Bloomfield High School senior running back Ky Bowman looks to sprint ahead while Montclair defenders give chase in the Bengals’ loss in the North Jersey Section 1, Group 5 playoffs at Foley Field on Nov. 11. Photos by Jerry Simon
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The 80th Bloomfield vs. Montclair Thanksgiving Day high school varsity football game will take place at Woodman Field in Montclair at 10:30 a.m. on Thanksgiving.
This year’s game will determine the co-champion of the inaugural North Jersey Super Football Conference-Liberty Blue Division. Both teams are 4-1 in the division. The winner will share the title with West Orange, which is 5-1 in the division.
The Bengals are looking for payback after losing to Montclair, 40-14, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 1, Group 5 playoffs on Nov. 11 at Foley Field. The Bengals, seeded fourth, moved to a 7-2 overall record.
Last season, the Bengals defeated Montclair, 41-27, in the Thanksgiving Day game that was played on Thanksgiving Day eve at Foley Field. It was the Bengals’ first win over Montclair since 2003. The teams met in the 16-13 double-overtime thriller won by Montclair in the North Jersey Section 1, Group 5 championship game at MetLife Stadium in 2012.
Below are the years when Bloomfield beat Montclair in the Thanksgiving Day series:
1922 (14-0 score)
1923 (33-0 score)
1925 (45-0 score)
1926 (27-0 score)
1928 (25-0 score)
1930 (25-0 score)
1931 (33-7 score)
1932 (7-0 score)
1933 (53-0 score)
1934 (13-0 score)
1935 (12-0 score)
1936 (21-0 score)
1937 (31-0 score)
1939 (26-0 score)
1942 (13-0 score)
1945 (13-6 score)
1969 (13-8 score)
1970 (13-8 score)
1971 (21-12 score)
1973 (15-12 score)
1974 (34-7 score)
2002 (13-12 score)
2003 (12-8 score)
2015 (41-27 score)
Bloomfield (7-2)
Sept. 9, Won, at Columbia, 42-6
Sept. 16, Won, Nutley, 39-17
Sept. 24, Won, at North Bergen, 35-7
Sept. 30, Won, West Orange, 29-7
Oct. 14, Won, Livingston, 41-20
Oct. 22, Loss, at East Orange Campus, 32-29
Oct. 28, Won, Bayonne, 35-0
Nov. 5, Won, at Morristown, 41-26
Nov. 11, Loss, Montclair, 40-14*
Nov. 24, at Montclair, 10:30 a.m.
*North Jersey Section 1, Group 5 playoffs
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