America’s oldest high school football game moved over safety concerns

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The 158th meeting between Norwich Free Academy and New London won’t be played on Thanksgiving in Norwich, Connecticut this year. NFA officials announced that the game was being moved from Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. to 1:30 in the afternoon over safety concerns. The decision was made on the combined recommendation of the Norwich and New London police departments.

Norwich Free Academy leads the all-time series 78-68-11.

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.