In 1973, the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) established a three class state playoff system in football. In 1983, the tournament split into four classes, in 1985 into a five class system, and in 2013 into a six class system, with 6A for big schools and 1A for the smallest schools. This page represents all smaller school class tournament champions.IHSAA football state finals roundup: Highlights, recaps, photos from all 6 title games
Indiana Class 6A State Football Champions For all large school football champions since 1920 see Indiana Big School Football Champions.
Indiana Class 5A State Football Champions 2012 – Lawrence Central 2013 – Indianapolis Cathedral (11) 2014 – Indianapolis Cathedral (12) 2015 – Fort Wayne Snider (2)* 2016 – Westfield 2017 – Columbus East (3)* 2018 – New Palestine (2) 2019 – New Palestine (3) 2020 – Indianapolis Cathedral (13) 2021 – Indianapolis Cathedral (14) 2022 – Valparaiso (2) 2023 – Fort Wayne Snider (3)* 2024 - Decatur Central 2025 - New Palestine (5)
For 1985–2012 see Indiana Big School Football Champions. Some multiple champion listings occur across classes. *Fort Wayne Snider won a big school title in 1992. Columbus East won a big school title in 1979
Indiana Class 4A State Football Champions 1985 - Brownsburg (2) 1986 - DeKalb 1987 - Hobart 1988 - Goshen (2) 1989 - Hobart (2) 1990 - Franklin Central 1991 - Hobart (3) 1992 - Harrison (West Lafayette) 1993 - Hobart (4) 1994 - East Central 1995 - Fort Wayne Wayne 1996 - Indianapolis Cathedral (3) 1997 - Griffith 1998 - Indianapolis Cathedral (4) 1999 - Indianapolis Cathedral (5) 2000 - East Noble 2001 - Jasper 2002 - Indianapolis Roncalli (6) 2003 - Indianapolis Roncalli (7) 2004 - Indianapolis Roncalli (8) 2005 - Lowell 2006 - Indianapolis Cathedral (6) 2007 - Evansville Reitz (6)* 2008 - Indianapolis Cathedral (7) 2009 - Evansville Reitz (7)* 2010 - Indianapolis Cathedral (8) 2011 - Indianapolis Cathedral (9) 2012 - Indianapolis Cathedral (10) 2013 - Columbus East (2)* 2014 - New Palestine 2015 - Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (4) 2016 - Indianapolis Roncalli (9) 2017 - East Central (2) 2018 - Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (5) 2019 - Evansville Memorial 2020 - Indianapolis Roncalli (10) 2021 - Mt. Vernon 2022 - East Central (3) 2023 - East Central (4) 2024 - New Palestine (4) 2025 - Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (6)
For 1983-84 see Indiana Big School Football Champions. Some multiple champion listings occur across classes. *Evansville Reitz won big school state championships in 1948, '57, '60, '61, and '71. Columbus East won a big school title in 1979
Indiana Class 3A State Football Champions 1983 - Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 1984 - Brownsburg 1985 - Indianapolis Roncalli 1986 - Indianapolis Cathedral 1987 - Zionsville 1988 - Indianapolis Roncalli (2) 1989 - Hammond Bishop Noll (2)* 1990 - Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (2) 1991 - Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (3) 1992 - Indianapolis Cathedral (2) 1993 - Indianapolis Roncalli (3) 1994 - Indianapolis Roncalli (4) 1995 - South Bend St. Joseph's (2)* 1996 - Zionsville (2) 1997 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (3) 1998 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (4) 1999 - Indianapolis Roncalli (5) 2000 - Heritage Hills 2001 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (5) 2002 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (6) 2003 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (7) 2004 - Merrillville Andrean 2005 - NorthWood 2006 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (8) 2007 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (9) 2008 - Bellmont 2009 - West Lafayette (2) 2010 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (10) 2011 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (11) 2012 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (12) 2013 - Merrillville Andrean (2) 2014 - Tri-West (4) 2015 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (13) 2016 - Fort Wayne Concordia 2017 - Evansville Memorial 2018 - West Lafayette (3) 2019 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (14) 2020 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (15) 2021 - Gibson Southern 2022 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (16) 2023 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (17) 2024 - Heritage Hills (2) 2025 - Cascade
For 1973-82 see Indiana Big School Football Champions. Some multiple champion listings occur across classifications. *South Bend St. Joseph won a big school state championship in 1964, Hammond Bishop Noll in 1951.
Indiana Class 2A State Football Champions 1973 - Greenfield-Central 1974 - Blackford 1975 - Mishawaka Marian (2) 1976 - Mishawaka Marian (3) 1977 - Plymouth 1978 - Goshen 1979 - Blackford (2) 1980 - Franklin Central 1981 - Franklin Central (2) 1982 - Franklin Central (3) 1983 - Indianapolis Chatard 1984 - Indianapolis Chatard (2) 1985 - Fort Wayne Luers 1986 - Whitko 1987 - Rochester 1988 - Western Boone 1989 - Fort Wayne Luers (2) 1990 - Indianapolis Scecina 1991 - Indianapolis Scecina (2) 1992 - Fort Wayne Luers (3) 1993 - West Lafayette 1994 - Bremen (2) 1995 - North Montgomery 1996 - North Montgomery (2) 1997 - Jimtown (2) 1998 - Jimtown (3) 1999 - Fort Wayne Luers (4) 2000 - Evansville Mater Dei 2001 - Fort Wayne Luers (5) 2002 - Fort Wayne Luers (6) 2003 - Tri-West (2) 2004 - Tri-West (3) 2005 - Jimtown (4) 2006 - Fort Wayne Harding 2007 - Fort Wayne Luers (7) 2008 - Heritage Christian 2009 - Fort Wayne Luers (8) 2010 - Fort Wayne Luers (9) 2011 - Fort Wayne Luers (10) 2012 - Fort Wayne Luers (11) 2013 - Indianapolis Ritter (4) 2014 - Rensselaer Central 2015 - Monrovia 2016 - Indianapolis Ritter (5) 2017 - Southridge 2018 - Western Boone (2) 2019 - Western Boone (3) 2020 - Western Boone (4) 2021 - Merrillville Andrean (3) 2022 - Evansville Mater Dei (2) 2023 - Fort Wayne Luers (12) 2024 - Adams Central (2) 2025 - Merrillville Andrean (4)
Some multiple champion listings occur across classifications.
Indiana Class 1A State Football Champions 1973 - Mishawaka Marian 1974 - Garrett 1975 - Lawrenceburg 1976 - Lafayette Central Catholic 1977 - Indianapolis Ritter 1978 - Lawrenceburg (2) 1979 - Tippecanoe Valley 1980 - Sheridan 1981 - Hamilton Southeastern 1982 - Oak Hill 1983 - Fountain Central 1984 - Sheridan (2) 1985 - Eastern Hancock 1986 - South Putnam 1987 - Sheridan (3) 1988 - Sheridan (4) 1989 - Bremen 1990 - South Decatur 1991 - Jimtown 1992 - Sheridan (5) 1993 - North Miami 1994 - North White 1995 - (Flora) Carroll 1996 - Tri-West 1997 - Pioneer 1998 - Sheridan (6) 1999 - Lafayette Central Catholic (2) 2000 - Adams Central 2001 - Southern Wells 2002 - Southwood 2003 - Indianapolis Ritter (2) 2004 - Seeger 2005 - Sheridan (7) 2006 - Sheridan (8) 2007 - Sheridan (9) 2008 - Indianapolis Ritter (3) 2009 - Lafayette Central Catholic (3) 2010 - Lafayette Central Catholic (4) 2011 - Lafayette Central Catholic (5) 2012 - Lafayette Central Catholic (6) 2013 - Tri-Central 2014 - North Vermillion 2015 - Lafayette Central Catholic (7) 2016 - Linton-Stockton 2017 - Pioneer (2) 2018 - Pioneer (3) 2019 - Lafayette Central Catholic (8) 2020 - Indianapolis Covenant Christian 2021 - Indianapolis Lutheran 2022 - Indianapolis Lutheran (2) 2023 - Indianapolis Lutheran (3) 2024 - Providence 2025 - South Putnam (2)
Some multiple champion listings occur across classifications.
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