The Backyard Bowl Series (officially known for sponsorship purposes as The MidFirst Bank Backyard Bowl Series) refers to the athletics rivalry between the Jenks Trojans and the Union Redskins of the Class 6A in Oklahoma.
The Backyard Bowl Series regular season football games are usually played at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium at the University of Tulsa. Known as the "Backyard Bowl," the rivalry has received coverage by Sporting News and is the subject of a Versus documentary produced by NFL Films. The annual game is played at the University of Tulsa and has drawn crowds of over 40,000. The annual rivalry game was presented on the Great American Rivalry Series internet broadcast in 2007. One of these two teams has won Oklahoma's Class 6A (large school) title every year since 1996.
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