Prep Bowl
The Prep Bowl is an annual contest played between the Chicago Catholic League and the Chicago Public League and is played at Chicago's Soldier Field. It was first played in 1927, though after a forfeit in 1928, was not played again until 1933, and was the premier high school football event in Illinois until the IHSA formed the state championship football playoffs in 1974. The 1927 game between Mt. Carmel and Carl Schurz High School drew an estimated 50,000 fans; the largest crowd to see a prep football contest in American history, up to that time. In subsequent years, larger crowds were drawn to the annual game.
With the advent of the IHSA state series, the Prep Bowl was contested by the winner of a special playoff in each league played by teams not qualifying for the state playoffs, and teams that were eliminated in early rounds of the state playoffs. It is traditionally played on the Friday after Thanksgiving, which is the same day which the IHSA plays its smaller school state championships in football. As of the 2009 game, the Catholic League holds a 51-23-2 advantage in the series.
In 1981, the IHSA membership voted on a limitation that prohibited member schools from participating in more than nine games, plus the IHSA state series. The Prep Bowl was given a special exemption from this.
| Prep Bowl Results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Winning Team | Losing Team | Notes | |||
| 1927 | Mt. Carmel | 6 | Schurz | 0 | ||
| 1933 | Mt. Carmel | 7 | Harrison | 0 | ||
| 1934 | Lindblom | 6 | Leo | 0 | ||
| 1935 | Lindblom | 6 | Leo | 0 | ||
| 1936 | Austin | 19 | Fenwick | 19 (tie) | attendance: 75,000 | |
| 1937 | Austin | 26 | Leo | 0 | attendance: 110,000 (largest in Illinois high school history) | |
| 1938 | Fenger | 13 | Mt. Carmel | 0 | attendance: 80,000 | |
| 1939 | Fenger | 13 | Mt. Carmel | 13 (tie) | attendance: 75,000 | |
| 1940 | Fenger | 13 | Leo | 0 | attendance: 75,000 | |
| 1941 | Leo | 46 | Tilden | 13 | attendance: 95,000 | |
| 1942 | Leo | 27 | Tilden | 14 | attendance: 75,000 | |
| 1943 | St. George | 19 | Phillips | 12 | attendance: 80,000 | |
| 1944 | Tilden | 13 | Weber | 7 | ||
| 1945 | Fenwick | 20 | Tilden | 6 | attendance: 80,000 | |
| 1946 | Fenger | 13 | Weber | 7 | attendance: 85,000 | |
| 1947 | Austin | 13 | Leo | 12 | ||
| 1948 | Lindblom | 13 | Fenwick | 7 | ||
| 1949 | Schurz | 20 | Fenwick | 7 | ||
| 1950 | Mt. Carmel | 45 | Lane Tech | 20 | ||
| 1951 | Mt. Carmel | 19 | Lindblom | 6 | ||
| 1952 | Mt. Carmel | 27 | Austin | 19 | ||
| 1953 | St. George | 38 | Austin | 12 | ||
| 1954 | Fenger | 20 | Mt. Carmel | 13 | ||
| 1955 | Chicago Vocational | 6 | Weber | 0 | ||
| 1956 | Leo | 12 | Calumet | 0 | ||
| 1957 | Mendel | 6 | Calumet | 0 | ||
| 1958 | Austin | 20 | Fenwick | 7 | ||
| 1959 | Lane Tech | 19 | Fenwick | 0 | ||
| 1960 | Mt. Carmel | 27 | Taft | 8 | ||
| 1961 | Weber | 14 | Lane Tech | 12 | attendance: 83,750 | |
| 1962 | Fenwick | 40 | Schurz | 0 | attendance: 91,328 | |
| 1963 | St. Rita | 42 | Chicago Vocational | 7 | attendance: 81,270 | |
| 1964 | Weber | 34 | Chicago Vocational | 13 | ||
| 1965 | Loyola Academy | 33 | Chicago Vocational | 13 | attendance: 75,400 | |
| 1966 | Loyola Academy | 20 | Chicago Vocational | 14 | ||
| 1967 | Mt. Carmel | 37 | Dunbar | 0 | ||
| 1968 | Mendel | 41 | Chicago Vocational | 19 | ||
| 1969 | Loyola Academy | 26 | Lane Tech | 0 | ||
| 1970 | St. Rita | 12 | Lane Tech | 8 | ||
| 1971 | St. Rita | 18 | Morgan Park | 12 | ||
| 1972 | St. Laurence | 24 | Taft | 7 | ||
| 1973 | St. Laurence | 40 | Phillips | 24 | ||
| 1974 | St. Laurence | 34 | Chicago Vocational | 0 | ||
| 1975 | Brother Rice | 26 | Chicago Vocational | 0 | ||
| 1976 | Chicago Vocational | 13 | St. Rita | 6 | ||
| 1977 | St. Rita | 20 | Lane Tech | 8 | ||
| 1978 | St. Laurence | 34 | Sullivan | 8 | ||
| 1979 | Julian | 30 | Joliet Catholic | 22 | ||
| 1980 | Brother Rice | 39 | Julian | 6 | ||
| 1981 | Mt. Carmel | 14 | Robeson | 6 | ||
| 1982 | Gordon Tech | 24 | Julian | 0 | ||
| 1983 | Mt. Carmel | 28 | Simeon | 6 | ||
| 1984 | DeLaSalle | 25 | Julian | 20 | ||
| 1985 | Mt. Carmel | 19 | Lane Tech | 14 | ||
| 1986 | Loyola Academy | 14 | Simeon | 12 | ||
| 1987 | Gordon Tech | 29 | Julian | 14 | ||
| 1988 | Loyola Academy | 21 | Julian | 6 | ||
| 1989 | Julian | 48 | Fenwick | 14 | ||
| 1990 | Robeson | 8 | Gordon Tech | 7 | ||
| 1991 | Fenwick | 28 | Bogan | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Mather | 15 | Brother Rice | 6 | ||
| 1993 | Mt. Carmel | 34 | Bogan | 14 | ||
| 1994 | Brother Rice | 28 | Dunbar | 22 | ||
| 1995 | Loyola Academy | 15 | Julian | 14 | ||
| 1996 | Loyola Academy | 28 | Dunbar | 8 | ||
| 1997 | Dunbar | 28 | Marian Catholic | 21 | ||
| 1998 | Hubbard | 28 | Joliet Catholic | 16 | ||
| 1999 | Hubbard | 20 | DeLaSalle | 13 | ||
| 2000 | Marion Catholic | 23 | Simeon | 14 | ||
| 2001 | Mt. Carmel | 50 | Morgan Park | 0 | ||
| 2002 | Carmel | 50 | Dunbar | 20 | ||
| 2003 | Loyola Academy | 22 | Simeon | 14 | ||
| 2004 | Brother Rice | 35 | Lane Tech | 14 | ||
| 2005 | Morgan Park | 14 | Brother Rice | 13 (OT) | ||
| 2006 | Brother Rice | 24 | Hubbard | 14 | ||
| 2007 | St. Rita | 31 | Morgan Park | 7 | ||
| 2008 | Loyola Academy | 17 | Lane Tech | 0 | ||
| 2009 | St Rita | 34 | Simeon | 20 | ||
| 2010 | Fenwick | 6 | Curie | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Mt. Carmel | 34 | Simeon | 20 | ||
| 2012 | Simeon | 14 | Brother Rice | 12 (OT) | ||
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