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.

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

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)* ''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) ''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 - Merrilville 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 - Merrilville 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) ''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 - Merrilville Andrean (3) 2022 - Evansville Mater Dei (2) 2012 - Fort Wayne Luers (12) 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) Some multiple champion listings occur across classifications.