Hopkinton vs Medfield Thursday 10/05/2023
Game Notes
By Steve Watson, Milford HS/Nipmuc HS/myFM Media
Modern Day Series History
11/12/2004 @ Hopkinton Medfield 38-21
11/11/2005 @ Medfield Hopkinton 19-14
09/21/2006 @ Hopkinton Medfield 26-21
09/19/2007 @ Medfield Medfield 22-10
10/03/2008 @ Hopkinton Hopkinton 28-24
10/02/2009 @ Medfield Hopkinton 35-20
09/24/2010 @ Hopkinton Medfield 13-7
11/12/2010 @ Medfield Hopkinton 28-25
11/04/2011 @ Medfield Hopkinton 27-7
11/02/2012 @ Hopkinton Hopkinton 21-14
10/11/2013 @ Medfield Hopkinton 15-14
10/10/2014 @ Hopkinton Medfield 29-7
10/23/2015 @ Medfield Hopkinton 28-0
10/22/2016 @ Hopkinton Hopkinton 21-8
09/28/2017 @ Medfield Hopkinton 22-20
10/12/2018 @ Hopkinton Hopkinton 42-7
10/12/2019 @ Medfield Medfield 28-14
04/03/2021 @ Hopkinton Hopkinton 42-36
10/15/2021 @ Hopkinton Hopkinton 34-21
10/14/2022 @ Medfield Hopkinton 43-7
Series Notes
∙ Series since 2004: Hopkinton 14-6
∙ At Hopkinton: Hopkinton 6-4
∙ At Medfield: Hopkinton 8-2
∙ Hopkinton has won 3 straight in the series, 7 of the last 8, 11 of the last 13 & 13 of the last 16
∙ Medfield has lost 4 straight in Hopkinton & hasn’t won in Hopkinton since 10/10/2014, or 3282 days ago
∙ In the past 20 meetings, the two teams have met on a Thursday twice: 2006 & 2018 @ Hopkinton
∙ The 2016 contest started on a Friday, was suspended due to thunderstorms & resumed the following day
∙ The winning team has scored as least 21 points in the last 9 meetings
Other Notes
∙ Last Super Bowl win: Hopkinton 1993 over West Bridgewater, Medfield 2006 over Whittier
∙ 3 of Medfield’s 4 games so far have featured someone getting shutout (Medfield twice, opponents once) ∙ 3 of Hopkinton’s first 4 games have been decided by one possession. Hopkinton is 2-1 in those.
∙ Hopkinton’s original mascot was the Stone Throwers, starting in 1931. That team went undefeated & formed a semi-pro team, going undefeated in 26 games
∙ Hopkinton is currently #22 in the MIAA division 3 power ratings with a -0.2713 rating. The top 16 make the Playoffs.
∙ Medfield is currently #10 in the MIAA division 5 power ratings with a 0.2603 rating
∙ Hopkinton has won 5 of their last 6 overall dating back to last season
∙ Hopkinton has won 4 straight Thursday games (2 each in 2022 & 2023)
∙ Medfield has lost 6 straight Thursday games. Their last Thursday win was Thanksgiving 2019.
∙ Medfield is just 7-25 since the world re-opened in spring of 2021 & 2-14 in TVL divisional play in that span. They had 7 wins in 2019.
∙ Medfield has been shut out in 3 of their last 6 games dating back to last year.
