Massachusetts high school football is back, and back in a big way this week.
There are 96 games scheduled across the state with teams getting their seasons started. The action gets going Thursday with several teams hitting the gridiron, including a terrific nonleague showdown between Mansfield and Bridgewater-Raynham.
The first Friday night of the football season should offer plenty of highlights as well — St. John’s Prep taking on Springfield Central is the marquee game on the docket — while the strong slate of games wrap up with nine contests on Saturday.
Here is the full list of games for Week 1:
THURSDAY, SEPT. 10
Arlington Catholic at Belmont, 6 p.m.
Mansfield at Bridgewater-Raynham, 6 p.m.
Wellesley at Braintree, 6 p.m.
Framingham at Milford, 6 p.m.
Lexington at Burlington, 6 p.m.
Needham at Natick, 6 p.m.
Newton North at Waltham, 6 p.m.
Amesbury at Lynnfield, 6 p.m.
Malden Catholic at Medford, 6 p.m.
Archbishop Williams at Oliver Ames, 6 p.m.
Stoughton at Norwood, 6 p.m.
Canton at Holliston, 6 p.m.
Medfield at Medway, 6 p.m.
Concord-Carlisle at Danvers, 6:30 p.m.
Saugus at Cambridge, 6:30 p.m.
Lynn Classical at Winchester, 6:30 p.m.
Pentucket at Dracut, 6:30 p.m.
Longmeadow vs. Abington, 6:30 p.m.
Acton-Boxboro at Groton-Dunstable, 7 p.m.
Catholic Memorial at Andover, 7 p.m.
Milton at Marshfield, 7 p.m.
Newton South at Brookline, 7 p.m.
Franklin at Wachusett, 7 p.m.
Chelmsford at Lincoln-Sudbury, 7 p.m.
Lynn English at Marblehead, 7 p.m.
Reading at Melrose, 7 p.m.
Dighton-Rehoboth at Sharon, 7 p.m.
Dartmouth at Bishop Stang, 7 p.m.
Grafton at Westwood, 7 p.m.
Portsmouth (NH) at Tri-County, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 11
Dover-Sherborn at Southeastern, 4 p.m.
Norwell at Blue Hills, 4:30 p.m.
Hopkinton at Wayland, 5 p.m.
Peabody at Somerville, 6 p.m.
Arlington at Everett, 6 p.m.
Weston at Latin Academy, 6 p.m.
Westford Academy at Lowell, 6 p.m.
Greater Lowell at North Reading, 6 p.m.
Leominster at St. John’s Shrewsbury, 6 p.m.
Quincy at Revere, 6 p.m.
Woburn at Bellingham, 6 p.m.
Lynn Tech at Malden, 6 p.m.
Wakefield at Greater Lawrence, 6 p.m.
Falmouth at West Bridgewater, 6 p.m.
Martha’s Vineyard at Mashpee, 6 p.m.
Cardinal Spellman at Wilmington, 6 p.m.
Triton at Cathedral, 6 p.m.
Wareham at Carver, 6 p.m.
Randolph at English, 6 p.m.
Hull at TechBoston, 6 p.m.
Shawsheen Tech at Bedford, 7 p.m.
King Philip at Walpole, 6:30 p.m.
Attleboro at Durfee, 6:30 p.m.
Brockton at Barnstable, 6:30p
Billerica at Masconomet, 6:30 p.m.
Plymouth North at Old Rochester, 6:30 p.m.
Ashland at Westboro, 6:30 p.m.
Diman at Case, 6:30 p.m.
Essex Tech at Winthrop, 6:30 p.m.
Manchester-Essex at Newburyport, 6:30 p.m.
Somerset Berkley at Fairhaven, 6:30 p.m.
Watertown at Whittier, 6:30 p.m.
KIPP Academy Lynn at Salem, 6:30 p.m.
SJPII/Monomoy at Cape Tech, 6:30 p.m.
Old Colony at Seekonk, 6:30 p.m.
Minuteman at Southbridge, 6:30 p.m.
St. John’s Prep at Springfield Central, 7 p.m.
Bishop Feehan at Xaverian, 7 p.m.
BC High at Central Catholic, 7 p.m.
East Boston at Boston Latin, 7 p.m.
Beverly at Haverhill, 7 p.m.
Lawrence at Ayer Shirley, 7 p.m.
Chelsea at Lowell Catholic, 7 p.m.
Methuen at North Andover, 7 p.m.
Greater New Bedford at New Bedford, 7 p.m.
Shrewsbury at Hudson, 7 p.m.
Taunton at Weymouth, 7 p.m.
North Quincy at Cohasset, 7 p.m.
Plymouth South at Silver Lake, 7 p.m.
Hingham at Hanover, 7 p.m.
Pembroke at Whitman-Hanson, 7 p.m.
Shawsheen at Bedford, 7 p.m.
Middleboro at Apponequet, 7 p.m.
Tewksbury at Foxboro, 7 p.m.
Stoneham at Gloucester, 7 p.m.
Dennis-Yarmouth at Rockland, 7 p.m.
Nashoba Tech at South Shore Voke, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12
Sandwich at Upper Cape Tech, 11 a.m.
Bay Path at Norton, noon
Atlantis Charter at Hope (RI), noon
Bourne at Burncoat, noon
Millis at Blackstone-Millville, noon
Bishop Fenwick at Northeast, 1 p.m.
Bristol Plymouth at Mt. Hope (RI), 2 p.m.
East Bridgewater at Nantucket, 2 p.m.
Brighton at Hamilton-Wenham, 3 p.m.
