North Brunswick vs. South Brunswick – Rivalry at a Glance

For the first time since 2017, the South Brunswick Vikings defeated North Brunswick. The Raiders had a five-game winning streak against the Vikes entering their Week 1 clash at Steve Libro Field on Thursday night. North Brunswick still leads the series 27-21-1.

Vikings Defeat Raiders for the First Time Since 2017

NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – On Thursday night, South Brunswick pulled off an early season shocker with a 30-21 road victory at arch-rival North Brunswick. The Raiders, which were ranked in the pre-season Top 10 in many area polls, had won five straight against the Vikings coming into the contest.

North Brunswick appeared to have the game under control at one point in the second quarter. The Raiders pulled away from a 7-7 first-period tie with two scoring runs by Jahir Dawud to take a 21-7 lead with a little more than eight and a half minutes remaining in the first half. South Brunswick would surge the rest of the way with 23 unanswered points for the win.

In a span of a little more than two and a half minutes, South Brunswick erased the two-score deficit with a 90-yard interception return by Dawson Boateng and an 8-yard TD run by Julian Williams to knot the game at 21-21 with just over two and a half minutes to play in the second quarter. The score remained that way until about 9:30 to play in the game when the Vikes got a safety. Boateng then followed up with another defensive score by recovering a fumble and returning it 50 yards.

North Brunswick leads the all-time series 27-21-1.  South Brunswick won two of the first three meetings between the two schools. Then, the Raiders took control of the series with a 14-game winning streak from 1978 to 1992.  The Vikings climbed back into the series by winning 17 of the next 25 meetings including eight straight from 2010 to 2017. North Brunswick and South Brunswick didn’t play in 1989 and 2018. Both teams tied in 1993 (14-14).  Check out the Raiders-Vikings rivalry at a glance.

Year	Winner	Winning Score	Loser	Losing Score
1975	South Brunswick	13	North Brunswick	7
1976	North Brunswick	13	South Brunswick	0
1977	South Brunswick	13	North Brunswick	12
1978	North Brunswick	20	South Brunswick	8
1979	North Brunswick	28	South Brunswick	17
1980	North Brunswick	13	South Brunswick	8
1981	North Brunswick	13	South Brunswick	12
1982	North Brunswick	41	South Brunswick	0
1983	North Brunswick	27	South Brunswick	0
1984	North Brunswick	33	South Brunswick	6
1985	North Brunswick	13	South Brunswick	0
1986	North Brunswick	44	South Brunswick	8
1987	North Brunswick	20	South Brunswick	14
1988	North Brunswick	28	South Brunswick	7
1990	North Brunswick	38	South Brunswick	6
1991	North Brunswick	27	South Brunswick	16
1992	North Brunswick	35	South Brunswick	15
1993	North Brunswick	14	South Brunswick	14
1994	South Brunswick	24	North Brunswick	19
1995	South Brunswick	20	North Brunswick	17
1996	North Brunswick	28	South Brunswick	21
1997	South Brunswick	42	North Brunswick	13
1998	South Brunswick	21	North Brunswick	0
1999	South Brunswick	24	North Brunswick	13
2000	North Brunswick	19	South Brunswick	14
2001	South Brunswick	20	North Brunswick	14
2002	North Brunswick	13	South Brunswick	12
2003	North Brunswick	27	South Brunswick	7
2004	North Brunswick	9	South Brunswick	6
2005	South Brunswick	41	North Brunswick	0
2006	South Brunswick	28	North Brunswick	12
2007	North Brunswick	21	South Brunswick	14
2008	South Brunswick	7	North Brunswick	2
2009	North Brunswick	6	South Brunswick	2
2010	South Brunswick	27	North Brunswick	0
2011	South Brunswick	28	North Brunswick	18
2012	South Brunswick	34	North Brunswick	7
2013	South Brunswick	34	North Brunswick	13
2014	South Brunswick	40	North Brunswick	14
2015	South Brunswick	41	North Brunswick	14
2016	South Brunswick	19	North Brunswick	0
2017	South Brunswick	42	North Brunswick	20
2019	North Brunswick	26	South Brunswick	0
2020	North Brunswick	14	South Brunswick	7
2021	North Brunswick	56	South Brunswick	21
2022	North Brunswick	19	South Brunswick	0
2023	North Brunswick	38	South Brunswick	6
2024	South Brunswick	30	North Brunswick	21

• North Brunswick leads the overall series 27-21-1 dating back to 1975.
• North Brunswick has outscored South Brunswick by a margin of 899-789 or by an average of about 18-16 per contest.  
• North Brunswick’s first win was in 1976.
• South Brunswick’s first win was in 1975.
• North Brunswick has 6 shutouts.
• South Brunswick has 4 shutouts.
• Longest winning streak:  North Brunswick won 14 straight from 1978 to 1992. South Brunswick won 8 in a row from 2010-2017.
• South Brunswick won 17 of 25 games from 1993 to 2017.
• North Brunswick won five straight entering Thursday night.
• Sixteen games have been decided by 7 points or less.
• Most points scored in a game:  56 by North Brunswick in 2021.  South Brunswick scored 42 on two occasions in 1997 and 2017.
• The largest margin of victory:  41 by each team.  North Brunswick won 41-0 in 1982 while South Brunswick won 41-0 in 2005.
• North Brunswick head coach, Mike Cipot is 5-2 versus South Brunswick.