List of Arkansas state high school football champions
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This is a list of the Arkansas state high school football champions which have been sanctioned by the Arkansas Activities Association (AAA).[1]
Most state football championships
♦ Denotes winners of High School Football National Championship
| Year | Class 7A | Class 6A | Class 5A | Class 4A | Class 3A | Class 2A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bryant | Shiloh Christian | Joe T. Robinson | Elkins | Mansfield | Cross County |
| 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
| 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
- 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