Captured in Time
November brings Thanksgiving Day, and Thanksgiving in Greater Baltimore is synonymous with turkey — and a football showdown. Since 1920, one of the nation’s oldest Catholic high school sports rivalries, generally played on Thanksgiving mornings, has been the Calvert Hall Cardinals vs. the Loyola Dons (our Jesuit rivals). In fact, the Calvert Hall-Loyola showdown is the longest continuous prep school football rivalry in the United States.
For decades, the game was played at Memorial Stadium (home of the Colts) and then, during more recent times, at M&T Bank Stadium (the Ravens’ home), usually before a sizeable crowd. Although Calvert Hall defeated Loyola 9-3 in the first clash (1920), the Dons have won 48 times overall, with 34 victories for Calvert Hall, and 8 ties. Pictured here is the cover of the oldest program of this rivalry (November 23, 1961; 15 cents; played at Memorial Stadium) in the Archives of the legacy Baltimore District, when the Dons prevailed, 38-12.
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