On 10/25/2023 at 1:16 AM, TylerDurden said:

Hi-ho, Silver! That 1919 game. Ouch.

Are the folks at Male sure they didn't accidentally play the Little Sisters Of The Poor 3rd grade team?

1919 was the first year the two schools were again split up after combining during the 1915-1918 seasons. My guess is many of the best players, likely seniors, were allowed to finish their careers at Male.

Here's an interesting tidbit from the 1919 season, a week before their game with Manual. Poor Jimmy Van Dyke was dismissed from the team because he turned 21 years old! Up to that age was permissible at the time, although one might argue Jimmy should have been fighting in World War I. If you read the article, he is credited with stopping Bo McMillan and his Somerset teammates in 1916; McMillan would later star in Centre College's 6-0 upset at Harvard in 1921.

Louisville Courier-Journal said the 1919 Male team was "one of the best prep elevens seen in action on the local gridiron in several years" and their win over Manual was "just a plain case of the experienced against the inexperienced."

Male 1919:

Oct. 3 - Beat New Albany (IN), 7-0

Oct. 11 - Beat Evansville (IN), 34-0

Oct. 18 - Beat Henry Clay, 14-7

Oct. 25 - Beat Bardstown St. Joseph, 90-0

Nov. 1 - Lost to New Albany (IN), 7-6

Nov. 8 - Beat Somerset 25-0

Nov. 16 - Beat Owensboro, 32-0

Nov. 21 - Beat Kentucky Military Institute, 40-12

Nov. 28 - Beat Manual, 81-0

6 hours ago, Oldercoach said:

Just awesome research and write-up.  ?Just wondering if the math (2 X 4 = 12 pts) is Common Core or “Park Hills “ countin??

That gave me a REALLY good laugh! For the record, I took more math classes in Highland Heights at NKU than I did in Park Hills....and I learned my times-tables in Fort Mitchell ?

4 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

That gave me a REALLY good laugh! For the record, I took more math classes in Highland Heights at NKU than I did in Park Hills....and I learned my times-tables in Fort Mitchell ?

So glad you understood my ciphering confusion.  Got my cellphone out to double-check it, but couldn’t open the app.

Link to the 2024 Broadcast.

2024 Prediction/Update thread:

Current series record heading into the 2025 game this week:

Male: 90 Wins
Manual: 46 Wins
Ties: 6

This game deserves this kind of thread!  Thanks for your hard work @Colonels_Wear_Blue!

Go Crimsons!

1 hour ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Current series record heading into the 2025 game this week:

Male: 90 Wins
Manual: 46 Wins
Ties: 6

It's crazy to think that Manual - with all of its history - could win this game every year for the next four decades and still trail the all-time series.

This was taken during the 1929 game on Thanksgiving Day. The silhouette of the two men watching from the top of the stadium makes this picture for me. Their identities will forever remain a mystery. 

?: Manual's X account

November 24, 1966. There were 23,000 fans in attendance for the 82nd edition of the Male vs. Manual game. Male defeated Manual 20-7 at Fairground Stadium...aka "Cardinal Stadium," aka "Old Cardinal Stadium".

Still looks reminiscent of the same stadium where I went to watch the Cov Cath state games in 1987, 1988, 1993, and 1994 and then played in against Hoptown in 1997. I never realized that the entire northeast bank of stands was an addition to the stadium. Cool seeing a picture from inside the stadium without those stands in place.

November 25, 1943. In its 50th year of existence, The Old Rivalry celebrated its Golden Anniversary. Despite the United States having 2.6 million soldiers deployed overseas and another 5 million in training or stationed on bases state-side, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported a sell-out of all 18,000 seats in Manual Stadium plus another 1000-and-change tickets sold to fans willing to fill in standing room for the 59th edition of the Male vs. Manual game. Male ended a five-year streak of Manual victories by beating the Crimsons 26-7.

MALE vs. MANUAL
" THE OLD RIVALRY "
MEETING NUMBER	DATE	WINNER		LOSER
1	Nov 18, 1893	Male	14	DuPont Manual	12
2	Nov 10, 1894	Male	12	DuPont Manual	10
3	Nov 29, 1894	Male	6	DuPont Manual	0
4	Nov 16, 1895	Male	22	DuPont Manual	10
5	Nov 28, 1895	Male	12	DuPont Manual	0
6	Oct 31, 1896	DuPont Manual	6	Male	0
7	Nov 26, 1896	Male	28	DuPont Manual	10
8	Dec 5, 1896	Male	22	DuPont Manual	0
9	Nov 6, 1897	Male	10	DuPont Manual	0
10	Nov 25, 1897	DuPont Manual	20	Male	0
11	Dec 11, 1897	Male	10	DuPont Manual	6
12	Nov 5, 1898	Male	17	DuPont Manual	5
13	Nov 24, 1898	Male	6	DuPont Manual	5
14	Nov 11, 1899	DuPont Manual	6	Male	0
15	Nov 30, 1899	Male	17	DuPont Manual	0
16	Dec 9, 1899	DuPont Manual	23	Male	12
17	Nov 29, 1900	Male	21	DuPont Manual	6
18	Oct 26, 1901	Male	17	DuPont Manual	0
19	Nov 28, 1901	Male	11	DuPont Manual	0
20	Oct 29, 1902	DuPont Manual	6	Male	0
21	Nov 28, 1902	Male	10	DuPont Manual	5
22	Nov 26, 1903	DuPont Manual	17	Male	7
23	Nov 24, 1904	Male	11	DuPont Manual	0
24	Nov 30, 1905	Male	6	DuPont Manual	5
25	Nov 29, 1906	Male	12	DuPont Manual	8
26	Nov 28, 1907	Male	18	DuPont Manual	5
27	Nov 26, 1908	DuPont Manual	16	Male	0
28	Nov 25, 1909	Male	5	DuPont Manual	0
29	Nov 24, 1910	Male	5	DuPont Manual	0
30	Nov 30, 1911	Male	16	DuPont Manual	0
31	Nov 28, 1912	Male	28	DuPont Manual	7
32	Nov 27, 1913	Male	13	DuPont Manual	6
33	Nov 26, 1914	DuPont Manual	7	Male	0
	1915	Did Not Play		Schools Consolidated
	1916	Did Not Play		Schools Consolidated
	1917	Did Not Play		Schools Consolidated
	1918	Did Not Play		Schools Consolidated
34	Nov 27, 1919	Male	81	DuPont Manual	0
35	Nov 25, 1920	Male	21	DuPont Manual	13
36	Nov 24, 1921	Male	0	DuPont Manual	0
37	Nov 30, 1922	DuPont Manual	29	Male	14
38	Nov 29, 1923	DuPont Manual	7	Male	6
39	Nov 27, 1924	Male	17	DuPont Manual	9
40	Nov 26, 1925	DuPont Manual	36	Male	0
41	Nov 25, 1926	Male	3	DuPont Manual	0
42	Nov 24, 1927	DuPont Manual	6	Male	0
43	Nov 29, 1928	Male	24	DuPont Manual	0
44	Nov 28, 1929	Male	7	DuPont Manual	0
45	Nov 27, 1930	Male	7	DuPont Manual	7
46	Dec 13, 1930	DuPont Manual	7	Male	6
47	Nov 26, 1931	Male	14	DuPont Manual	0
48	Nov 24, 1932	Male	4	DuPont Manual	0
49	Nov 30, 1933	DuPont Manual	20	Male	13
50	Nov 29, 1934	DuPont Manual	19	Male	12
51	Nov 28, 1935	Male	26	DuPont Manual	13
52	Nov 26, 1936	DuPont Manual	27	Male	0
53	Nov 25, 1937	Male	25	DuPont Manual	20
54	Nov 24, 1938	DuPont Manual	40	Male	7
55	Nov 30, 1939	DuPont Manual	30	Male	13
56	Nov 21, 1940	DuPont Manual	25	Male	10
57	Nov 20, 1941	DuPont Manual	13	Male	7
58	Nov 26, 1942	DuPont Manual	26	Male	6
59	Nov 25, 1943	Male	26	DuPont Manual	7
60	Nov 23, 1944	Male	7	DuPont Manual	7
61	Nov 22, 1945	Male	20	DuPont Manual	7
62	Nov 28, 1946	DuPont Manual	45	Male	7
63	Nov 27, 1947	Male	21	DuPont Manual	7
64	Nov 26, 1948	DuPont Manual	14	Male	0
65	Nov 24, 1949	DuPont Manual	0	Male	0
66	Nov 23, 1950	Male	7	DuPont Manual	0
67	Nov 22, 1951	Male	12	DuPont Manual	0
68	Nov 27, 1952	Male	30	DuPont Manual	0
69	Nov 26, 1953	Male	14	DuPont Manual	13
70	Nov 25, 1954	Male	33	DuPont Manual	6
71	Nov 24, 1955	Male	6	DuPont Manual	0
72	Nov 22, 1956	Male	6	DuPont Manual	6
73	Nov 28, 1957	Male	14	DuPont Manual	0
74	Nov 27, 1958	Male	27	DuPont Manual	12
75	Nov 26, 1959	DuPont Manual	62	Male	0
76	Nov 24, 1960	Male	20	DuPont Manual	6
77	Nov 23, 1961	Male	13	DuPont Manual	13
78	Nov 22, 1962	DuPont Manual	13	Male	0
79	Nov 28, 1963	Male	28	DuPont Manual	7
80	Nov 26, 1964	Male	14	DuPont Manual	0
81	Nov 25, 1965	Male	13	DuPont Manual	7
82	Nov 24, 1966	Male	20	DuPont Manual	7
83	Nov 23, 1967	Male	39	DuPont Manual	0
84	Nov 28, 1968	Male	15	DuPont Manual	0
85	Nov 27, 1969	DuPont Manual	20	Male	6
86	Nov 26, 1970	Male	27	DuPont Manual	7
87	Nov 25, 1971	DuPont Manual	53	Male	6
88	Nov 23, 1972	DuPont Manual	29	Male	0
89	Nov 22, 1973	DuPont Manual	12	Male	7
90	Nov 28, 1974	Male	21	DuPont Manual	14
91	Nov 27, 1975	Male	10	DuPont Manual	7
92	Nov 25, 1976	DuPont Manual	24	Male	0
93	Nov 24, 1977	DuPont Manual	36	Male	6
94	Nov 23, 1978	DuPont Manual	22	Male	8
95	Nov 22, 1979	DuPont Manual	14	Male	0
96	Nov 27, 1980	DuPont Manual	6	Male	0
97	Oct 30, 1981	DuPont Manual	23	Male	0
98	Oct 30, 1982	DuPont Manual	3	Male	0
99	Oct 29, 1983	Male	7	DuPont Manual	6
100	Oct 27, 1984	Male	42	DuPont Manual	7
101	Nov 1, 1985	Male	30	DuPont Manual	0
102	Oct 31, 1986	Male	28	DuPont Manual	6
103	Oct 29, 1987	Male	21	DuPont Manual	2
104	Oct 28, 1988	DuPont Manual	28	Male	0
105	Nov 19, 1988	DuPont Manual	21	Male	14
106	Nov 3, 1989	Male	26	DuPont Manual	0
107	Nov 3, 1990	Male	35	DuPont Manual	12
108	Nov 1, 1991	Male	25	DuPont Manual	6
109	Oct 30, 1992	Male	20	DuPont Manual	12
110	Oct 28, 1993	Male	49	DuPont Manual	20
111	Oct 28, 1994	Male	53	DuPont Manual	14
112	Oct 27, 1995	Male	33	DuPont Manual	6
113	Nov 1, 1996	Male	43	DuPont Manual	9
114	Oct 31, 1997	Male	58	DuPont Manual	6
115	Oct 30, 1998	Male	55	DuPont Manual	10
116	Oct 29, 1999	Male	45	DuPont Manual	19
117	Oct 27, 2000	Male	49	DuPont Manual	0
118	Oct 26, 2001	DuPont Manual	20	Male	13
119	Nov 1, 2002	Male	26	DuPont Manual	0
120	Nov 15, 2002	Male	27	DuPont Manual	0
121	Oct 31, 2003	Male	32	DuPont Manual	26
122	Oct 29, 2004	Male	24	DuPont Manual	23
123	Oct 28, 2005	Male	31	DuPont Manual	28
124	Oct 27, 2006	Male	35	DuPont Manual	7
125	Nov 2, 2007	DuPont Manual	34	Male	14
126	Nov 7, 2008	DuPont Manual	41	Male	24
127	Oct 30, 2009	Male	27	DuPont Manual	14
128	Oct 29, 2010	DuPont Manual	21	Male	14
129	Oct 22, 2011	DuPont Manual	23	Male	14
130	Oct 19, 2012	DuPont Manual	24	Male	14
131	Oct 25, 2013	DuPont Manual	32	Male	29
132	Oct 24, 2014	Male	28	DuPont Manual	21
133	Oct 23, 2015	Male	43	DuPont Manual	7
134	Nov 13, 2015	Male	36	DuPont Manual	0
135	Oct 21, 2016	Male	27	DuPont Manual	14
136	Oct 20, 2017	Male	27	DuPont Manual	20
137	Oct 19, 2018	Male	48	DuPont Manual	0
138	Nov 1, 2019	Male	22	DuPont Manual	21
	2020	Did Not Play		Canceled by COVID-19
139	Oct 29, 2021	Male	23	DuPont Manual	0
140	Oct 28, 2022	Male	14	DuPont Manual	3
141	Oct 27, 2023	Male	30	DuPont Manual	23
142	Nov 1, 2024	DuPont Manual	21	Male	0
143	Oct 31, 2025	DuPont Manual	52	Male	13
144	Nov 14, 2025	Male	15	DuPont Manual	14