Community Sports
Fish Bowl 2026: Where to park, how to get tickets, previous results and more
The Fish Bowl, the biggest football game of the year for both Peninsula School District high schools, will be played Saturday, Sept. 19.
Peninsula and Gig Harbor kick off at 5 p.m. Saturday at Mount Tahoma Stadium. Here’s everything you need to know about the game.
Teams
Peninsula Seahawks (0-2) vs. Gig Harbor Tides (1-1)
The Peninsula offensive line and the Gig Harbor defensive line face off during Fish Bowl on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Mount Tahoma Stadium in Tacoma. Photo by Bryce Carithers
Time and location
Kickoff is at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. The gates at Mount Tahoma Stadium, 4634 S 74th St. in Tacoma, open at 3:45 p.m. Gig Harbor is designated as the home team.
2026 season results
Week 1
W.F. West 42, Peninsula 21
Emerald Ridge 20, Gig Harbor 14
Week 2
Gig Harbor 25, Bainbridge 8
Franklin Pierce 42, Peninsula 14
Coaches
Coach Clay Mauro of Peninsula (left) and Jeff Scoma of Gig Harbor talk things over with game officials during Fish Bowl on Sept. 6, 2025. Photo by Vince Dice
Peninsula: Clay Mauro, second year
Overall record: 6-6
Puget Sound League record: 4-1
Fish Bowl record: 0-1
Gig Harbor: Jeff Scoma, second year
Overall record (GHHS only): 7-5
Puget Sound League record: 3-2
Fish Bowl record: 1-0
Parking
Gig Harbor fans should park in the lot along 74th Street
Peninsula fans should park in the lot along Verde Street.
Overflow parking will also be available on Verde.
Peninsula School District graphic
Tickets
Ticket sales are available only through a service called GoFan. No cash will be accepted at the gate. They cost $9.24 for adults and students without ASB cards; or $6.15 for senior citizens, military service members or students from non-participating schools with ASB cards.
The game will stream via the NFHS service.
The rules for fans
As with the previous two Fish Bowls played in Tacoma, the Peninsula School District will keep fans of the two schools separated. Those who leave during the game will not be allowed to return.
The district also does not allow “full face paint, full face masks, hand-held signs, whiteboards, sticks, balls, frisbees, anything that discharges powder or smoke, or newspapers.” Tailgating and artificial noisemakers are also verboten.
Click here for more on PSD’s security rules.
Peninsula fans cheer during Fish Bowl on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Mount Tahoma Stadium in Tacoma. Photo by Bryce Carithers
History of the game
This is the 48th Fish Bowl. Gig Harbor holds a narrow series edge, with 24 wins to Peninsula’s 23.
The 2024 and 2025 games were played at Mount Tahoma Stadium in Tacoma, as this year’s will be. The 2000 game was played at Bremerton Memorial Stadium, apparently because of a bomb threat in Purdy. And the 1988 game was played at the Tacoma Dome. Other matchups were at Roy Anderson Field in Purdy.
The 2020 game was played on Feb. 19, 2021, after the fall season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fish Bowl 2025. Photo by Bryce Carithers
Series results
Following is the result of every Fish Bowl since the game started in 1979. We found most of the scores in an article written by Kenny Via in The News Tribune newspaper of Tacoma in 2015.
2025: Gig Harbor 35, Peninsula 21
2024: Gig Harbor 14, Peninsula 10
2023: Gig Harbor 21, Peninsula 20
2022: Peninsula 39, Gig Harbor 30
2021: Peninsula 35, Gig Harbor 28
2020: Peninsula 36, Gig Harbor 12
2019: Peninsula 42, Gig Harbor 3
2018: Peninsula 21, Gig Harbor 10
2017: Peninsula 31, Gig Harbor 21
2016: Peninsula 33, Gig Harbor 7
2015: Gig Harbor 40, Peninsula 14
2014: Gig Harbor 30, Peninsula 29
2013: Gig Harbor 27, Peninsula 20
2012: Peninsula 37, Gig Harbor 6
2011: Peninsula 48, Gig Harbor 9
2010: Gig Harbor 31, Peninsula 7
2009: Peninsula 38, Gig Harbor 7
2008: Gig Harbor 33, Peninsula 0
2007: Gig Harbor 35, Peninsula 7
2006: Peninsula 14, Gig Harbor 3
2005: Gig Harbor 16, Peninsula 6
2004: Gig Harbor 28, Peninsula 11
2003: Gig Harbor 24, Peninsula 0
2002: Peninsula 14, Gig Harbor 10
2001: Gig Harbor 42, Peninsula 13
2000: Gig Harbor 38, Peninsula 35
1999: Gig Harbor 38, Peninsula 20
1998: Gig Harbor 33, Peninsula 9
1997: Gig Harbor 16, Peninsula 14
1996: Peninsula 30, Gig Harbor 23
1995: Gig Harbor 16, Peninsula 14
1994: Gig Harbor 35, Peninsula 28
1993: Gig Harbor 31, Peninsula 14
1992: Peninsula 35, Gig Harbor 7
1991: Peninsula 34, Gig Harbor 14
1990: Peninsula 10, Gig Harbor 7
1989: Peninsula 21, Gig Harbor 7
1988: Peninsula 19, Gig Harbor 18
1987: Peninsula 42, Gig Harbor 28
1986: Peninsula 53, Gig Harbor 29
1985: Peninsula 14, Gig Harbor 12
1984: Peninsula 29, Gig Harbor 6
1983: Gig Harbor 41, Peninsula 6
1982: Gig Harbor 37, Peninsula 0
1981: Gig Harbor 25, Peninsula 12
1980: Gig Harbor 6, Peninsula 0
1979: Peninsula 48, Gig Harbor 0
Food Bowl
The annual Food Bowl competitive food drive takes place in coordination with the game. Students and supporters of Gig Harbor, Peninsula and Henderson Bay high schools can bring nonperishable food for donation to Food 4 All. Items in especially high need include granola bars, trail mix, oatmeal packets, canned tuna, Goldfish crackers and instant potatoes.