Football turkey

History of the Turkey Day Game

  • The First Turkey Day Game

    Score: Marlboro 27 Hudson 0
    Location: Prospect Park Central St
    Coach: W. Carl Bailey and A. Flewelling
  • Hudson's First Turkey Day Victory

    Score: Hudson 11 Marlboro 5
    Location: Central St
    After the first Marlboro game which was played in Hudson, a Marlboro player told the reporter, "We're going home on the electric, but when Hudson comes home from Marlboro it will be in an ambulance."
  • The Field Goal Dispute

    Score: Marlboro 11 Hudson 10
    Location: Central St
    Marlboro's field goal was in dispute because the lineman said the ball did not go over the goal post, while the referee (who won the argument) disagreed.
  • No Game

  • Rivalry at Stake

    Score: Marlboro 32 Hudson 0
    Location: Prospect Park
    Hudson football was so poor that Marlboro now considered Westboro as their real rival.
    Hudson won only one game this year with a record of 1-6 and only scored in two games.
  • No Hudson Team

  • No Hudson Coach

    Score: Marlboro 57 Hudson 3
  • First Game in Five Years

    Score: Marlboro 21 Hudson 7
    Location: Gates Pasture
    Our team had no field to play on and ended up playing at Gates Pasture off River St.
    We didn't have a game in five years because of World War I.
  • The Upset

    Score: Hudson 18 Marlboro 0
    Field: Gates Field
    First Hudson win over Marlboro since 1912
    Caption Lovett scored three touchdowns in the last eight minutes of the game to provide a big upset.
  • The Best Game Yet

    Score: Marlboro 3 Hudson 0
    Field: Gates Field
    Game reported to be the best one to date and was played before over 12000 spectators. Reporter commented, "It was a hard and clean fought game."
  • The Perfect Season

    Score: Hudson 21 Marlboro 19
    Field: Riverside Park
    Over 4000 fans attended the game.
    Coach Martin put in lateral pass plays that had not been used before. This was a strong part of Hudson's victory.
    The win secured Hudson perfect 9-0 season
  • Most Significant 1930s Game

    Score: Hudson 25 Malboro 0
    Fun Fact: Hudson was known as the White Crusaders at the time.
    The victory secured Hudson's third consecutive Midland League Championship.
  • Game in the Rain

    Score: Hudson 7 Marlboro 6
    Field: Riverside
    A driving rainstorm struck Thanksgiving morning at Riverside Park in Hudson. Both teams slogged it out.
  • Coach Rimkus's First Turkey Day Game

    Score: Marlboro 54 Hudson 12
    Field: Ward Six Field
    For Coach Vic Rimkus this marked his first of many Turkey Day games in his 34 year career as Hudson head coach.
  • First Game at Morgan Bowl

    Score: Marlboro 24 Hudson 8
    November 28, 1963, marked the first Turkey Day game to be played in Morgan Bowl. Morgan Bowl was originally constructed during The Great Depression as a way to create jobs, but until that point was only used as a place to keep the horses that would race on the nearby track.
  • The Ice Bowl

    Score: Hudson 0 Marlboro 0
    Field: Morgan Bowl
    A sheet of ice covered the field. But despite the conditions, Hudson, the two touchdown underdogs, dominated in possession time even though they did not score.
  • The 70th Game

    Score: Hudson 14 Marlboro 6
    Field: Kelleher Field
    1972 marked the 70th meeting between the two teams.
  • The Mud Bowl

    Score: Hudson 32 Marlboro 7
    Field: Morgan Bowl
    Thanksgiving snowstorm forced the game to be canceled and played on the following Saturday. The game nearly wrecked Morgan Bowl.
  • Mud Bowl Round 2

    Score: Hudson 7 Marlboro 6
    Field: Kelleher Field
    This was the final game of Coach Vic Rimkus's coaching career as Hudson's head coach.
  • Coach Mac's First Turkey Day

    Score: Marlboro 29 Hudson 0
    Field: Morgan Bowl
    This game started Coach Mac's head coaching career in Hudson which he still holds today.
  • This Year

    Score: Marlboro 14 Hudson 8
    Field: Morgan Bowl
    The hope of Hudson making a comeback dies with a Hawks fumble on the 5 yard line with a minute left in the 4th quarter.