Brick-Brick Memorial Football Clash Opens 2016 Season

BRICK, NJ — The 2016 New Jersey high school football season gets fully underway this weekend across the state, with dozens of games. For Brick and Brick Memorial, the season again begins with the crosstown clash between the schools.

The game, at Brick Memorial's field this year, kicks off at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Township and school district officials — along with student groups — have been working to tone down the rhetoric that has turned the game nasty in recent years through the prominently communicated #BrickUnited phrase and message.

After Saturday's game, here are the schedules for the remainder of both teams' regular season games. Home games are in bold.

BRICK

• Sept. 10: at Brick Memorial, 1 p.m.
• Sept. 16: Jackson Memorial, 7 p.m.
• Sept. 24: at TR North, 7 p.m.
• Sept. 30: St. John Vianney, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 7: TR South, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 14: at Southern, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 22: at Lakewood, 1 p.m.
• Oct. 28: at Central, 7 p.m.
• Nov. 4: TR East, 7 p.m.

BRICK MEMORIAL

• Sept. 10: Brick, 1 p.m.
• Sept. 16: TR North, 7 p.m.
• Sept. 23: at TR South, 7 p.m.
• Sept. 30: Sayreville, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 7: at Central, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 14: at TR East, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 21: Southern, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 28: at South Brunswick, 7 p.m.
• Nov. 4: at Jackson Memorial, 7 p.m.

Brick Memorial and Brick will be fighting for the ball Saturday, just like they did in 2015. Karen Wall photo