Andover–Exeter rivalry

Exeter-Andover Football Match
Timeline	1878^1 – present
Tournament format	Annual
Participants	Andover Exeter
Most successful	Andover (72-54-10)
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 is an academic and athletic rivalry between Phillips Academy (Andover) and Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter), bearing many similarities of tradition and practice (as well as athletes) to the Harvard-Yale rivalry as Exeter traditionally educated its students for Harvard, much as Andover traditionally educated its students for Yale (despite being in the same state as Harvard). Today, Phillipians and Exonians continue to matriculate in large numbers to both Harvard and Yale, as well as many other top universities. The athletic rivalry between these two schools began with baseball, and football soon followed the same year. Today the two schools face each other in several sports every fall, winter, and spring semester. The rivalry is America's earliest between preparatory schools. Similar boarding school traditions include the Choate-Deerfield rivalry, the Blair-Peddie rivalry and the Hotchkiss-Taft rivalry.

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 as well.

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

Year[3][4] Andover Exeter Winner 1878 22 0 Andover 1879 0 18 Exeter 1880 8 8 Tie 1881 6 0 Andover 1882 12 0 Andover 1883 17 6 Andover 1884 11 8 Andover 1885 11 33 Exeter 1886 0 26 Exeter 1887 4 44 Exeter 1888 10 0 Andover 1889 No Game 1890 16 0 Andover 1891 26 10 Andover 1892 18 28 Exeter 1893 10 26 Exeter 1894 No Game 1895 No Game 1896 28 9 Andover 1897 14 18 Exeter 1898 0 0 Tie 1899 17 0 Andover 1900 0 10 Exeter 1901 0 5 Exeter 1902 29 1 Andover 1903 11 14 Exeter 1904 10 35 Exeter 1905 28 0 Andover 1906 6 0 Andover 1907 9 6 Andover 1908 12 0 Andover 1909 3 0 Andover 1910 21 0 Andover 1911 23 5 Andover 1912 7 0 Andover 1913 0 59 Exeter 1914 7 78 Exeter 1915 7 37 Exeter 1916 0 6 Exeter 1917 0 3 Exeter 1918 7 26 Exeter 1919 19 0 Andover 1920 6 3 Andover 1921 3 34 Exeter 1922 3 12 Exeter 1923 7 7 Tie

Year Andover Exeter Winner 1924 0 10 Exeter 1925 0 0 Tie 1926 20 3 Andover 1927 0 0 Tie 1928 18 0 Andover 1929 7 14 Exeter 1930 20 16 Andover 1931 12 15 Exeter 1932 0 6 Exeter 1933 6 7 Exeter 1934 7 6 Andover 1935 0 7 Exeter 1936 12 7 Andover 1937 20 15 Andover 1938 14 6 Andover 1939 6 12 Exeter 1940 2 20 Exeter 1941 14 13 Andover 1942 12 0 Andover 1943 6 12 Exeter 1944 20 0 Andover 1945 18 7 Andover 1946 7 6 Andover 1947 6 12 Exeter 1948 28 7 Andover 1949 34 21 Andover 1950 6 27 Exeter 1951 7 7 Tie 1952 59 0 Andover 1953 14 7 Andover 1954 31 6 Andover 1955 14 12 Andover 1956 6 45 Exeter 1957 45 6 Andover 1958 40 6 Andover 1959 16 6 Andover 1960 18 18 Tie 1961 18 8 Andover 1962 6 6 Tie 1963 8 9 Exeter 1964 7 31 Exeter 1965 0 8 Exeter 1966 6 26 Exeter 1967 20 6 Andover 1968 12 22 Exeter 1969 27 0 Andover

Year Andover Exeter Winner 1970 34 8 Andover 1971 20 30 Exeter 1972 19 6 Andover 1973 32 0 Andover 1974 7 28 Exeter 1975 33 20 Andover 1976 0 15 Exeter 1977 28 6 Andover 1978 8 14 Exeter 1979 24 7 Andover 1980 14 6 Andover 1981 7 12 Exeter 1982 17 6 Andover 1983 28 6 Andover 1984 12 26 Exeter 1985 7 21 Exeter 1986 0 15 Exeter 1987 14 13 Andover 1988 21 12 Andover 1989 14 12 Andover 1990 16 0 Andover 1991 33 14 Andover 1992 6 0 Andover 1993 21 28 Exeter 1994 20 20 Tie 1995 6 3 Andover 1996 3 0 Andover 1997 35 0 Andover 1998 7 12 Exeter 1999 19 7 Andover 2000 6 13 Exeter 2001 48 15 Andover 2002 14 14 Tie 2003 0 44 Exeter 2004 12 28 Exeter 2005 24 8 Andover 2006 43 14 Andover 2007 24 14 Andover 2008 13 21 Exeter 2009 14 31 Exeter 2010 33 56 Exeter 2011 6 39 Exeter 2012 9 35 Exeter 2013 13 12 Andover 2014 13 12 Andover 2015 29 14 Andover

Game statistics

Andover: 72 wins

Exeter: 54 wins

Ties: 10

References

1. Armstrong, Kevin (November 6, 2008), "Phillips Exeter-Andover, a deep-rooted rivalry of prep schools", Sports Illustrated
2. "Phillips Exeter Academy - Academy Chronology". Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
3. Williams, Myron R. (1957), The Story of Phillips Exeter, Exeter, New Hampshire: The Phillips Exeter Academy, pp. 217–218, OCLC 765035
4. The Phillipian archives, 1957–2008, archived from the original on 23 January 2009, retrieved 21 January 2009

External links

• Phillips Exeter Academy web site
• Phillips Academy web site