TURKEY BOWL TIDBITS
Here are some notes on the annual Turkey Bowl football game played at Highfield Park:
• The game debuted in 1957 and has been played annually on Thanksgiving Day since.
• The Joe Gladis Trophy is awarded to the game's MVP, determined by vote of the winning team's players.
• Teams are determined by age. The youngest half of those who show up to play wear light-colored shirts while the oldest half wears dark-colored shirts.
• The game is played on a marked off 40-yard by 80-yard field.
• There are no first downs. Teams have five downs in which to score.
• The game consists of two hour-long halves, the time kept by a stopwatch. Each team gets three timeouts.
• Play is 7-on-7, one-hand touch anywhere.
