Tiverton travels to Newport Thursday morning in hopes of finally notching a win in the sixth year of the Tiverton-Rogers Thanksgiving Day football series.
Playing against Division IIA Rogers is a tall order for the Division IV Tigers who …
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Tiverton travels to Newport Thursday morning in hopes of finally notching a win in the sixth year of the Tiverton-Rogers Thanksgiving Day football series.
Playing against Division IIA Rogers is a tall order for the Division IV Tigers who have gone 0-5 since the series started in 2010.
This year finds Rogers atop Division IIA with a 6-1 division record; 8-2 overall. Rogers has ridden a powerful running offense, outscoring opponents 322-106.
Tiverton is in the middle of Division IV with a 4-4 division record; 4-7 overall.
But the Tigers have played some of their best football of late, coming off two straight wins over Exeter-West Greenwich (13-7) and Scituate (23-6).
Tiverton has scored 160 points during the season while allowing 241.
In its previous two games, Rogers beat Mount Hope 40-6 but then lost to Classical 28-12.
Tiverton vs. Rogers series
2010- Rogers 34, Tiverton 8
2011- Rogers 20, Tiverton 14
2012- Rogers 38. Tiverton 13
2013- Rogers 33, Tiverton 12
2014- Rogers 33, Tiverton 7
Previously, Tiverton dominated a 17-year Thanksgiving Day series against Central Falls, winning 15 of those games including the last 13 straight. Those games were played from 1993 to 2009.
Before that, Tiverton squared off against Warren on Thanksgiving Day from 1970 to 1992 when Warren became part of Mount Hope High School.
Warren took that series with 17 wins, 5 losses and a tie.