Easton	14-7
1951	Easton	28-13
1950	Easton	20-13
1949	Phillipsburg	33-7
1948	Phillipsburg	46-0
1947	Phillipsburg	31-0
1946	Phillipsburg	19-0
1945	Phillipsburg	6-0
1944	TIE	0-0
1943	Easton	7-2
1942	Phillipsburg	12-6
1941	Phillipsburg	7-0
1940	Easton	7-2
1939	Easton	7-0
1938	Easton	12-7
1937	Easton	7-0
1936	Easton	28-0
1935	Phillipsburg	24-0
1934	Phillipsburg	13-0
1933	Phillipsburg	13-0
1932	Phillipsburg	26-0
1931	Easton	7-6
1930	Easton	20-7
1929	Phillipsburg	13-0
1928	Easton	21-12
1927	Easton	20-13
1926	TIE	6-6
1925	Easton	27-7
1924	Easton	21-0
1923	Easton	31-7
1922	TIE	7-7
1921	Easton	44-7
1920	Phillipsburg	14-7
1919	Easton	13-7
1918	Phillipsburg	9-0
1917	Easton	35-7
1916	Easton	14-7
1915	Easton	3-0
1914	Easton	7-0
1913	Did Not Play	--------
1912	Did Not Play	--------
1911	Easton	6-0
1910	Phillipsburg	5-0
1909	Did Not Play	--------
1908	Easton	11-0
1907	Easton Easton	16-0 5-0
1906	Easton	47-0
1905	Easton	32-0
Informal game: 1894	Easton	26-0

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