List of Arkansas state high school football champions

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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. Football 100.jpg
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]

Contents

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 Pulaski Robinson Harding Academy McCrory
2020 [3] Bryant Greenwood Pulaski Academy Shiloh Christian Harding Academy Fordyce
2019 [4] Bryant Searcy Pulaski Academy Pulaski 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.

Most state football championships

TeamTitlesTitle Years (Fall)
Little Rock Central Tigers 311907–1909, 1914, 1915, 1917–1921, 1938, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952–1957, 1960, 1975, 1978, 1980-1982, 1986, 2003, 2004
Pine Bluff Zebras 231916, 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 141905, 1910, 1913, 1931, 1932, 1945, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1980, 1987, 1999
Greenwood Bulldogs 112000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023
Pulaski Academy Bruins 112003, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
El Dorado Wildcats 101924, 1932, 1933, 1942, 1958, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2021
Harding Academy Wildcats 101976, 1977, 1983, 2002, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023
Barton Bears 81978, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989,1993, 1994, 1997
Rison Wildcats 81950, 1970, 1982, 1990, 1991,1995, 2000, 2004
Shiloh Christian Saints 81998, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2020
Stuttgart Ricebirds 71949, 1952, 1970, 1975, 1982, 2002, 2012
Blytheville Chickasaws 71934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950
Junction City Dragons 72003, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018
McGehee Owls 71969, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1998, 1999
Fort Smith Southside Rebels/Mavericks 71983, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2006

See also

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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