Taft Gantt ’20
This Saturday, November 10th, 2018, Woodberry Forest School will take on Episcopal High School in the 118th playing of The Game. The season-ending football game is the oldest consecutive high school football rivalry in the South.
“Before daybreak on a chill morning in 1901, Woodberry Forest’s coachless team set out for Orange in the Farm’s ‘four-in-hand’ and ‘wagonette.’ After an hour’s journey in its horsedrawn vehicles, the group boarded a Southern train and continued to Alexandria over the old single-track and trestled road. That afternoon the boys from Captain Bob Walker’s young school absorbed a 54-0 lacing at the hands of the ‘vested, reeded, and nose-guarded’ warriors of Episcopal High.” — 1950 Game Program
Here’s a look at some quick facts on The Game:
All Time Results:
WFS 58
EHS 50
TIES 9
Total Points Scored:
WFS 1801
EHS 1778
Longest Win Streak:
WFS 6 games (1963-1968, 1971-1976, & 2008-2013)
EHS 5 games (1935-1939 & 1989-1993)
Biggest Point Spread:
1913 WFS 0 EHS 62
Scoreless Games:
1902 & 1917
WFS 0 … EHS 0
Largest Fan Attendance:
The 100th Game played in 2000 at Woodberry
Approximately 10,000 fans in attendance
Final Score- WFS 24 EHS 13
Information from WFS Archives
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