A Year-by-Year Breakdown of the Thanksgiving Football Rivalry
Milton and Braintree will meet on the football field for the 83nd time on Thanksgiving. Milton High leads the series 42-38-1.
The Milton High School Wildcats and Braintree High Wamps first met on the Thanksgiving Day gridiron in 1920. Outside of breaks from 1923 to 1930 and in 1936 and 1940, the game has been a staple in both communities for 83 meetings. Though the Wildcats are on a three-game losing slide, Milton leads the series with a record of 42-38-1. The rivalry will be rekindled on Thursday, November 22, at 10 a.m. on Braintree High School. Below is the score from every year the Thankgiving Day game was played. 1920: Milton 18, Braintree 7 1921: Milton 46, Braintree 0 1922: Milton 19, Braintree 0 1923-30: No record 1931: Milton 6, Braintree 0 1932: Milton 2, Braintree 0 1933: Milton 20, Braintree 18 1934: Braintree 7, Milton 0 1935: (tie) Braintree 6, …
