Longest rivalry in the nation continues tonight

Punahou's Kanawai Noa was hit by Kamehameha's Mason Chow in a 2014 game. Jamm Aquino / Star-Advertiser.

The Punahou-Kamehameha football rivalry has had more games than any two teams in the nation, and they get after it again tonight.

The Buffanblu head into tonight with an eight-game winning streak in the series, their longest. Kamehameha reeled off 13 games in a row between 1997 and 2003.

Kamehameha has scored 2,831 points in the series and Punahou has tallied 2,555.


Here is the recap of that first meeting, before the ILH began in 1909 and four years before they started wearing helmets. It was a different game back then.

More importantly, Punahou leads the rivalry 91-89 with six ties.


Kamehameha enjoyed the biggest blowout in the series, winning 64-0 in 1944, the only time they met that season. Punahou’s biggest blowout came last year when it trounced the Warriors 56-14.

Punahou has the edge in close games in the series, going 16-9-6 in contests decided by three points or fewer. One interesting thing such a long series can show us is the growth of offense over the past century. The blue line is the total number of points scored in each game starting with 1903 on the left and moving on to last year on the right.


Here is every meeting between the schools. Report errors in the comments.

WinnerKamehamehaPunahoumarginTotal
1903Kamehameha6066
1903Kamehameha29101939
10/31/1904Punahou09-99
11/19/1904Punahou010-1010
10/28/1905Punahou05-55
11/11/1905Kamehameha65111
11/20/1905Punahou610-416
11/12/1906Punahou04-44
11/24/1906Punahou011-1111
11/9/1907Kamehameha6066
11/19/1907Punahou011-1111
11/23/1907Punahou023-2323
11/3/1913Punahou034-3434
11/22/1913Punahou27-59
11/25/1913Kamehameha3033
10/10/1914Punahou02-22
10/31/1914Punahou013-1313
11/25/1914Kamehameha93612
10/23/1915Tie0000
11/20/1915Punahou06-66
11/25/1915Punahou612-618
10/7/1916Punahou07-77
11/11/1916Punahou019-1919
11/30/1916Tie0000
10/20/1917Punahou010-1010
11/24/1917Kamehameha7077
11/29/1917Punahou010-1010
11/2/1918Kamehameha3303333
11/23/1918Kamehameha2202222
11/28/1918Kamehameha2002020
10/25/1919Punahou07-77
11/15/1919Punahou23-15
11/27/1919Kamehameha1413127
11/6/1920Kamehameha1401414
11/25/1920Punahou07-77
11/19/1921Punahou1327-1440
11/24/1921Punahou1334-2147
10/28/1922Kamehameha147721
11/3/1923Kamehameha1801818
11/29/1923Punahou910-119
11/1/1924Punahou1315-228
10/31/1925Tie1313026
11/7/1926Kamehameha2071327
11/5/1927Punahou67-113
10/13/1928Kamehameha129321
11/29/1928Kamehameha1871125
11/3/1929Kamehameha6066
11/28/1929Tie0000
10/25/1930Kamehameha2202222
11/27/1930Kamehameha2202222
10/31/1931Kamehameha2671933
11/26/1931Kamehameha2762133
11/12/1932Kamehameha2061426
10/14/1933Kamehameha2762133
11/10/1934Kamehameha136719
10/19/1935Kamehameha1961325
9/26/1936Punahou02-22
10/16/1937Kamehameha1301313
11/12/1938Punahou019-1919
11/11/1939Punahou06-66
9/21/1940Punahou07-77
10/3/1941Punahou019-1919
10/31/1942Kamehameha1301313
10/9/1943Punahou1314-127
10/6/1944Kamehameha6406464
11/10/1945Kamehameha127519
10/4/1946Kamehameha1901919
10/24/1947Punahou619-1325
10/9/1948Punahou06-66
11/4/1949Punahou013-1313
10/14/1950Punahou68-214
9/21/1951Kamehameha27141341
10/10/1952Kamehameha2013733
11/27/1952Punahou1422-836
11/21/1953Punahou225-2327
11/13/1954Punahou627-2133
11/4/1955Punahou812-420
9/21/1956Kamehameha146820
11/16/1957Punahou633-2739
10/18/1958Kamehameha76113
10/9/1959Punahou712-519
10/21/1960Kamehameha2702727
10/13/1961Punahou020-2020
10/26/1962Tie1414028
10/4/1963Kamehameha167923
9/25/1964Kamehameha7077
11/26/1964Punahou620-1426
11/19/1965Kamehameha2102121
11/11/1966Kamehameha6066
9/15/1967Kamehameha1971226
10/25/1968Punahou2127-648
11/21/1969Kamehameha47212668
10/2/1970Punahou03-33
11/6/1970Punahou013-1313
10/15/1971Punahou714-721
11/20/1971Punahou2745-1872
9/30/1972Punahou1220-832
11/4/1972Punahou2944-1573
9/29/1973Punahou1420-634
11/2/1973Punahou1321-834
9/27/1974Punahou723-1630
11/1/1974Kamehameha2671933
10/10/1975Kamehameha3562941
11/15/1975Kamehameha37221559
9/24/1976Kamehameha98117
10/30/1976Kamehameha4063446
10/14/1977Punahou728-2135
9/27/1978Kamehameha1914533
11/3/1978Kamehameha97216
9/27/1979Kamehameha1301313
11/2/1979Kamehameha26131339
9/18/1980Punahou624-1830
10/30/1980Kamehameha31191250
9/24/1981Punahou1620-436
10/15/1981Kamehameha168824
10/1/1982Punahou713-620
10/23/1982Punahou020-2020
9/16/1983Kamehameha3172438
10/15/1983Kamehameha55203575
10/5/1984Kamehameha2114735
10/25/1984Kamehameha4104141
10/4/1985Punahou1427-1341
11/8/1985Kamehameha149523
9/13/1986Kamehameha2002020
11/7/1986Kamehameha2581733
10/9/1987Punahou717-1024
10/23/1987Tie1111022
10/1/1988Kamehameha2114735
10/21/1988Punahou628-2234
10/6/1989Kamehameha1918137
11/3/1989Kamehameha136719
9/29/1990Punahou721-1428
11/10/1990Punahou314-1117
9/13/1991Kamehameha3033
10/18/1991Punahou36-39
9/19/1992Punahou2636-1062
11/14/1992Kamehameha2619745
9/11/1993Kamehameha3403434
11/13/1993Punahou06-66
9/9/1994Punahou2247-2569
10/22/1994Punahou1627-1143
10/7/1995Punahou2427-351
10/20/1995Punahou2328-551
9/28/1996Punahou3648-1284
10/18/1996Punahou2326-349
10/4/1997Kamehameha2314937
10/24/1997Kamehameha2702727
10/9/1998Kamehameha2602626
10/23/1998Kamehameha3503535
8/27/1999Kamehameha34191553
10/22/1999Kamehameha2112933
9/23/2000Kamehameha41202161
10/13/2000Kamehameha3562941
9/22/2001Kamehameha2671933
10/20/2001Kamehameha2461830
9/20/2002Kamehameha5074357
11/2/2002Kamehameha2191230
9/20/2003Kamehameha42202262
10/24/2003Punahou614-820
9/18/2004Kamehameha3472741
10/16/2004Kamehameha39211860
9/24/2005Kamehameha27171044
10/22/2005Kamehameha2071327
9/23/2006Punahou1314-127
11/4/2006Kamehameha2720747
9/14/2007Punahou728-2135
10/20/2007Punahou1731-1448
9/26/2008Punahou628-2234
11/8/2008Punahou1421-735
9/12/2009Kamehameha28101838
11/5/2009Kamehameha45321377
10/1/2010Kamehameha93612
10/22/2010Punahou1417-331
10/1/2011Punahou1417-331
10/15/2011Kamehameha1710727
11/3/2011Punahou1724-741
8/31/2012Punahou1434-2048
10/25/2012Kamehameha42271569
9/14/2013Punahou024-2424
10/25/2013Punahou1238-2650
10/10/2014Punahou747-4054
10/8/2015Punahou2326-349
9/18/2015Punahou1728-1145
9/1/2016Punahou2457-3381
9/23/2016Punahou1245-3357
10/14/2016Punahou1456-4270

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