Game History:

The first City County Football Game was played on August 26, 1955 at Ratcliffe Stadium in Fresno. The game has continued every year since. To our knowledge, the game is the longest running high school all-star football game in California.

 The game has been played at several locations since its first game at Ratcliffe stadium, including Bulldog Stadium, Lamonica Stadium and Buchanan High Stadium in Clovis, Sunnyside High, Grizzlies Stadium and Central High School’s Deran Koligian Stadium. For about the last 10 years, the attendance at the game has ranged from about 4,500 to 6,000. Many of the players in the game have gone on to play in college and some have taken their talents to the professional ranks of the NFL. Over the 50 City County games since 1955, the City has won 27, the County has won 20 and there have been 3 ties. The other 7 games were between the North and South. Last year's game was won by the city team by a score of 27 to 17.

There have been several different organizations that have assumed the responsibility for the game. The Fresno 20-30 club started the game in 1955 and then in 1964 the Central Foundation was formed to put on the game. In 1994 the Boys and Girls Club of Fresno County became the beneficiary of the game and several members from their board of directors became involved in the game and remain so today. The last change took place in 2001, when the Optimist Club of Greater Fresno become responsible for the game, in it's 9 years of operation, the Optimist Club of Greater Fresno has turned  approximately over $400,000.00 plus, representing the net profit of the game, to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Fresno County. All of the game workers from the Optimist Clubs in Fresno, the Riverpark Rotary Club, Sierra Pacific Orthopedic & Spine Center and the game officials from the San Joaquin Valley Officials Association are volunteers. The sponsor for the 2011 game was Horn Photo, along with several other co-sponsors. the 2011 game, included 14 city and 24 county designated schools that were represented at the game by their former players. The estimated attendance at the game was approximately 4,500.

Each of the designated school football coaches provided a list of their best graduating players to their all star game coach, from which he will select a maximum of 48 team players for the 58th City County All Star Game. The selected players will be obligated to 8 days of practice prior to the game and a visitation to Children's Hospital of Central Valley. This year's game will be on Friday, June 22, 2012 at Veteran's Memorial Stadium on the campus of Buchanan High School. Kick off at 7:30pm. the main sponsor for this year's game is Horn Photo.

Game Stats

Year

Scores

1955	COUNTY 7	CITY 6
1956	SOUTH 18	NORTH 6
1957	SOUTH 18	NORTH 6
1958	NORTH 20	SOUTH 0
1959	COUNTY 13	CITY 6
1960	COUNTY 7	CITY 0
1961	COUNTY 22	CITY 6
1962	COUNTY 13	CITY 13
1963	COUNTY 18	CITY 0
1964	COUNTY 8	CITY 7
1965	COUNTY 27	CITY 13
1966	COUNTY 28	CITY 28
1967	COUNTY 25	CITY 8
1968	CITY 13	COUNTY 12
1969	CITY 15	COUNTY 14
1970	CITY 36	COUNTY 8
1971	COUNTY 18	CITY 16
1972	COUNTY 14	CITY 14
1973	COUNTY 17	CITY 6
1974	CITY 15	COUNTY 7
1975	COUNTY 14	CITY 7
1976	COUNTY 24	CITY 15
1977	CITY 25	COUNTY 8
1978	CITY 23	COUNTY 7
1979	COUNTY 16	CITY 15
1980	CITY 44	COUNTY 28
1981	CITY 17	COUNTY 14
1982	CITY 33	COUNTY 14
1983	CITY 35	COUNTY 6
1984	CITY 21	COUNTY 13
1985	CITY 14	COUNTY 13
1986	CITY 21	COUNTY 14
1987	CITY 8	COUNTY 7
1988	CITY 14	COUNTY 0
1989	CITY 27	COUNTY 24
1990	COUNTY 7	CITY 3
1991	COUNTY 13	CITY 7
1992	COUNTY 26	CITY 13
1993	CITY 14	COUNTY 0
1994	CITY 13	COUNTY 12
1995	CITY 21	COUNTY 6
1996	CITY 51	COUNTY 0
1997	NORTH 24	SOUTH 17
1998	NORTH 30	SOUTH 13
1999	SOUTH 30	NORTH 9
2000	SOUTH 26	NORTH 14
2001	COUNTY 25	CITY 6
2002	CITY 21	COUNTY 20
2003	CITY 17	COUNTY 10
2004	CITY 21	COUNTY 10
2005	CITY 21	COUNTY 10
2006	COUNTY 14	CITY 7
2007	COUNTY 7	CITY 6
2008	CITY 51	COUNTY 9
2009	COUNTY 21	CITY 20
2010	CITY 34	COUNTY 12
2011	CITY 27	COUNTY 17