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Backyard Bowl

The Jenks–Union football rivalry, is an American high school football rivalry game played annually between the Trojans of Jenks High School and Union High School in Tulsa.

Jenks–Union football rivalry
Other namesBackyard Bowl[1]
SportAmerican High School football
Teams
First meetingOctober 26, 1923
Tie game; score missing
Latest meetingNovember 22, 2024
Jenks 42, Union 7
Next meeting2025
StadiumsAllan Trimble Stadium, Union Tuttle Stadium, Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
TrophyBackyard Bowl Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total72
All-time seriesJenks leads, 46–25–1
Largest victoryJenks, 48–3 (1980)
Longest win streakJenks, 9 (1949–1980)
Current win streakJenks, 1 (2024-present)

History

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The Backyard Bowl regular season football games are usually played at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium at the University of Tulsa. Known as the "Backyard Bowl," the rivalry has received coverage by Sporting News and is the subject of a Versus documentary produced by NFL Films. The annual game is played at the University of Tulsa and has drawn crowds of over 40,000. The annual rivalry game was presented on the Great American Rivalry Series internet broadcast in 2007. One of these two teams won Oklahoma's Class 6A (large school) title every year from 1996 to 2016.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Notable games

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1999

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Class 6A State Championship: Jenks 14 – Union 7

The 1999 Class 6A State Championship featured archrivals Jenks against Union, in the regular-season game, Union was victorious by a score of 27–24 in overtime.[8] The game was the second championship tilt between the Trojan and Redskins. In 1998, Jenks beat Union 41–38. In front of a record-setting crowd of 40,385 for Oklahoma high school football, Jenks was victorious by a score of 14–7, winning their four consecutive and seventh overall State championship.[9][10]

Game results

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Jenks victoriesUnion victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 October 26, 1923 Tie–––
2 September 16, 1949 Jenks 33–6
3 September 15, 1950 Jenks 25–6
4 September 21, 1951 Jenks 33–6
5 September 18, 1952 Jenks 13–0
6 September 17, 1976 Jenks 41–6
7 September 16, 1977 Jenks 27–7
8 November 3, 1978 Jenks 40–7
9 November 2, 1979 Jenks 3–0
10 October 10, 1980 Jenks 48–3
11 October 8, 1981 Union 10–7
12 September 24, 1982 Jenks 10–6
13 September 23, 1983 Union 13–3
14 October 12, 1984 Union 17–0
15 October 11, 1985 Union 17–12
16 October 31, 1986 Jenks 20–7
17 October 30, 1987 Jenks 31–6
18 October 28, 1988 Union 6–3
19 October 27, 1989 Jenks 16–12
20 October 26, 1990 Jenks 14–8
21 November 1, 1991 Union 21–13
22 September 25, 1992 Jenks 14–11
23 September 24, 1993 Jenks 31–23
24 October 7, 1994 Jenks 37–30
25 October 6, 1995 Jenks 28–7
26 October 17, 1996 Jenks Jenks 42–14
27 October 16, 1997 Union Jenks 21–11
28 September 18, 1998 Jenks Union 55–45
29 December 4, 1998 Stillwater Jenks 41–28
30 September 17, 1999 Union Union 27 OT–24
31 December 3, 1999 Tulsa Jenks 14–7
32 September 14, 2000 Tulsa Jenks 41–37
33 December 1, 2000 Tulsa Jenks 31–12
34 September 13, 2002 Tulsa Union 33–0
35 September 12, 2003 Tulsa Union 37–12
36 November 29, 2003 Tulsa Jenks 14–12
37 September 9, 2004 Tulsa Jenks 17–13
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
38 December 2, 2004 Tulsa Union 27–17
39 September 8, 2005 Tulsa Jenks 48–44
40 September 8, 2006 Tulsa Jenks 9–6
41 September 7, 2007 Tulsa Union 43 OT–42
42 November 30, 2007 Tulsa Jenks 42–24
43 September 12, 2008 Tulsa Union 24–17
44 December 5, 2008 Stillwater Union 34 OT–20
45 September 11, 2009 Tulsa Jenks 27–25
46 December 4, 2009 Tulsa Union 52–19
47 September 10, 2010 Tulsa Jenks 33–7
48 December 3, 2010 Stillwater Union 50–47
49 September 9, 2011 Tulsa Union 41–19
50 November 25, 2011 Stillwater Union 30–29
51 August 31, 2012 Tulsa Union 14–7
52 November 23, 2012 Broken Arrow Jenks 41–10
53 September 13, 2013 Tulsa Jenks 20–16
54 December 12, 2013 Tulsa Jenks 38–22
55 September 12, 2014 Tulsa Union 24–13
56 December 5, 2014 Tulsa Jenks 21–14
57 September 11, 2015 Tulsa Jenks 45–27
58 November 20, 2015 Owasso Jenks 33–17
59 September 9, 2016 Tulsa Jenks 35–28
60 November 18, 2016 Owasso Union 45–21
61 September 7, 2017 Tulsa Union 59–40
62 September 7, 2018 Tulsa Jenks 27–10
63 November 17, 2018 Tulsa Jenks 27–24
64 September 13, 2019 Tulsa Union 35–20
65 September 11, 2020 Jenks Jenks 28–0
66 September 10, 2021 Tulsa Jenks 22–0
67 December 4, 2021 Edmond (state championship) Jenks 30–15
68 September 9, 2022 Union Union 38–3
69 September 8, 2023 Jenks Jenks 31–24
70 November 24, 2023 Sand Springs Jenks 33–27
71September 13, 2024UnionUnion9–3
72November 22, 2024JenksJenks42–7
Series: Jenks leads 46–25–1[12]
Note, the 1923 game score is missing; tie game.[11]

Notable alumni

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Jenks

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Union

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References

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  1. ^ Lewis, Barry (August 26, 2004). "Rivalry becomes 'Backyard Bowl'". Tulsa World.
  2. ^ "Greatest HS Football Rivalries". Versus. Archived from the original on January 8, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2007.
  3. ^ Greenberg, Steve (September 23, 2005). "Fall in love again". Sporting News. Retrieved October 30, 2007.
  4. ^ Tennis, Mark; Doug Huff (August 23, 2005). "High School Football's Top 10 Rivalries". Student Sports. Retrieved October 30, 2007.
  5. ^ Baker, Matt (September 5, 2007). "Jenks-Union hits big time, crowds follow". Tulsa World. Retrieved October 30, 2007.
  6. ^ Aber, Ryan (September 5, 2007). "There's no rivalry bigger than Jenks vs. Tulsa Union". The Oklahoman. Retrieved October 30, 2007.
  7. ^ Baker, Matt (December 12, 2009). "High school football: 14 straight". Tulsa World. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
  8. ^ Munn, Scott (September 18, 1999). "Union upsets Jenks TD pass in overtime lifts Redskins to victory". The Oklahoman. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  9. ^ Munn, Scott (December 4, 1999). "Four of a kind Jenks holds off Tulsa Union, extends title streak". The Oklahoman. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  10. ^ Lewis, Barry (December 1, 2019). "Five most memorable wins in the Allan Trimble era". Tulsa World. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  11. ^ "Throwback Tulsa: Looking back at the Jenks-Union football series from 1949-present". Tulsa World. September 8, 2021.
  12. ^ "Throwback Tulsa: Looking back at the Jenks-Union football series from 1949-present". Tulsa World. September 8, 2021.
  13. ^ John Rohde, "Curse of Sooners?: OU players face injury problems in NFL", The Oklahoman, October 21, 2007.
  14. ^ "Sean Mahan". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  15. ^ Hines, Kelley (January 25, 2011). "Former Union, OU quarterback Justin Fuente moving up coaching ladder". Tulsa World. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
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  17. ^ Jeff Leiding at http://www.databasefootball.com Archived April 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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