Northern Indiana High School Conference Football Playoff (1930-65)


Winner of the East vs West Division for the Northern Title


Northern Indiana Conference Champions
Conference Playoff between East & West Divisions (1930-1965)
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1930- Gary Emerson (W) 7, Mishawaka (E) 0
1931- South Bend Central (E) 19, Gary Mann (W) 6
1932- East Chicago Washington (W) 14, Elkhart (E) 6
1933- South Bend Central (E) 14, Whiting (W) 13
1934- South Bend Central (E) 20, Whiting (W) 0
1935- Mishawaka (E) 14, Gary Mann (W) 0
1936- Gary Mann (W) 40, Michigan City (E) 0
1937- Hammond (W) 14, South Bend Riley (E) 0
1938- Elkhart 6 (E)$, Gary Emerson (W) 12 
($Elkhart awarded title on forfeit by Emerson for using a overage player)
1939- South Bend Washington (E) 16, Gary Emerson (W) 6 
1940- South Bend Central (E) 13, Gary Wallace 0 (E)
1941- Gary Wallace (W) 20, South Bend Washington (E) 14
1942- East Chicago Washington (W) 27, SB Washington (E) 6
1943- South Bend Washington (E) 31, Hammond Clark (W) 0
1944- South Bend Washington (E) 19, Hammond Clark (W) 7
1945- EC Roosevelt (W) 23, South Bend Central (E) 0
1946- EC Roosevelt (W) 30, LaPorte (E) 0
1947- EC Roosevelt (W) 15, SB Washington (E) 0
1948- Whiting (W) 18 ,South Bend Central (E) 6 
1949- EC Roosevelt (W) 32, South Bend Riley (E) 6
1950- Mishawaka (E) 14, Gary Emerson (W) 6
1951- South Bend Central (E) 25, Gary Emerson (W) 12
1952- EC Washington (W) 28, SB Washington (E) 14
1953- South Bend Washington (E) 28, EC Washington (W) 18
1954- Whiting (W) 12, South Bend Riley (E) 6
1955- EC Roosevelt (W) 13, South Bend Adams (E) 7
1956- South Bend Adams (E) 26, Hammond  (W) 0
1957- EC Roosevelt (W) 13, South Bend Central (E) 12
1958- South Bend Central (E) 46, Gary Mann (W) 0
1959- South Bend Central (E) 14, EC Roosevelt (W) 7
1960- Hammond (W) 19, Michigan City (E) 7
1961- SB Washington (E) 20, Gary Mann 6
1962- Hammond (W) 20, South Bend Riley (E) 7
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***Starting in 1963 the West Division became the Northwest
Indiana High School Conference and the playoff continued until 1965
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1963- Elkhart (NIC) 21, Hammond (NWC) 12 
1964- SB Washington (NIC) 35, EC Roosevelt (NWC) 20 
1965- South Bend Riley (NIC) 12, Hammond Tech (NWC) 7
  
note- the teams that represented a division in the playoff may have earned
  the right to play based on winning a coin flip, or another team playing
 the maximum number of games allowed by the IHSAA.