There was a time when a mention of Miami-Dade County’s “Soul Bowl” would stir the pot between fans and players at Miami Jackson and Miami Northwestern High Schools.
Families and friends on both sides of this annual matchup would fill the air with verbal battles and plenty of bragging in the few miles between Liberty City and Allapattah.
The epic athletes, teams, coaches and battles that took place between two programs that had always been at the center of the football power competition in the county.
But as the two teams get together this evening for a 7:00 kickoff, the one-time marquee matchup has been reduced to a Thursday night sideshow at Traz Powell Stadium.
With both teams away from that elite spotlight as the 2023 season heads toward the second week, the game will struggle to attract that fan support and attention.
Over the past three decades, it has shifted from a rivalry to a one-sided game – with the Bulls dominating the Generals.
In the past 10 meetings, the Bulls are 9-1 and have outscored the Generals, 361-103 with two consecutive shutouts. To put into a bigger perspective, Northwestern is 16-1 in the past 17 meetings.
2022 – Northwestern 44, Jackson 0
2021 – Northwestern 56, Jackson 0
2020 – Covid Season
2019 – Northwestern 49, Jackson 6
2018 – Northwestern 34, Jackson 10
2017 – Northwestern 40, Jackson 0
2016 – Northwestern 18, Jackson 6
2015 – Northwestern 63, Jackson 21
2014 – Jackson 44, Northwestern 15
2013 – Northwestern 21, Jackson 7
2012 – Northwestern 21, Jackson 13
MIAMI NORTHWESTERN BULLS (0-1)
Vero Beach, L 19-13
8/31 – at Miami Jackson
9/9 - Venice
9/14 – at Miami Edison
9/22 – at Miami Christopher Columbus
9/29 – at West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman
10/6 – at Miami Central
10/12 – Miami Booker T. Washington
10/20 – GMAC Week
10/27 – at Miami LaSalle
5 BULLS TO WATCH TONIGHT
2025 – Tywan Cox, DB
2025 – Darius Johnson, WR
2027 – Nicholas Lennear, Athlete
2024 - Adrian Posse, QB
2026 – Calvin Russell, Athlete
MIAMI JACKSON GENERALS (0-1)
Miami Southridge, L 43-14
8/31 – Miami Northwestern
9/7 - at Miami Dr. Krop
9/14 – at Hialeah-Miami Lakes
9/22 – at Homestead South Dade
9/28 – Miami Booker T. Washington
10/26 – Miami Edison
11/3 – at Miami High
5 GENERALS TO WATCH TONIGHT
2026 – John Jones, WR/DB
2026 – Brian McCoy, WR/Kick Return
2026 - Brandon Mincey, QB
2025 – Jimmy Neal, DB
2025 – Dwayne Roberts, WR/DB
In addition to this evening’s “Soul Bowl”, here are some other Thursday games to watch:
Miami Archbishop Carroll at Miami Lake Goleman (Milander), 7
Miami Beach at Miami High (Curtis), 7
Miami Coral Park at Coral Gables, 3:30
Miami Edison at No. 8 Miami Booker T. Washington, 3:30 (Traz Powell)
Miami Ferguson at Miami Sunset (Tropical), 7
Miami Jackson at No. 13 Miami Northwestern, 7 (Traz Powell Stadium)
Miami Killian at No. 3 Miami Christopher Columbus, 6
Miami St. Brendan at Somerset Homestead South (Harris), 7
Miami Varela at Miami Coral Reef (Southridge), 7
NSU Nova Southeast University at Pine Crest, 7
West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman at Miami Belen Jesuit, 7
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
No. 16 Coconut Creek at Gainesville, Georgia, 7:30
Coconut Creek North Broward Prep at SW Ranches Archbishop McCarthy, 7
Coral Shores at Miami Palmer Trinity, 4
Coral Springs Taravella at South Plantation, 7
Davie Nova at Cooper City, 7
Delray American Heritage at Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy, 7
Delray Atlantic and No. 17 Coconut Creek Monarch (Coconut Creek), 7
Doral Reagan at Hialeah Gardens, 3:30
Everglades Prep at Miami Gulliver Prep, 4
Fort Lauderdale at Hallandale, 7
No. 19 Fort Lauderdale Dillard at Naples, 7:30
Fort Myers at No. 4 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, 7
Goulds Palm Glades at North Miami Mourning, 3:30
Hialeah American at South Miami (Tropical), 7:30
Hollywood Avant Garde at Miami Westminster Christian, 4
No. 2 Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna at No. 11 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons, 7
No. 10 Homestead at Homestead South Dade (Harris), 7:30
Jacksonville Trinity Christian at No. 6 Plantation American Heritage, 7:30
Miami BridgePrep at Miami True North Classical Academy (Tropical), 3:30
No. 1 Miami Central at Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, 10 Eastern Time
No. 20 Miami Dr. Krop at No. 15 Miami Southridge, 7:30
Miami Immaculata LaSalle at Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace, 7
No. 5 Miami Norland at Miami Carol City (Traz Powell), 7:30
No. 9 Miami Palmetto at St. Petersburg Lakewood, 7:30
Miami Springs at Hialeah (Milander), 7:30
Miramar Everglades at Hollywood South Broward, 7
North Miami at Lakeland, 7:30
Pembroke Pines Flanagan at Hollywood McArthur, 7
Pembroke Pines West Broward at Daytona Beach Mainland, 7
No. 12 Plantation at Fort Lauderdale Stranahan (Lockhart), 7
No. 14 Pompano Beach Blanche Ely at Weston Cypress Bay, 7
Somerset at Miami Ransom Everglades, 7
Somerset Silver Palms at Marathon, 7
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