List of Arkansas state high school football champions

The 2004 Arkansas Class AAA football state championship game. The Central Arkansas Christian Mustangs defeated the Pine Bluff Dollarway Cardinals by a score of 34–20.

This is a list of the Arkansas state high school football champions which have been sanctioned by the Arkansas Activities Association (AAA). ^[1]

List of Arkansas state high school football champions

♦ Denotes winners of High School Football National Championship

Year	Class 7A	Class 6A	Class 5A	Class 4A	Class 3A	Class 2A
2024	Bryant	Greenwood	Little Rock Parkview	Arkadelphia	Salem	Conway Christian
2023	Fayetteville	Greenwood	Little Rock Parkview	Harding Academy	Booneville	Bigelow
2022	Bryant	Pulaski Academy	Little Rock Parkview	Malvern	Charleston	Hazen
2021 [2]	Bryant	El Dorado	Pulaski Academy	Joe T. Robinson	Harding Academy	McCrory
2020 [3]	Bryant	Greenwood	Pulaski Academy	Shiloh Christian	Harding Academy	Fordyce
2019 [4]	Bryant	Searcy	Pulaski Academy	Joe T. Robinson	Harding Academy	Fordyce
2018 [5]	Bryant	Greenwood	Little Rock Christian Academy	Arkadelphia	Booneville	Junction City
2017 [6]	North Little Rock	Greenwood	Pulaski Academy	Arkadelphia	Rivercrest	Foreman
2016 [7]	Fayetteville	Russellville	Pulaski Academy	Warren	Prescott	Mt. Ida
2015 [8]	Fayetteville	Pine Bluff	Pulaski Academy	Nashville	Harding Academy	McCrory
2014 [9]	Bentonville	Pine Bluff	Pulaski Academy	Warren	Charleston	Junction City
2013 [10]	Bentonville	El Dorado	Morrilton	Booneville	Charleston	Junction City
2012 [11]	Fayetteville	Greenwood	Camden Fairview	Stuttgart	Harding Academy	Junction City
2011 [12]	Fayetteville	El Dorado	Greenwood	Pulaski Academy	Charleston	Strong
2010 [13]	Bentonville	El Dorado	Greenwood	Shiloh Christian	Rivercrest	Magazine
2009 [14]	Springdale Har-Ber	El Dorado	Monticello	Shiloh Christian	Fountain Lake	Junction City
2008 [15]	Bentonville	Lake Hamilton	Pulaski Academy	Shiloh Christian	Charleston	Junction City
2007 [16]	Fayetteville	Texarkana	Greenwood	Nashville	Glen Rose	Mt. Ida
2006 [17]	Fort Smith Southside	Texarkana	Greenwood	Nashville	Shiloh Christian	Jessieville
Year	Class AAAAA		Class AAAA	Class AAA	Class AA
2005 [18]	Springdale		Greenwood	Nashville	Charleston
2004 [19]	Little Rock Central		Wynne	Central Arkansas Christian	Rison
2003 [20]	Little Rock Central		Batesville	Pulaski Academy	Junction City
2002 [21]	Fort Smith Southside		Stuttgart	Warren	Harding Academy
2001 [22]	Bentonville		Wynne	Warren	Shiloh Christian
2000 [23]	Cabot		Greenwood	Booneville	Rison
1999 [24]	Fort Smith Northside		Harrison	McGehee	Shiloh Christian
1998 [25]	Little Rock Fair		Alma	McGehee	Shiloh Christian
1997 [26]	Fort Smith Southside		Alma	Osceola	Barton
1996 [27]	Van Buren		Pine Bluff Watson Chapel	Nashville	Bauxite
1995 [28]	Pine Bluff		Osceola	Prescott	Rison
1994 [29]	Pine Bluff		Monticello	Lonoke	Barton
1993 [30]	Pine Bluff		Pine Bluff Dollarway	Malvern	Barton
1992 [31]	Fort Smith Southside		Pine Bluff Dollarway	Lake Hamilton	Augusta
1991 [32]	Fort Smith Southside		Newport	Fordyce	Rison
1990 [33]	Pine Bluff		Pine Bluff Dollarway	Fordyce	Rison
1989 [34]	Springdale		Newport	McGehee	Barton
1988 [35]	Fort Smith Southside		Newport	McGehee	Barton
1987 [36]	Fort Smith Northside		Arkadelphia	McGehee	Barton
1986 [37]	Little Rock Central		Wynne	Booneville	Barton
1985 [38]	Little Rock Catholic		Rivercrest	Marvell	Horatio
1984 [39]	Little Rock Catholic		Crossett	McGehee	Cross County
1983 [40]	Fort Smith Southside		Cabot	Augusta	Harding Academy
Year	Class AAAAA	Class AAAA	Class AAA	Class AA	Class A
1982 [41]	Little Rock Central	Springdale	Stuttgart	Augusta	Rison
1981 [42]	Little Rock Central	Jacksonville	Newport	Highland	Pine Bluff Jefferson Prep
1980 [43]	Little Rock Central	Sylvan Hills	Alma	Pulaski Robinson	Danville
1979 [44]	Little Rock Hall	Jonesboro	Arkadelphia	Pulaski Oak Grove	Mountain Pine
1978 [45]	Little Rock Central	Jacksonville	Crossett	Barton	Mountain Pine
1977 [46]	Little Rock Hall, Little Rock Parkview, Pine Bluff  [47] [Note 1] [Note 2]	Benton	Van Buren	Parkin	Harding Academy
Year	Class AAAA	Class AAA	Class AA	Class A	Class B
1976 [48]	Little Rock Parkview	Jacksonville	Mena	Des Arc	Harding Academy
1975 [49]	Little Rock Central	Texarkana	Stuttgart	Prescott	Dierks
1974 [50]	Little Rock Parkview	Texarkana	Magnolia	Earle	Danville
1973 [51]	Little Rock Parkview	Texarkana	Morrilton	Prescott	Farmington
1972 [52]	North Little Rock	Hot Springs	Magnolia	Prescott	Farmington
1971 [53]	Fort Smith Northside	Little Rock McClellan	Morrilton	Atkins	Danville
1970 [54]	North Little Rock	Hot Springs	Stuttgart	Rison	Magnet Cove
1969 [55]	Little Rock Hall	Springdale	Marianna Strong	McGehee	Murfreesboro
1968 [56]	Fort Smith Northside	Springdale	Magnolia	Lonoke	Earle

Starting in 1968, the Arkansas Activities Association organized playoffs to determine a state champion in each school size classification.

• 1967 – FS Northside (9), Conway (2)
• 1966 – LR Hall (3)-North Little Rock (2)-FS Northside (8)
• 1965 – North Little Rock
• 1964 – LR Hall (2), Conway
• 1963 – Pine Bluff (16)
• 1962 – Pine Bluff (15)
• 1961 – FS Northside (7)
• 1960 – LR Central (23), AP/UP media AA champion Stuttgart.
• 1959 – LR Hall
• 1958 – El Dorado (5)
• 1957 – LR Central (22) ♦ (12–0)
• 1956 – Little Rock (21)
• 1955 – Little Rock (20)
• 1954 – Little Rock (19)
• 1953 – Little Rock (18)
• 1952 – Little Rock (17)-Camden (2), Stuttgart (2), Earle
• 1951 – Pine Bluff (14)
• 1950 – Little Rock (16), Blytheville (7), Wynne, Rison
• 1949 – Little Rock (15), Smackover, Stuttgart, Lake Village (2)
• 1948 – Blytheville (6), Paragould, Lake Village
• 1947 – Little Rock (14), Magnolia, Dermott
• 1946 – Little Rock (13)♦ (14–0)
• 1945 – Fort Smith (6), Texarkana
• 1944 – Little Rock (12)
• 1943 – Pine Bluff (13)
• 1942 – El Dorado (4)
• 1941 – Blytheville (5)
• 1940 – Blytheville (4)
• 1939 – Pine Bluff (12) ♦ (11–0–1)
• 1938 – Little Rock (11)
• 1937 – Pine Bluff (11)
• 1936 – Blytheville (3)
• 1935 – Pine Bluff (10), Blytheville (2)
• 1934 – Hot Springs, Blytheville, De Queen
• 1933 – El Dorado (3), Russellville, Searcy
• 1932 – Pine Bluff (9), El Dorado (2), Fort Smith (5)
• 1931 – Fort Smith (4), Camden
• 1930 – Van Buren (2)
• 1929 – Pine Bluff (8)
• 1928 – Pine Bluff (7)
• 1927 – Pine Bluff (6)
• 1926 – Pine Bluff (5)
• 1925 – Pine Bluff (4)♦ (16–0)
• 1924 – El Dorado
• 1923 – Little Rock (4)
• 1922 – Pine Bluff (3)
• 1921 – Little Rock (10), Pine Bluff (2)
• 1920 – Little Rock (9)
• 1919 – Little Rock (8)
• 1918 – Little Rock (7)
• 1917 – Little Rock (6)
• 1916 – Pine Bluff
• 1915 – Little Rock (5)
• 1914 – Little Rock (4)
• 1913 – Fort Smith (3)
• 1912 – Van Buren
• 1911 – Fordyce Clary Training
• 1910 – Fort Smith (2)
• 1909 – Little Rock (3)
• 1908 – Little Rock (2)
• 1907 – Little Rock
• 1906 – Unknown
• 1905 – Fort Smith

Most state football championships

Team	Titles	Title Years (Fall)
Little Rock Central Tigers	31	1907–1909, 1914, 1915, 1917–1921, 1938, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952–1957, 1960, 1975, 1978, 1980-1982, 1986, 2003, 2004
Pine Bluff Zebras	23	1916, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1943, 1951, 1962, 1963, 1973, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2014, 2015
Fort Smith Northside Grizzlies	14	1905, 1910, 1913, 1931, 1932, 1945, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1980, 1987, 1999
Greenwood Bulldogs	12	2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024
Pulaski Academy Bruins	11	2003, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
El Dorado Wildcats	10	1924, 1932, 1933, 1942, 1958, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2021
Harding Academy Wildcats	10	1976, 1977, 1983, 2002, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023
Barton Bears	8	1978, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989,1993, 1994, 1997
Rison Wildcats	8	1950, 1970, 1982, 1990, 1991,1995, 2000, 2004
Shiloh Christian Saints	8	1998, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2020
Stuttgart Ricebirds	7	1949, 1952, 1970, 1975, 1982, 2002, 2012
Blytheville Chickasaws	7	1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950
Junction City Dragons	7	2003, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018
McGehee Owls	7	1969, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1998, 1999
Fort Smith Southside Rebels/Mavericks	7	1983, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2006
Bryant Hornets	6	2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
Fayetteville Bulldogs	6	2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2023

See also

• United States portal
• Schools portal
• Sports portal
• American Football portal

• Arkansas Activities Association
• List of Arkansas state high school soccer champions
• List of Arkansas state high school basketball champions
• List of Arkansas state high school baseball champions
• List of Arkansas state high school swimming champions
• List of Arkansas state high school tennis champions
• List of Arkansas state high school track and field champions

Notes

1. The Arkansas Activities Association lists three schools as 1977 Class AAAAA "tri-conference champion". According to the AAA, Class AAAAA held no football state championship tournament in 1977 (the other four classes did conduct playoffs), and AAA records note "Championship Game Site: None".
2. During the 1977 football regular season, Little Rock Hall defeated Pine Bluff by a score of 21–6; Little Rock Parkview defeated Little Rock Hall by a score of 13–12; and Pine Bluff defeated Little Rock Parkview by a score of 18–15.

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External links

• Arkansas Activities Association: Football