Cocoa Bean Game August 28, 2026

Contact: Joseph Alfano
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28
Aug
2026
Hershey
Aug 28, 2026 5:15 PM – 8:30 PM
Milton Hershey School - Henry Hershey Field
PA
United States of America
We will be selling tickets for the 2026 Cocoa Bean Game to be held at Henry Hershey Field on the Milton Hershey School campus on Friday, August 28, 2026. 
 
Looking to have six volunteers arrive at the Henry Hershey Field Guest entrance on Friday, August 28th around 5:15 PM. The gates will open at 6 PM. The volunteers will be selling tickets to all fans sitting on the Visitors side of the field. Tickets will be $6 for adults and $4 for students.
 
Volunteers will only need to stay though half time as the need to collect admission will end after the halftime activities. All are welcome to stay for the whole game, if interested.

From the Hershey Community Archives: Cocoa Bean Football Game – Hershey Community Archives (hersheyarchives.org)
The Cocoa Bean Game began in 1943 as a community service project of the Rotary Club of Hershey and the Hershey Civic Club. The local football teams of Hershey High School and the Hershey Industrial School [now known as the Milton Hershey School] wanted to play each other. Ralph Hoar, then head of athletics for the Hershey Industrial School, is generally credited with the original idea for the game.