IHSAA FOOTBALL

REGIONAL CHAMPIONS – BY SCHOOL

THROUGH 2004-05

Tournament History

The first year “regional” games were played was 1976 when the tournament expanded from 16 to 24 teams with eight teams in the three classes. The three-round tournament consisted of a sectional, regional and state championship game. This same tournament format was used until 1981 when the tournament expanded to 16 teams in each class and “semi-states” were first used as the third round game just prior to the state title game.

The next format change came in 1983, when the tournament expanded to four classes and, for the first of two years, the state used a “cluster” system to its select play-off teams. All schools were grouped into “clusters” of four to six teams prior to the regular season and the team with the greatest number of victories over opponents from within their cluster would earn a play-off spot. The same four-round tournament that began in 1981 continued through 1984.

The most recent major change to the state tournament occurred in 1985 when the state expanded to five classes and the format was altered allowing all member schools to participate regardless of regular season record. A six-week tournament was installed with the first three rounds known as sectionals, followed by the regional, semi-state and state championship game. That same format continues today.

Again, the list below includes schools that have won regional championships since the term was first used with the 1976 football tournament.

SCHOOL	YEAR	CLASS	RUNNER-UP	SCORE
Adams Central	1984	A	Carroll (Flora)	21-0
Adams Central	1985	A	Winamac	33-20
Adams Central	1986	A	Frontier	39-29
Adams Central	1993	A	Whiting	17-14
Adams Central	1997	A	Hagerstown	30-29
Adams Central	1998	A	Frankton	27-20
Adams Central	1999	A	Hagerstown	45-24
Adams Central	2000	A	Hagerstown	34-19
Adams Central	2003	A	LaVille	50-13
Andrean	1997	3A	Lebanon	20-6
Andrean	1998	3A	Twin Lakes	13-10
Andrean	2001	3A	Frankfort	10-0
Andrean	2002	3A	Twin Lakes	29-20
Andrean	2004	3A	Hamilton Heights	48-23
Angola	1992	3A	Griffith	12-7
Attica	2000	A	Clinton Central	53-28
Avon	1991	4A	Mooresville	20-0
Avon	1995	4A	Hamilton Southeastern	14-0
Avon	1997	4A	Vincennes Lincoln	40-14
Batesville	1986	3A	Princeton	23-21
Ben Davis	1987	5A	Lawrence Central	13-7
Ben Davis	1988	5A	Lawrence North	31-0
Ben Davis	1990	5A	Lawrence North	21-0
Ben Davis	1991	5A	Richmond	30-0
Ben Davis	1992	5A	Richmond	24-14
Ben Davis	1995	5A	Lawrence Central	20-14
Ben Davis	1996	5A	Lawrence Central	21-12
Ben Davis	1997	5A	Lawrence Central	33-13
Ben Davis	1998	5A	Indianapolis Arlington	41-0
Ben Davis	1999	5A	Indianapolis Arlington	16-15
Ben Davis	2000	5A	Warren Central	65-30
Ben Davis	2001	5A	Warren Central	56-21
Ben Davis	2002	5A	Warren Central	35-28 ot
Blackford	1979	2A	Concord	17-14
Bloomington South	1983	4A	Castle	25-21
Bloomington South	1985	5A	Southport	9-0
Bloomington South	1991	5A	Jeffersonville	35-14
Bloomington South	1992	5A	Evansville North	45-15
Bloomington South	1993	5A	Evansville Harrison	49-33
Bloomington South	1997	5A	Evansville Harrison	31-14
Bloomington South	1998	5A	Jeffersonville	42-28
Bloomington South	1999	5A	Evansville Reitz	35-20
Bluffton	1988	A	Frontier	27-18
Boonville	1984	3A	Franklin	56-0
Bremen	1988	A	Churubusco	24-0
Bremen	1989	A	South Adams	31-13
Bremen	1992	A	Jimtown	22-21
Bremen	1994	2A	Garrett	20-0
Bremen	1995	2A	Jimtown	21-0
Bremen	1997	2A	Northwestern	22-6
Brownsburg	1978	2A	Vincennes Lincoln	17-7
Brownsburg	1984	3A	Roncalli	14-6
Brownsburg	1985	4A	Indianapolis Bishop Chatard	3-0
Brownstown Central	2004	2A	Southridge	31-27
Carmel	1978	3A	Columbus East	49-14
Carmel	1980	3A	Martinsville	21-14
Carmel	1981	3A	Indianapolis Marshall	7-3
Carmel	1982	3A	Indianapolis Bishop Chatard	21-13
Carmel	1986	5A	Warren Central	8-7
Carmel	1987	5A	Penn	28-14
Carmel	1989	5A	Lawrence North	17-8
Carmel	1994	5A	Warren Central	14-6
Carmel	1995	5A	Fort Wayne Snider	29-28
Carmel	1996	5A	Fort Wayne Snider	20-17
Carroll (Flora)	1995	A	Seeger	34-6
Carroll (Flora)	1996	A	Fountain Central	34-3
Cass	1994	2A	Rochester	7-6
Castle	1981	3A	Martinsville	35-7
Castle	1982	3A	Martinsville	24-21
Castle	1989	5A	Columbus North	28-14
Castle	1994	5A	Martinsville	35-28
Center Grove	1987	5A	Jeffersonville	17-14
Center Grove	2000	5A	Castle	24-12
Center Grove	2002	5A	New Albany	42-18
Center Grove	2003	5A	Evansville Reitz	31-20
Charlestown	1989	3A	Greensburg	37-0
Churubusco	1983	A	Frontier	22-6
Clarksville	1997	2A	Westfield	15-14
Columbus East	1979	3A	Indianapolis Bishop Chatard	20-13
Columbus East	2004	4A	Boonville	26-24
Columbus North	2004	5A	Castle	24-0
Concord	1984	3A	Griffith	10-0
Concord	1998	4A	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	35-28
Crawfordsville	1983	2A	Oak Hill	16-14
Crawfordsville	1989	3A	Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	41-17
Crown Point	1988	5A	Mishawaka	28-27
Danville	1986	2A	Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter	12-8
Danville	1999	2A	Western Boone	20-0
Danville	2000	2A	Indianapolis Scecina	34-7
DeKalb	1986	4A	Logansport	43-21
DeKalb	1994	4A	Muncie Southside	38-7
Delta	1981	2A	Harrison (West Lafayette)	16-15 2ot
Delta	2000	4A	East Central	28-14
Delta	2001	4A	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	17-0
East Central	1985	4A	Evansville Reitz	18-17
East Central	1993	4A	Vincennes Lincoln	43-7
East Central	1994	4A	Evansville North	23-0
East Central	1998	4A	Hamilton Southeastern	29-26
East Central	2003	4A	Vincennes Lincoln	35-21
East Noble	2000	4A	Goshen	21-14
East Noble	2003	4A	Lowell	20-13
Eastern Hancock	1985	A	Clarksville	27-0
Eastbrook	1999	2A	North Judson	27-19
Eastbrook	2001	2A	Glenn	8-7
Eastbrook	2004	2A	Heritage	27-19
Elwood	1987	3A	West Lafayette	21-14
Evansville Mater Dei	1983	2A	Mitchell	42-14
Evansville Mater Dei	1989	2A	Monrovia	20-13
Evansville Mater Dei	1990	2A	Greencastle	40-32
Evansville Mater Dei	1994	2A	Providence	20-14
Evansville Mater Dei	1999	2A	Lawrenceburg	38-15
Evansville Mater Dei	2000	2A	Brownstown Central	24-7
Evansville Mater Dei	2001	2A	Brownstown Central	55-39
Evansville Memorial	1985	3A	Providence	21-14
Evansville Memorial	1988	3A	Zionsville	35-21
Evansville Memorial	1991	3A	Lawrenceburg	42-35
Evansville Memorial	1992	3A	Lawrenceburg	29-28
Evansville Memorial	1993	3A	Charlestown	24-0
Evansville North	1995	5A	Martinsville	34-25
Evansville Reitz	1977	3A	Ben Davis	14-13
Evansville Reitz	1992	4A	East Central	28-21
Evansville Reitz	2001	5A	Bloomington South	26-22
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	1978	3A	Hammond	21-0
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	1983	3A	Mississinewa	55-6
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	1984	3A	Kankakee Valley	26-13
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	1987	3A	NorthWood	28-20
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	1988	3A	NorthWood	21-11
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	1990	3A	Northwestern	41-7
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	1991	3A	Tipton	28-0
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	1993	3A	Tipton	24-12
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	1996	3A	Frankfort	28-7
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	1997	4A	Elkhart Memorial	26-6
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	2002	4A	Muncie Central	22-6
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	2003	4A	Muncie Central	14-7
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers	1983	2A	Tippecanoe Valley	27-14
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers	1985	2A	Rochester	9-3
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers	1986	2A	Rensselaer	31-21
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers	1989	2A	North Judson	39-0
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers	1991	2A	Lake Station Edison	14-10
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers	1992	2A	Rensselaer	42-7
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers	1993	2A	Jimtown	29-26
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers	1996	2A	Oak Hill	49-28
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers	1999	2A	Jimtown	7-0
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers	2000	2A	Jimtown	35-14
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers	2001	2A	Jimtown	24-18
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers	2002	2A	Central Noble	24-7
Fort Wayne Concordia	2002	3A	South Bend St. Joseph’s	30-14
Fort Wayne North Side	1984	4A	Carmel	28-21 ot
Fort Wayne Northrop	1999	5A	Carmel	37-23
Fort Wayne Snider	1981	3A	Lafayette Jefferson	18-17
Fort Wayne Snider	1982	3A	Lafayette Jefferson	27-14
Fort Wayne Snider	1985	5A	Kokomo	7-0
Fort Wayne Snider	1986	5A	Marion	55-7
Fort Wayne Snider	1992	5A	Carmel	42-20
Fort Wayne Snider	1994	5A	Harrison (West Lafayette)	56-14
Fort Wayne Snider	1997	5A	Noblesville	63-14
Fort Wayne Snider	2001	5A	Carmel	49-8
Fort Wayne Snider	2002	5A	Lafayette Jefferson	62-14
Fort Wayne Snider	2003	5A	Carmel	36-17
Fort Wayne Snider	2004	5A	Carmel	40-22
Fort Wayne Wayne	1987	4A	Goshen	21-18
Fort Wayne Wayne	1991	4A	New Haven	19-0
Fort Wayne Wayne	1992	4A	DeKalb	15-14
Fort Wayne Wayne	1993	4A	Columbia City	26-6
Fort Wayne Wayne	1995	4A	DeKalb	18-12
Fountain Central	1978	A	Tippecanoe Valley	27-21
Fountain Central	1983	A	North Daviess	24-0
Franklin Central	1980	2A	East Central	28-14
Franklin Central	1981	2A	Brownsburg	2-0
Franklin Central	1982	2A	Avon	30-15
Franklin Central	1986	4A	Evansville Harrison	17-0
Franklin Central	1988	4A	Logansport	42-0
Franklin Central	1989	4A	East Central	20-3
Franklin Central	1990	4A	Franklin County	26-19
Franklin County	1995	4A	Evansville Bosse	45-3
Franklin County	1997	3A	Mt. Vernon (Fortville)	14-7
Franklin County	1998	3A	Yorktown	47-7
Frontier	1987	A	Adams Central	20-14
Frontier	1991	A	Tri-Central	22-16
Garrett	2003	2A	Rensselaer Central	10-7
Glenn	2004	2A	North Judson	28-20
Goshen	1978	2A	Delta	27-0
Goshen	1981	2A	New Haven	14-0
Goshen	1988	4A	New Haven	10-8
Goshen	1996	4A	Fort Wayne Wayne	30-21
Goshen	1999	4A	East Noble	34-7
Greencastle	1991	2A	Tell City	21-14
Greenwood	1988	4A	Evansville Bosse	13-0
Greenwood	1990	4A	Evansville Bosse	40-12
Griffith	1991	3A	Angola	21-8
Griffith	1994	3A	South Bend St. Joseph’s	14-7
Griffith	1997	4A	Hobart	35-21
Hagerstown	1982	A	Frankton	34-14
Hagerstown	1985	2A	North Miami	13-7
Hamilton Heights	2003	3A	Andrean	22-21
Hamilton Southeastern	1979	A	Lawrenceburg	27-0
Hamilton Southeastern	1981	A	Sheridan	35-28
Hamilton Southeastern	1997	4A	Seymour	35-21
Hammond	1988	4A	Hobart	31-28
Hammond Bishop Noll	1989	3A	NorthWood	42-14
Harding	1985	4A	Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger	14-6
Harding	1995	3A	Hamilton Heights	40-23
Harding	1997	3A	NorthWood	28-21
Harding	2003	2A	Eastbrook	15-7
Harrison (West Lafayette)	1987	4A	Franklin Central	31-28
Harrison (West Lafayette)	1989	4A	DeKalb	28-17
Harrison (West Lafayette)	1990	4A	Fort Wayne South Side	34-15
Harrison (West Lafayette)	1992	4A	Greenwood	27-6
Heritage Hills	1996	3A	Charlestown	62-14
Heritage Hills	2000	3A	Whiteland	32-22
Heritage Hills	2001	3A	Batesville	23-11
Heritage Hills	2002	3A	Batesville	41-0
Heritage Hills	2003	3A	Batesville	16-12
Heritage Hills	2004	3A	Batesville	3-0
Highland	1987	5A	Valparaiso	42-15
Hobart	1979	3A	Penn	27-20
Hobart	1980	3A	Mishawaka	33-16
Hobart	1981	3A	Griffith	21-0
Hobart	1982	3A	Highland	27-0
Hobart	1983	4A	Portage	23-8
Hobart	1984	4A	Michigan City Elston	21-13
Hobart	1985	4A	Munster	41-0
Hobart	1987	4A	Munster	7-3
Hobart	1989	4A	Andrean	14-7
Hobart	1990	4A	Andrean	14-13
Hobart	1991	4A	Andrean	38-6
Hobart	1992	4A	Lowell	35-7
Hobart	1993	4A	Munster	20-0
Hobart	1995	4A	Griffith	14-13
Hobart	1996	4A	Munster	10-0
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