By: Tom Nappi & Steve Watson
Hopkinton VS Medfield has been an epic rivalry in pretty much every sport throughout the many years both teams have competed in the TVL. Friday Night, another segment of that epic rivalry will happen as both teams hit the gridiron at David M. Hughes Stadium for the Hopkinton Hillers Varsity Football home opener VS Medfield, kickoff is at 7pm!
Last Year was an epic battle between Hopkinton and Medfield that ended in a Hopkinton 21-14 win. The Hillers have taken the last 4 meetings with Medfield and look to continue that streak.
So far this season, both teams have one game in the books and both teams stand at 0 and 1 on the season. Medfield lost to a good Weston team on September 6th by a final of 17 to 6 and the Hillers fell to a good Wayland team last Friday Night (9/13) by a final of 30 to 0.
Below, View highlights from last year’s great back and forth battle between the Hillers and Warriors plus some tremendous game notes from HS Football history enthusiast, Steve Watson highlighting the history and trends of the historic Hopkinton-Medfield Football rivalry!
Hopkinton vs Medfield
Friday 09/20/2024
Game Notes
By Steve Watson, Voice of the Milford Scarlet Hawks & Nipmuc
Warriors and contributor to HCAM & tvlsports.net
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
10/05/2023 @ Hopkinton Hopkinton 21-14
Series Notes
• Series since 2004: Hopkinton 15-6
• At Hopkinton: Hopkinton 7-4
• At Medfield: Hopkinton 8-2
• Hopkinton has won 4 straight in the series, 8 of the last
10, 12 of the last 14 & 14 of the last 17
• Medfield has lost 5 straight in Hopkinton & hasn’t won in
Hopkinton since 10/10/2014, or 3633 days ago
• In the past 21 meetings, the two teams have met on a
Thursday three times: 2006, 2018 & 2023 @ 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
10 meetings
• Last Super Bowl win: Hopkinton 1993 over West Bridgewater, Medfield 2006 over Whittier
• 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
• Medfield is just 9-31 since the world re-opened in spring
of 2021 & 2-18 in TVL divisional play in that span. They
had 7 wins in 2019.
• Both teams entered last year’s meeting with a .500 or
better record (Hopkinton 3-1 & Medfield 2-2). Since the
last time these two teams met, Hopkinton is 1-6 while
Medfield is 2-5. Each team beat Dover-Sherborn and is 1-11
against all other schools in that time frame
Hopkinton and Medfield kickoff on Friday, September 20th at 7pm. If you can’t make the game, watch live on HCAM-ED or HCAM’s Youtube stream!