Football Field Header

McKnight's American Football National Champions

Media National Champions All-Time Greatest Teams Latest Season
Updated: 11/10/2025
Search
Year Team State Combined Margin Win/Loss Offense Defense Games
1888 Philadelphia William Penn Charter (PA) PA 24.96 8.816 22.687 23.584 28.627 6
1889 Philadelphia William Penn Charter (PA) PA 26.78 10.991 22.337 25.146 22.571 7
1890 Philadelphia William Penn Charter (PA) PA 29.752 13.026 24.203 26.43 17.799 6
1891 Philadelphia William Penn Charter (PA) PA 44.652 12.053 44.756 22.085 48.483 8
1892 Philadelphia William Penn Charter (PA) PA 39.403 13.906 35.108 25.705 5.405 7
1893 Williamsport (PA) PA 17.069 10.6 10.762 26.382 24.718 6
1894 Hightstown The Peddie School (NJ) NJ 51.371 15.568 47.918 31.063 1.644 6
1895 Philadelphia William Penn Charter (PA) PA 33.242 13.047 28.508 26.387 18.653 9
1896 Williamsport (PA) PA 22.212 6.463 21.859 20.247 29.683 7
1897 Philadelphia William Penn Charter (PA) PA 43.241 12.453 41.021 29.232 9.996 7
1898 Fort Washington Germantown Academy (PA) PA 40.957 12.482 38.852 24.772 24.538 7
1899 Paramus (NJ) NJ 37.958 13.073 32.834 45.172 -5.353 8
1900 Kingston Wyoming Seminary (PA) PA 53.804 13.066 54.463 35.707 25.685 8
1901 Williamson School (PA) PA 54.829 13.94 53.21 46.059 -10.681 6
1902 Blairstown Blair Academy (NJ) NJ 40.26 11.726 38.063 25.081 -2.121 8
1903 Phillips Exeter Academy (NH) NH 65.646 16.392 62.519 68.291 -37.467 10
1904 Williamsport (PA) PA 38.862 10.119 37.788 37.171 2.562 8
1905 Lebanon Castle Heights Military (TN) TN 52.026 13.951 51.225 40.79 35.58 9
1906 Williamson School (PA) PA 53.121 13.273 51.585 41.72 -15.792 7
1907 Phillips Exeter Academy (NH) NH 57.942 13.349 58.384 19.219 -19.777 12
1908 MercersburgAcademy (PA) PA 49.914 11.597 51.055 23.51 12.017 7
1909 MercersburgAcademy (PA) PA 46.665 12.112 44.668 45.943 -9.853 7
1910 Omaha Central (NE) NE 62.943 16.188 59.463 77.091 -38.952 9
1911 MercersburgAcademy (PA) PA 60.572 13.701 60.403 59.847 -7.34 7
1912 Saltsburg Kiski Prep (PA) PA 73.016 12.351 79.264 44.339 31.771 6
1913 Oak Park-River Forest (IL) IL 97.331 16.569 104.3 39.175 -11.387 13
1914 Everett (MA) MA 74.07 13.448 78.974 60.262 27.384 18
1915 Aurora East (IL) IL 69.146 11.781 75.425 8.032 -1.593 15
1916 Norman (OK) OK 82.002 10.383 93.49 14.331 29.893 14
1917 MercersburgAcademy (PA) PA 75.958 12.381 82.363 22.53 -7.297 8
1918 Harrisburg Tech (PA) PA 90.395 11.184 103.054 39.828 58.453 12
1919 Everett (MA) MA 75.624 12.825 82.174 7.242 14.781 11
1920 Everett (WA) WA 106.226 10.268 123.325 26.562 15.949 11
1921 Union University (TN) TN 76.104 11.348 87.877 -33.878 33.231 9
1922 Carlinville (IL) IL 107.475 5.948 133.3 -44.425 68.987 9
1923 Tulsa Central (OK) OK 82.484 13.69 88.165 26.532 -23.411 12
1924 Pocatello (ID) ID 71.301 14.245 74.287 17.244 -35.698 8
1925 Nashville Montgomery Bell Academy (TN) TN 76.374 7.114 89.183 30.607 33.053 11
1926 Dyersburg (TN) TN 74.737 7.607 86.348 9.384 5.399 11
1927 Waco Consolidated (TX) TX 67.394 8.831 78.126 -15.147 24.741 18
1928 Esparto (CA) CA 73.036 11.753 78.779 29.66 -27.684 8
1929 Enumclaw (WA) WA 85.512 12.206 93.265 16.184 -10.157 8
1930 Pampa (TX) TX 59.108 9.162 68.321 -22.958 17.577 13
1931 Amarillo (TX) TX 53.112 7.615 61.858 -11.501 7.927 13
1932 Port Huron (MI) MI 51.297 7.445 56.65 13.135 -3.345 8
1933 Amarillo (TX) TX 54.467 7.047 64.286 -23.131 21.271 11
1934 Canton McKinley (OH) OH 60.476 7.303 68.776 9.028 8.323 11
1935 Rhinelander (WI) WI 71.116 10.305 76 46.206 -45.754 8
1936 Ithaca (NY) NY 66.342 10.244 73.014 13.474 -3.711 10
1937 Rochester Aquinas Institute (NY) NY 59.887 11.362 61.562 28.78 -29.42 11
1938 Louisville DuPont Manual (KY) KY 51.94 7.035 58.319 15.049 13.449 14
1939 Arbuckle Pierce (CA) CA 71.008 12.654 72.269 66.617 -52.951 8
1940 MassillonWashington (OH) OH 72.147 9.931 80.077 23.344 4.596 12
1941 Birmingham Parker (AL) AL 60.996 9.428 69.261 -3.952 11.477 6
1942 New Orleans Easton (LA) LA 56.94 11.683 59.547 10.742 -12.997 9
1943 Lebanon Castle Heights Military (TN) TN 59.728 10.548 64.841 5.865 4.47 8
1944 Birmingham Parker (AL) AL 77.959 11.24 85.63 26.255 -10.679 8
1945 Medford (OR) OR 58.619 7.411 67.535 -0.991 35.062 12
1946 San Antonio Jefferson (TX) TX 52.008 8.152 59.181 -13.768 16.129 11
1947 Baton Rouge Istrouma (LA) LA 50.507 8.27 54.961 39.096 22.805 13
1948 Wichita Northwest (KS) KS 56.113 6.041 64.264 17.467 22.069 11
1949 Los Angeles John C. Fremont (CA) CA 73.066 6.69 86.946 15.863 46.907 8
1950 Baytown Lee (TX) TX 58.5 6.805 69.208 -12.27 16.175 15
1951 Temple (TX) TX 60.229 7.642 70.512 -8.379 15.16 12
1952 Baytown Lee (TX) TX 57.926 7.138 68.545 -22.945 21.255 13
1953 MassillonWashington (OH) OH 66.479 8.218 75.067 13.149 7.287 10
1954 Abilene (TX) TX 63.415 7.684 74.916 -25.559 24.428 15
1955 Abilene (TX) TX 58.428 6.413 69.836 -19.941 25.173 18
1956 Abilene (TX) TX 55.897 5.589 67.816 -31.115 24.74 16
1957 Abilene (TX) TX 65.087 8.507 76.48 -14.949 17.534 12
1958 Peoria Manual Academy (IL) IL 84.105 11.306 95.838 -28.729 34.949 10
1959 Limon (CO) CO 77.191 4.461 93.59 11.419 30.148 11
1960 Hinsdale Central (IL) IL 53.879 6.494 59.687 22.963 -7.822 8
1961 Port Arthur Lincoln (TX) TX 68.185 5.217 82.262 8.806 41.185 9
1962 Ozona O'Brien (TX) TX 59.436 3.68 73.066 -8.137 19.247 11
1963 Chicago Saint Rita (IL) IL 56.82 5.577 65.596 10.482 12.21 11
1964 Louisville (OH) OH 60.315 7.179 68.198 15.438 6.25 11
1965 San Angelo Central (TX) TX 52.272 6.366 62.061 -18.909 14.861 10
1966 Savannah Johnson (GA) GA 52.614 4.6 62.425 28.271 52.119 11
1967 Abilene Cooper (TX) TX 66.189 7.588 80.379 -31.188 43.512 16
1968 Lubbock Estacado (TX) TX 53.521 5.936 64.237 -7.056 21.534 16
1969 Freedom (OK) OK 60.757 5.088 72.517 2.682 25.898 10
1970 Simsbury (CT) CT 65.531 10.249 70.412 39.054 -2.509 11
1971 Valdosta (GA) GA 55.035 4.827 65.323 7.355 21.484 15
1972 Scandia (KS) KS 52.388 2.088 64.871 -7.948 2.186 12
1973 Sparta (NJ) NJ 66.615 5.029 78.797 23.195 10.879 10
1974 Ocala Forest (FL) FL 45.523 3.341 53.468 24.283 7.279 14
1975 Van Nuys Montclair Prep (CA) CA 68.064 3.854 81.778 10.691 16.964 12
1976 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (OH) OH 49.689 2.442 59.416 29.648 15.91 18
1977 Avon (IN) IN 71.595 -0.928 95.135 9.735 11.775 10
1978 Las Vegas Chaparral (NV) NV 49.32 2.49 59.076 19.161 11.448 11
1979 Richey (MT) MT 58.971 1.833 72.648 30.45 39.096 11
1980 Lafayette McCutcheon (IN) IN 76.811 -5.256 107.23 11.62 16.98 10
1981 Hempstead (NY) NY 49.635 2.566 60.62 15.425 18.021 9
1982 Clearbrook (MN) MN 50.115 2.958 57.923 45.878 -12.913 8
1983 Arimo Marsh Valley (ID) ID 50.106 -7.383 74.434 -76.572 31.127 24
1984 Valdosta (GA) GA 49.524 1.58 62.666 8.855 26.322 16
1985 Pensacola Escambia (FL) FL 47.128 1.541 56.382 35.683 7.161 21
1986 Homer (NY) NY 50.342 0.729 62.679 28.009 20.804 10
1987 Hempstead (NY) NY 60.552 2.057 76.071 12.158 32.84 8
1988 Pensacola Pine Forest (FL) FL 49.837 0.082 62.617 15.883 24.571 16
1989 Rockingham Richmond (NC) NC 52.257 1.435 64.71 14.969 22.661 16
1990 Fort Hancock (TX) TX 54.953 -2.87 75.744 -12.451 41.687 14
1991 Valdosta (GA) GA 50.877 2.448 61.837 3.312 8.774 16
1992 Wibaux (MT) MT 70.079 2.878 83.924 12.801 10.352 11
1993 Essex Junction (VT) VT 52.305 2.625 61.797 13.063 -14.414 11
1994 McComb Parklane Academy (MS) MS 59.311 3.133 73.973 -14.64 27.105 15
1995 La Marque (TX) TX 52.148 3.26 65.197 -10.768 11.515 16
1996 Hampton (VA) VA 56.126 2.317 70.409 -0.489 30.041 19
1997 Terry (MT) MT 66.715 4.048 78.907 18.641 15.152 9
1998 Freeport (NY) NY 60.719 5.452 73.086 -6.35 19.364 11
1999 West Des Moines Valley (IA) IA 65.83 5.08 77.29 8.541 12.959 12
2000 Ossining (NY) NY 64.826 6.207 74.856 15.632 2.114 9
2001 Adair-Casey (IA) IA 75.894 6.927 87.459 1.73 34.663 8
2002 Scobey-Peerless (MT) MT 66.905 4.335 79.79 8.249 15.13 10
2003 De Smet (SD) SD 82.718 4.782 99.895 4.261 23.672 13
2004 Virginia Beach Landstown (VA) VA 67.571 9.262 77.018 5.398 20.53 15
2005 Southlake Carroll (TX) TX 66.812 8.53 77.632 3.603 31.097 17
2006 Southlake Carroll (TX) TX 72.629 9.972 84.165 -1.392 29.032 16
2007 Katy (TX) TX 63.408 9.407 73.387 -2.328 33.648 16
2008 Hampton Phoebus (VA) VA 65.774 10.771 73.279 3.981 24.25 15
2009 Duncan Byrnes (SC) SC 73.91 12.432 82.334 3.663 34.128 15
2010 Zephyrhills Christian Academy (FL) FL 82.816 13.582 93.34 0.62 40.632 11
2011 Fort Myers Canterbury (FL) FL 81.633 13.963 91.767 -8.961 31.672 9
2012 Clearwater Academy International (FL) FL 82.585 12.354 94.57 1.58 41.196 12
2013 Allen (TX) TX 79.931 9.719 92.727 1.741 37.554 16
2014 Clearwater Academy International (FL) FL 95.548 12.565 110.671 -1.732 37.353 11
2015 Katy (TX) TX 83.318 9.485 97.168 3.389 29.95 16
2016 Santa Ana Mater Dei (CA) CA 78.256 6.011 94.439 1.479 39.964 14
2017 Santa Ana Mater Dei (CA) CA 80.291 7.076 95.958 -0.57 40.93 15
2018 Bellflower Saint John Bosco (CA) CA 79.285 6.849 95.535 -5.024 37.887 14
2019 Santa Ana Mater Dei (CA) CA 80.748 8.087 97.233 -8.13 40.562 13
2020 Bradenton IMG Academy (FL) FL 82.065 9.95 96.043 -6.98 35.072 8
2021 CheyenneWells (CO) CO 91.448 6.977 111.771 -3.817 51.575 10
2022 Bellflower Saint John Bosco (CA) CA 79.353 7.351 95.298 -11.08 29.007 14
2023 Santa Ana Mater Dei (CA) CA 77.79 7.678 92.279 -8.023 31.076 15
2024 Santa Ana Mater Dei (CA) CA 80.257 8.856 95.491 -12.901 32.43 13
2025 Allen (TX) TX 79.06 7.885 94.124 9.726 51.349 8

Comments