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Exeter-Andover Football Match
Sport	Football
Timeline	18781 – present
Tournament format	Annual
Participants	Exeter Andover
Most successful	Andover (68-51-10)
Biggest winning margin	Exeter (1914: 78-7)
Most consecutive wins	Andover (1905-1912)
1 No games were played in 1889, 1894 and 1895.

The Exeter–Andover rivalry (also known as the Andover-Exeter rivalry) is an academic and athletic rivalry between Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter) and Phillips Academy (Andover) bearing many similarities of tradition and practice (as well as athletes) to the Harvard-Yale rivalry. The rivalry is America's earliest between preparatory schools. The athletic rivalry began with baseball and football soon followed. Today the two schools face each other in several sports.

The similarities between the schools augment the importance of the rivalry. The two schools were founded by the Phillips family. Andover was founded by Samuel Phillips, Jr. in 1778 and Exeter was founded by his uncle John Phillips in 1781. The two schools are located 37 miles apart.^[1] The schools share similar seals and mottoes.

History

Exeter defeated Andover 12–1 in the first ever baseball game played between these two academies on May 2, 1878. Andover, in turn, defeated Exeter 22–0 in football on November 2, 1878. One of Exeter's most memorable football games took place in 1913 with a 59–0 victory over Andover. One of Andover’s most memorable football games took place more recently when Andover reciprocated with a matching 59-0 victory over Exeter in 1952. Tradition states that if any game ends in a tie, this result is final.^[2]

Football Matches

1903 poster announcing football game.

Game Statistics Andover: 68 wins Exeter: 51 wins Ties: 10

References

External links

• Phillips Exeter Academy web site
• Phillips Academy web site