Thanksgiving Day football: Portsmouth vs. Middletown year-by-year results

The Portsmouth and Middletown high school football teams first met in 1965 and hold the fifth-longest rivalry in the state. The Islanders won the first six meetings, but the Patriots lead the all-time series 35-19-2.

The Portsmouth vs. Middletown football rivalry on Thanksgiving is the fifth longest in the state, dating back to 1965.
The Portsmouth vs. Middletown football rivalry on Thanksgiving is the fifth longest in the state, dating back to 1965.

2021 Portsmouth 38-0

2020 No game

2019 Portsmouth 27-29

2018 Middletown 51-14

2017 Portsmouth 27-16

2016 Portsmouth 57-35

2015 Portsmouth 35-13

2014 Middletown 22-16

2013 Portsmouth 35-6

2012 Portsmouth 36-7

2011 Portsmouth 34-12

2010 Portsmouth 21-6

2009 Middletown 19-13

2008 Portsmouth 48-0

2007 Portsmouth 49-14

2006 Portsmouth 14-8

2005 Portsmouth 33-6

2004 Portsmouth 34-12

2003 Portsmouth 41-8

2002 Portsmouth 34-0

2001 Portsmouth 35-15

2000 Portsmouth 27-0

1999 Portsmouth 26-0

1998 Portsmouth 20-0

1997 Portsmouth 24-20

1996 Portsmouth 21-17

1995 Middletown 27-15

1994 Portsmouth 25-0

1993 Portsmouth 36-0

1992 Portsmouth 33-6

1991 Portsmouth 24-6

1990 Portsmouth 35-24

1989 Portsmouth 24-14

1988 Portsmouth 26-0

1987 Portsmouth 22-0

1986 Portsmouth 13-7

1985 Tie 0-0

1984 Middletown 26-21

1983 Middletown 15-8

1982 Portsmouth 34-19

1981 Middletown 40-16

1980 Middletown 26-0

1979 Middletown 31-2

1978 Portsmouth 24-0

1977 Tie 0-0

1976 Middletown 27-0

1975 Middletown 28-18

1974 Middletown 30-14

1973 Middletown 35-12

1972 Portsmouth 14-12

1971 Portsmouth 26-8

1970 Middletown 40-30

1969 Middletown 28-14

1968 Middletown 19-12

1967 Middletown 32-0

1966 Middletown 25-7

1965 Middletown 7-0

This article originally appeared on Newport Daily News: Thanksgiving Day football: Portsmouth vs. Middletown all-time results