Since 1901 Melrose and Wakefield have played 108 times.
Melrose
v
Wakefield
The Rivalry
Melrose leads the all-time series 63-42-6.
The Series
1900s
1901 l Melrose 12-0
1903 l Melrose 5-0
1904 l Melrose 50-0
1918 l Wakefield 12-7
1919 l Wakefield 6-0
​
1920s
1920 l Melrose 20-6
1921 l Wakefield 26-6
1922 l Melrose 26-0
1923 l Melrose 12-0
1924 l Melrose 27-0
1925 l Melrose 33-0
1926 l Melrose 14-0
1927 l Melrose 57-0
1928 l Melrose 40-12
1929 l Melrose 37-0
​
1930s
1930 l Melrose 33-0
1932 l TIE 0-0
1932 l TIE 13-13
1933 l Melrose 6-0
1934 l Melrose 40-0
1935 l Melrose 13-0
1936 l Melrose 6-0
1937 l Melrose 13-0
1938 l Melrose 7-0
1939 l Melrose 7-0
​
1940s
1940 l Melrose 6-0
1941 l Melrose 7-0
1942 l Melrose 19-0
1943 l Melrose 13-0
1944 l Melrose 6-0
1945 l Wakefield 7-6
1946 l Melrose 13-0
1947 l Wakefield 6-0
1948 l Melrose 7-6
1949 l Wakefield 8-0
​
1950s
1950 l Melrose 7-0
1952 l Wakefield 19-0
1953 l Wakefield 34-0
1954 l Melrose 12-0
1955 l Wakefield 39-13
1956 l Melrose 21-18
1957 l Wakefield 25-13
1958 l TIE 14-14
1959 l Melrose 20-6
​
1960s
1960 l Melrose 12-8
1961 l Wakefield 22-12
1962 l TIE 0-0
1963 l Melrose 34-6
1964 l Wakefield 27-18
1965 l Wakefield 14-6
1966 l Melrose 22-12
1967 l Melrose 8-6
1968 l Melrose 50-13
1969 l Melrose 20-6
1970s
1970 lWakefield 20-0
1971 l Melrose 32-20
1972 l Melrose 28-14
1973 l Wakefield 18-0
1974 l Melrose 50-28
1975 l Wakefield 24-16
1976 l Melrose 24-14
1977 l Melrose 30-6
1978 l Melrose 24-6
1979 l Wakefield 14-0
1980s
1980 l Melrose 14-0
1981 l Melrose 12-7
1982 l Melrose 31-20
1983 l Melrose 16-7
1984 l Melrose 14-7
1985 l Wakefield 14-0
1986 l Wakefield 32-0
1987 l Wakefield 15-14
1988 l Melrose 26-10
1989 l Wakefield 10-6
1990s
1990 l TIE 0-0
1991 l Wakefield 14-13
1992 l Melrose 20-6
1993 l Wakefield 17-14
1994 l Wakefield 14-0
1995 l Wakefield 28-27
1996 l Wakefield 3-0
1997 l Wakefield 12-0
1998 l Wakefield 20-17
1999 l TIE 14-14
2000s
2000 l Wakefield 34-13
2001 l Wakefield 35-14
2002 l Wakefield 12-7
2003: Wakefield 20-14
2004 l Wakefield 7-3
2005 l Wakefield 27-7
2006 l Wakefield 21-0
2007 l Melrose 15-14
2008 l Wakefield 34-27
2009 l Wakefield 14-13
2010s
2010 l Wakefield 15-7
2011 l Wakefield 3-0
2012 l Melrose 28-15
2013a l Wakefield 17-14 (OT)
2013b l Melrose 13-7
2014a l Melrose 17-15
2014b l Melrose 24-0
2014c l Melrose 15-14
2015a l Melrose 21-0
2015b l Melrose 27-8
2016 l Melrose 28-8
2017 l Melrose 35-12
2018 l Melrose 34-13
2019 l Melrose 35-7
​
2020s
2020 l Melrose 35-0
2021 l Wakefield 21-13
2022 l Wakefield 15-12
​
By The
Numbers
FIRSTS & LASTS
First Game: 1901 (Melrose 12-0)
​
First Wakefield Win: 1918 (12-7)
​
Last Game: 2021 (Wakefield 21-13)
​
Last Wakefield Win: 2022 (15-12)
​
ALL ABOUT THE POINTS
Largest win: 50-0, Melrose (1904)
​
Ties: 6 (3 were scoreless)
​
Total Melrose Shutouts: 31 Games
​
Total Wakefield Shutouts: 18 Games
​
Last Melrose Shutout: 2021 (35-0)
​
Last Wakefield Shutout: 2011 (3-0)
​
Most points Melrose: 57 (1927)
​
Most points Wakefield: 39 (1955)
​
Most points combined: 78 (1974)
​
STREAKS
Longest Melrose Streak: 12 yrs (1933-1944)
​
Longest Wakefield Streak: 7 yrs (2000-2006)
​
BY THE DECADE
Series in the 1900s: Melrose 3-2
​
Series in the 1960s: Melrose 6-3-1
​
Series in the 1970s: Melrose 6-4
​
Series in the 1980s: Melrose 6-4
​
Series in the 1990s: Wakefield 7-2-1
​
Series in the 2000s: Wakefield 9-1
​
Series in the 2010s: Melrose 11-3
​
Series in the 2020s: Wakefield 2-1
​
​
​
Highlights from
Thanksgiving 2012
Highlights from
Thanksgiving 2016