Bone Game
The Bone Game is the oldest rivalry in Nevada High School football between the Rancho High School Rams and the Las Vegas High School Wildcats.
History
The annual game is played for “Sir Herkimer's Bone” also known as “Sir Herk” When the Wildcats won the first game of the series in 1957, the Herkimer Bone tradition began. The “Bone” is actually a large cow bone proposed by the Rancho Lettermen’s Club as the annual trophy for the Rancho-Las Vegas football game. The father of a Rancho player owned a butcher shop and several members of the lettermen’s club went to the butcher shop got the bone and boiled it in water for a full day. One end of the bone fell off during boiling so they glued it back on and one of the guys painted it gold to hide the crack. Since then, it has been preserved in bronze. The first “Bone” game ended in a 13-13 tie. Each school agreed to keep “The Bone” for one semester; however, some Rancho students stole “The Bone” from Las Vegas during the semester the Wildcats were supposed to keep it. Since then it has been agreed that the “Bone” trophy is kept by the winning school for one year.
Results
Las Vegas HS victories are shaded in ██ red. Rancho HS victories are shaded ██ green.
# |
Date |
Winning team |
Losing team |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
1957 |
Las Vegas |
21 |
Rancho |
2 |
1958 |
Las Vegas |
13 |
Rancho |
3 |
1959 |
Las Vegas |
7 |
Rancho |
4 |
1960 |
Rancho |
20 |
Las Vegas |
5 |
1961 |
Rancho |
7 |
Las Vegas |
6 |
1962 |
Rancho |
16 |
Las Vegas |
7 |
1963 |
Las Vegas |
21 |
Rancho |
8 |
1964 |
Rancho |
27 |
Las Vegas |
9 |
1965 |
Las Vegas |
18 |
Rancho |
10 |
1966 |
Las Vegas |
28 |
Rancho |
11 |
1967 |
Las Vegas |
47 |
Rancho |
12 |
1968 |
Rancho |
40 |
Las Vegas |
13 |
1969 |
Rancho |
27 |
Las Vegas |
14 |
1970 |
Rancho |
34 |
Las Vegas |
15 |
1971 |
Rancho |
36 |
Las Vegas |
16 |
1971 |
Las Vegas |
10 |
Rancho |
17 |
1972 |
Rancho |
20 |
Las Vegas |
18 |
1973 |
Rancho |
29 |
Las Vegas |
19 |
1974 |
Rancho |
29 |
Las Vegas |
20 |
1975 |
Rancho |
28 |
Las Vegas |
21 |
1976 |
Las Vegas |
19 |
Rancho |
22 |
1977 |
Las Vegas |
31 |
Rancho |
23 |
1978 |
Las Vegas |
28 |
Rancho |
24 |
1979 |
Las Vegas |
20 |
Rancho |
25 |
1980 |
Las Vegas |
26 |
Rancho |
26 |
1981 |
Rancho |
12 |
Las Vegas |
27 |
1982 |
Rancho |
30 |
Las Vegas |
28 |
1983 |
Rancho |
21 |
Las Vegas |
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|#
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=2|Winning team
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=2|Losing team
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Series
|- style="text-align:center; background:#006400; color:white;"
|29 || 1984 ||align=left|Rancho || 14 || align=left|Las Vegas || 9 || RHS 16-12-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#006400; color:white;"
|30 || 1985 ||align=left|Rancho || 39 || align=left|Las Vegas || 19 || RHS 17-12-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#006400; color:white;"
|31 || 1986 ||align=left|Rancho || 32 || align=left|Las Vegas || 21 || RHS 18-12-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#006400; color:white;"
|32 || 1987 ||align=left|Rancho || 24 || align=left|Las Vegas || 17 || RHS 19-12-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|33 || 1988 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 24 || align=left|Rancho || 15 || RHS 19-13-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|34 || 1989 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 18 || align=left|Rancho || 3 || RHS 19-14-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#006400; color:white;"
|35 || 1990 ||align=left|Rancho || 28 || align=left|Las Vegas || 7 || RHS 20-14-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#006400; color:white;"
|36 || 1991 ||align=left|Rancho || 34 || align=left|Las Vegas || 7 || RHS 21-14-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#006400; color:white;"
|37 || 1992 ||align=left|Rancho || 32 || align=left|Las Vegas || 28 || RHS 22-14-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#006400; color:white;"
|38 || 1993 ||align=left|Rancho || 33 || align=left|Las Vegas || 6 || RHS 23-14-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#006400; color:white;"
|39 || 1994 ||align=left|Rancho || 22 || align=left|Las Vegas || 0 || RHS 24-14-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#006400; color:white;"
|40 || 1995 ||align=left|Rancho || 13 || align=left|Las Vegas || 10 || RHS 25-14-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|41 || 1996 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 21 || align=left|Rancho || 0 || RHS 25-15-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|42 || 1997 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 16 || align=left|Rancho || 14 || RHS 25-16-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|43 || 1998 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 41 || align=left|Rancho || 7 || RHS 25-17-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|44 || 1999 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 65 || align=left|Rancho || 13 || RHS 25-18-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|45 || 2000 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 31 || align=left|Rancho || 0 || RHS 25-19-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|46 || 2001 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 17 || align=left|Rancho || 14 || RHS 25-20-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|47 || 2002 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 34 || align=left|Rancho || 14 || RHS 25-21-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|48 || 2003 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 41 || align=left|Rancho || 6 || RHS 25-22-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|49 || 2004 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 49 || align=left|Rancho || 14 || RHS 25-23-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|50 || 2005 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 55 || align=left|Rancho || 12 || RHS 25-24-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|51 || 2006 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 49 || align=left|Rancho || 14 || Tied 25-25-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|52 || 2007 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 37 || align=left|Rancho || 0 || LVHS 26-25-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|53 || 2008 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 63 || align=left|Rancho || 42 || LVHS 27-25-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|54 || 2009 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 44 || align=left|Rancho || 0 || LVHS 28-25-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|55 || 2010 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 64 || align=left|Rancho || 12 || LVHS 29-25-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|56 || 2011 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 49 || align=left|Rancho || 12 || LVHS 30-25-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|57 || 2012 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 45 || align=left|Rancho || 0 || LVHS 31-25-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|58 || 2013 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 70 || align=left|Rancho || 6 || LVHS 32-25-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|59 || 2014 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 60 || align=left|Rancho || 7 || LVHS 33-25-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|60 || 2015 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 49 || align=left|Rancho || 0 || LVHS 34-25-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|61 || 2016 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 51 || align=left|Rancho || 0 || LVHS 35-25-1
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f00; color:black;"
|62 || 2017 ||align=left|Las Vegas || 47 || align=left|Rancho || 0 || LVHS 36-25-1
|}