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 names	Backyard Bowl[1]
Sport	American High School football
Teams	Jenks Trojans Union Redhawks
First meeting	October 26, 1923 Tie game; score missing
Latest meeting	November 22, 2024 Jenks 42, Union 7
Next meeting	2025
Stadiums	Allan Trimble Stadium, Union Tuttle Stadium, Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
Trophy	Backyard Bowl Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total	72
All-time series	Jenks leads, 46–25–1
Largest victory	Jenks, 48–3 (1980)
Longest win streak	Jenks, 9 (1949–1980)
Current win streak	Jenks, 1 (2024-present)

History

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

1999

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

Jenks victories

Union victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 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. Date Location Winner Score 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 71 September 13, 2024 Union Union 9–3 72 November 22, 2024 Jenks Jenks 42–7 Series: Jenks leads 46–25–1[11] Note, the 1923 game score is missing; tie game.[12]

Notable alumni

Jenks

• Chase Beeler, former center for the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles
• Corey Callens, former DE for the Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers, Rhein Fire, Miami Dolphins, and Austin Wranglers
• Rocky Calmus, former Linebacker for the Tennessee Titans (2002–2004) ^[13]
• Phillip Dillard, former LB for the New York Giants, Carolina Panthers, Omaha Nighthawks, and San Diego Chargers
• Jake Laptad, former DE for the Chicago Bears
• Sean Mahan, former NFL center for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers^[14]
• Garrett Mills, former TE for the New England Patriots, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles, and Cincinnati Bengals
• Anthony Phillips, former DE for the Chicago Bears
• Lawrence Pinson, former LB for the Arizona Cardinals, Amsterdam Admirals, and New York Jets
• Brian Presley is an American actor
• Sean Wells, former lineman for the Houston Oilers
• Jerry Wisne, former OT for the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Rams, and Green Bay Packers
• Steven Parker, Defensive Back for the Dallas Cowboys
• Dillon Stoner, Wide Receiver for the Oakland Raiders
• Tyler Ott, Longsnapper for the Seattle Seahawks
• Darwin Thompson, Runningback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Union

• Justin Fuente, former Oklahoma Sooners quarterback and head football coach for Virginia Tech^[15][16]
• Jeff Leiding, football linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts, 1986–1987^[17]
• Steve Logan, former East Carolina head football coach 1992–2002 and Boston College offensive coordinator 2007–2009^[18] (Assistant coach at Union High, 1974–79).^[19]
• Dominique Franks, football cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons, 2010–present^[20]
• Tress Way, football punter for the Washington Redskins, 2013–present