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.
For all large school football champions since 1920 see Indiana Big School Football Champions.
2013 â Indianapolis Cathedral (11)<br /> 2014 â Indianapolis Cathedral (12)<br /> 2015 â Fort Wayne Snider (2)*<br /> 2016 â Westfield<br /> 2017 â Columbus East (3)*<br /> 2018 â New Palestine (2)<br /> 2019 â New Palestine (3)<br /> 2020 â Indianapolis Cathedral (13)<br /> 2021 â Indianapolis Cathedral (14)<br /> 2022 â Valparaiso (2)<br /> 2023 â Fort Wayne Snider (3)*<br /> 2024 - Decatur Central<br /> 2025 - New Palestine (5)
For 1985âÂÂ2012 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
1985 - Brownsburg (2)<br /> 1986 - DeKalb<br /> 1987 - Hobart<br /> 1988 - Goshen (2)<br /> 1989 - Hobart (2)<br /> 1990 - Franklin Central <br /> 1991 - Hobart (3)<br /> 1992 - Harrison (West Lafayette)<br /> 1993 - Hobart (4)<br /> 1994 - East Central<br /> 1995 - Fort Wayne Wayne<br /> 1996 - Indianapolis Cathedral (3)<br /> 1997 - Griffith<br /> 1998 - Indianapolis Cathedral (4)<br /> 1999 - Indianapolis Cathedral (5)<br /> 2000 - East Noble<br /> 2001 - Jasper<br /> 2002 - Indianapolis Roncalli (6)<br /> 2003 - Indianapolis Roncalli (7)<br /> 2004 - Indianapolis Roncalli (8)<br /> 2005 - Lowell<br /> 2006 - Indianapolis Cathedral (6)<br /> 2007 - Evansville Reitz (6)*<br /> 2008 - Indianapolis Cathedral (7)<br /> 2009 - Evansville Reitz (7)*<br /> 2010 - Indianapolis Cathedral (8)<br /> 2011 - Indianapolis Cathedral (9)<br /> 2012 - Indianapolis Cathedral (10)<br /> 2013 - Columbus East (2)*<br /> 2014 - New Palestine <br /> 2015 - Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (4)<br /> 2016 - Indianapolis Roncalli (9)<br /> 2017 - East Central (2)<br /> 2018 - Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (5)<br /> 2019 - Evansville Memorial<br /> 2020 - Indianapolis Roncalli (10)<br /> 2021 - Mt. Vernon<br /> 2022 - East Central (3)<br /> 2023 - East Central (4)<br /> 2024 - New Palestine (4)<br /> 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
1983 - Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger <br /> 1984 - Brownsburg<br /> 1985 - Indianapolis Roncalli <br /> 1986 - Indianapolis Cathedral <br /> 1987 - Zionsville<br /> 1988 - Indianapolis Roncalli (2)<br /> 1989 - Hammond Bishop Noll (2)*<br /> 1990 - Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (2)<br /> 1991 - Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (3)<br /> 1992 - Indianapolis Cathedral (2)<br /> 1993 - Indianapolis Roncalli (3)<br /> 1994 - Indianapolis Roncalli (4)<br /> 1995 - South Bend St. Joseph's (2)* <br /> 1996 - Zionsville (2)<br /> 1997 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (3)<br /> 1998 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (4)<br /> 1999 - Indianapolis Roncalli (5)<br /> 2000 - Heritage Hills<br /> 2001 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (5)<br /> 2002 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (6)<br /> 2003 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (7)<br /> 2004 - Merrillville Andrean<br /> 2005 - NorthWood<br /> 2006 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (8)<br /> 2007 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (9)<br /> 2008 - Bellmont<br /> 2009 - West Lafayette (2)<br /> 2010 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (10)<br /> 2011 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (11)<br /> 2012 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (12)<br /> 2013 - Merrillville Andrean (2)<br /> 2014 - Tri-West (4)<br /> 2015 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (13)<br /> 2016 - Fort Wayne Concordia<br /> 2017 - Evansville Memorial<br /> 2018 - West Lafayette (3)<br /> 2019 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (14)<br /> 2020 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (15)<br /> 2021 - Gibson Southern<br /> 2022 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (16)<br /> 2023 - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (17)<br /> 2024 - Heritage Hills (2)<br /> 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.
1973 - Greenfield-Central<br /> 1974 - Blackford<br /> 1975 - Mishawaka Marian (2)<br /> 1976 - Mishawaka Marian (3)<br /> 1977 - Plymouth<br /> 1978 - Goshen<br /> 1979 - Blackford (2)<br /> 1980 - Franklin Central<br /> 1981 - Franklin Central (2)<br /> 1982 - Franklin Central (3)<br /> 1983 - Indianapolis Chatard<br /> 1984 - Indianapolis Chatard (2)<br /> 1985 - Fort Wayne Luers<br /> 1986 - Whitko<br /> 1987 - Rochester<br /> 1988 - Western Boone<br /> 1989 - Fort Wayne Luers (2)<br /> 1990 - Indianapolis Scecina <br /> 1991 - Indianapolis Scecina (2)<br /> 1992 - Fort Wayne Luers (3)<br /> 1993 - West Lafayette<br /> 1994 - Bremen (2)<br /> 1995 - North Montgomery<br /> 1996 - North Montgomery (2)<br /> 1997 - Jimtown (2)<br /> 1998 - Jimtown (3)<br /> 1999 - Fort Wayne Luers (4)<br /> 2000 - Evansville Mater Dei<br /> 2001 - Fort Wayne Luers (5)<br /> 2002 - Fort Wayne Luers (6)<br /> 2003 - Tri-West (2)<br /> 2004 - Tri-West (3)<br /> 2005 - Jimtown (4)<br /> 2006 - Fort Wayne Harding<br /> 2007 - Fort Wayne Luers (7)<br /> 2008 - Heritage Christian<br /> 2009 - Fort Wayne Luers (8)<br /> 2010 - Fort Wayne Luers (9)<br /> 2011 - Fort Wayne Luers (10)<br /> 2012 - Fort Wayne Luers (11)<br /> 2013 - Indianapolis Ritter (4)<br /> 2014 - Rensselaer Central<br /> 2015 - Monrovia<br /> 2016 - Indianapolis Ritter (5)<br /> 2017 - Southridge<br /> 2018 - Western Boone (2)<br /> 2019 - Western Boone (3)<br /> 2020 - Western Boone (4)<br /> 2021 - Merrillville Andrean (3)<br /> 2022 - Evansville Mater Dei (2)<br /> 2023 - Fort Wayne Luers (12)<br /> 2024 - Adams Central (2)<br /> 2025 - Merrillville Andrean (4)
Some multiple champion listings occur across classifications.
1973 - Mishawaka Marian<br /> 1974 - Garrett <br /> 1975 - Lawrenceburg<br /> 1976 - Lafayette Central Catholic <br /> 1977 - Indianapolis Ritter<br /> 1978 - Lawrenceburg (2)<br /> 1979 - Tippecanoe Valley <br /> 1980 - Sheridan <br /> 1981 - Hamilton Southeastern<br /> 1982 - Oak Hill <br /> 1983 - Fountain Central<br /> 1984 - Sheridan (2) <br /> 1985 - Eastern Hancock<br /> 1986 - South Putnam <br /> 1987 - Sheridan (3)<br /> 1988 - Sheridan (4) <br /> 1989 - Bremen<br /> 1990 - South Decatur<br /> 1991 - Jimtown <br /> 1992 - Sheridan (5)<br /> 1993 - North Miami <br /> 1994 - North White <br /> 1995 - (Flora) Carroll <br /> 1996 - Tri-West<br /> 1997 - Pioneer<br /> 1998 - Sheridan (6)<br /> 1999 - Lafayette Central Catholic (2)<br /> 2000 - Adams Central<br /> 2001 - Southern Wells<br /> 2002 - Southwood<br /> 2003 - Indianapolis Ritter (2) <br /> 2004 - Seeger <br /> 2005 - Sheridan (7)<br /> 2006 - Sheridan (8)<br /> 2007 - Sheridan (9)<br /> 2008 - Indianapolis Ritter (3)<br /> 2009 - Lafayette Central Catholic (3)<br /> 2010 - Lafayette Central Catholic (4)<br /> 2011 - Lafayette Central Catholic (5)<br /> 2012 - Lafayette Central Catholic (6)<br /> 2013 - Tri-Central<br /> 2014 - North Vermillion<br /> 2015 - Lafayette Central Catholic (7)<br /> 2016 - Linton-Stockton<br /> 2017 - Pioneer (2)<br /> 2018 - Pioneer (3)<br /> 2019 - Lafayette Central Catholic (8)<br /> 2020 - Indianapolis Covenant Christian<br /> 2021 - Indianapolis Lutheran<br /> 2022 - Indianapolis Lutheran (2)<br /> 2023 - Indianapolis Lutheran (3)<br /> 2024 - Providence<br /> 2025 - South Putnam (2)
Some multiple champion listings occur across classifications.