The Dodge City High School football program will travel to compete against the Garden City Buffaloes on Friday night in the 82nd Annual Hatchet Game.
- Friday night will mark the 121st time these teams have met in this storied rivalry.
- The Demons and Buffaloes have played every year since 1907, the second longest rivalry in Kansas.
- The first game between these two teams occurred in 1903, a 34-0 Dodge City win.
- The two teams played a rematch the following week on Thanksgiving Day which ended in a 0-0 tie. Garden City hosted a post-game dance and meal, and both teams attended. For both games, the host team provided the transportation for the visiting team to travel.
- In 1938, the series was livened by the addition of the hatchet. Dodge City leads in Hatchet game victories 50-30-1.
