1937-1972: The Polls Rule
The AP and UP(I) Polls awarded Mythical State Football Championships from 1937-72. Many schools went on to play postseason games after the final polls were released and some schools subsequently — and rightly — disputed these AP/UPI mythical championships.
1937 - Hammond
1938 - Evansville Memorial (2)
1939 - South Bend Washington
1940 - Fort Wayne North
1941 - Gary Wallace
1942 - East Chicago Washington (2)
1943 - South Bend Washington (2)
1944 - Muncie Central
1945 - East Chicago Roosevelt
1946 - East Chicago Roosevelt (2)
1947 - East Chicago Roosevelt (3)
1948 - Evansville Reitz
1949 - East Chicago Roosevelt (4)
1950 - Lafayette Jefferson
1951 - Hammond Noll*
1952 - Richmond
1953 - South Bend Washington (3)
1954 - Whiting
1955 - East Chicago Roosevelt (5)
1956 - Richmond (2)
1957 - Evansville Reitz (2) & East Chicago Roosevelt (6)
1958 - South Bend Central (3)
1959 - South Bend Central (4)
1960 - Evansville Reitz (3)
1961 - Evansville Reitz (4)
1962 - Hammond (2)
1963 - Elkhart (Central) (2)
1964 - South Bend St. Joseph's*
1965 - Hammond Morton
1966 - Indianapolis Washington
1967 - Richmond (3)
1968 - Bloomington (South) & Elkhart (Central) (3)
1969 - South Bend Washington (4)
1970 - Elkhart (Central) (4)
1971 - Evansville Reitz (5)*
1972 - Bloomington South (2)
( ) Total State Championships
* Evansville Reitz also went on to win a 4A smaller school state championships in 2007 & 2009, as did South Bend St. Joseph’s (3A) in 1995, and Hammond Noll (3A) in 1989. See Indiana High School Football Champions - Smaller Schools.
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