Postseason records through the 2019 playoffs. On this page (P. 44) are team all-time playoff and championship marks. On the next page (P. 45) are championship game records by classification.
PLAYOFF RECORDS School
School
Valley, West Des Moines Emmetsburg Bettendorf Harlan Community Clear Lake Ankeny Dowling Catholic, W.D.M. Newton
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28 24 22 19 18 17 17 17
Years
#
#
12 10 9 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Years
#
Iowa City, City High Sioux City, East West Branch Bishop Garrigan, Algona Madrid Cedar Rapids, Washington Mount Vernon Newton Pleasant Valley Clear Lake Decorah Fairfield Urbandale Waverly-Shell Rock West Delaware, Manchester
27 27 27 26 26 25 25 25 24 23 23 23 23 23 23
School
School
St. Albert, Council Bluffs West Lyon, Inwood Madrid Bishop Garrigan, Algona Kuemper Catholic, Carroll Solon Regina, Iowa City Xavier, Cedar Rapids School
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17 17 16 15 15 15 14 14
Years
1997-2013 2003-2019 1990-2005 2004-2018 2004-2018 2005-2019 2004-2017 2006-2019
Most Playoff Victories #
Madrid 48 Wapsie Valley, Fairbank 47 Iowa City, City High 46 Cedar Falls 45 Pella 43 Decorah 41 Ankeny 39 Mount Vernon 39 West Branch 39 West Bend-Mallard 37
Most State Championships
1972, 82, 83, 84, 93, 95, 97, 98, 2003, 04, 05, 09 2000, 01, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 1977, 79, 89, 90, 97, 2000, 02, 03, 08 1981, 87, 88, 91, 92, 2004, 07 2005, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 1974, 87, 88, 89, 2012 1988, 2007, 08, 09, 10 2003, 03, 05, 08, 11 1986, 87, 97, 2007, 12 1998, 99, 2010, 13, 19 1975, 82, 2008, 13 1993, 94, 96, 2009 1979, 85, 2001, 05 1990, 2000, 08, 09 2004, 06, 07, 09 1994, 98, 99, 2004
School
CLGLR; Central Lyon Columbus Catholic, Waterloo Davenport, Central Don Bosco, Gilbertville Grundy Center Hudson Iowa City, West Linn-Mar, Marion Mount Vernon Pekin Pella West Branch Xavier, Cedar Rapids
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West Hancock, Britt Aplington-Parkersburg Prairie, Cedar Rapids Sigourney/Keota WACO, Wayland Webster City West Marshall, State Center Ames New Hampton Pleasantville West Bend-Mallard Williamsburg
Most Consecutive Playoff Appearances
1992-2019 1983-2006 1998-2019 1995-2013 1998-2015 2000-2016 1985-2001 1987-2003
Harlan Community 93 Dowling Catholic, W.D.M. 82 Bettendorf 73 Emmetsburg 72 Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 57 Valley, W.D.M. 61 Solon 57 West Lyon, Inwood 52 Regina, Iowa City 51 St. Albert, Council Bluffs 50
Harlan Community Dowling Catholic, W.D.M. Emmetsburg Bettendorf Regina, Iowa City Decorah Solon Valley, W.D.M. Wapsie Valley, Fairbank West Lyon, Inwood Bishop Heelan, Sioux City Iowa City, City High Sigourney/Keota; Sigourney Southern Cal St. Albert, Council Bluffs West Bend-Mallard
School
42 40 38 37 35 35 31 30 30 30 30 29 29 28 28
School
School
Most Playoff Appearances
#
Dowling Catholic, W.D.M. Emmetsburg Harlan Community Bishop Heelan, Sioux City Bettendorf Valley, West Des Moines Pella Cedar Falls Solon Wapsie Valley, Fairbank West Lyon, Inwood Ankeny Assumption, Davenport Pekin, Packwood St. Albert, Council Bluffs
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School
23 22 22 21 21 21 21 20 20 20 20 20
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Years
Harlan Community 13 1981-1993 Lisbon 13 2004-2016 Pella 13 2007-2019 Thirteen teams tied with 12.
School
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Dike-New Hartford 34 West Hancock, Britt 33 Pekin 31 Xavier, Cedar Rapids 30
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3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Years
1976, 77, 2006 1976, 86, 2004 1973, 76, 83 2013, 16, 17 1984, 87, 88 1975, 94, 2018 1995, 98, 99 1985, 89, 90 1974, 93, 94 1982, 83, 89 2014, 15, 16 1989, 91, 92 2006, 17, 18
Sixteen schools have won 2 football state championships
Statistics are through the 2019 postseason.
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2020 IHSAA State Football Championships
