Big 33 Football Classic
The Big 33 Football Classic is an all-star American football game featuring the top high-school football players in Pennsylvania. Played since 1957, the game is often described as the "Super Bowl of High School Football." Contests currently pit players from Pennsylvania against players from Maryland, but opponents in the past have also included players from Ohio and Texas. Recent games have been held at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

While the game was originally played with the best 33 players in each state (hence its name), the organizers added a 34th player to give kickers a chance to be separate of the 33 count as to give one more non-kicker a chance to be named to the Big 33. Thus, there are 34 players from each state who are invited to play in this game on the original roster. If there are players that are selected are unable to play, the staff of the team and the Big 33 will select other players to fill their places on the roster.

In 2006 the game was moved from mid-late July to mid-late June due to the NCAA rule changes that made some coaches prohibit many players from these teams from playing in the game due to the closeness of the upcoming summer practices.

In October 2012 it was announced that Pennsylvania had dropped Ohio from the BIG 33 game and replaced them with Maryland.
Q2647651
all-star
EVE
Q41323
American football
Concept
Q5757701
high-school football
Concept
Q1400
Pennsylvania
LOC
Q939239
1957
Concept
Q32096
Super Bowl
EVE
Q1400
Pennsylvania
LOC
Q1391
Maryland
LOC
Q1397
Ohio
LOC
Q1439
Texas
LOC
Q9283783
Hersheypark Stadium
LOC
Q868666
Hershey, Pennsylvania
LOC
Q4904899
Big 33 Football Classic
EVE
1957-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1957
DATE
2006-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2006
DATE
2012-10-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
October 2012
DATE
+33^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
33
NUMBER
+33^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
33
NUMBER
+34^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
34
NUMBER
+33^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
33
NUMBER
+33^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
33
NUMBER
+34^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
34
NUMBER
+33^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
33
NUMBER
+33^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
33
NUMBER
location