# NHIAA Football

NHIAA Football is the sport of high school football overseen by the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA) in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. There are currently 57 schools (with five instances of multi-school co-operative teams) that have participating programs throughout the state.

## Division memberships

The NHIAA divided football into as few as three, but as many as six divisions between 1992 and 2017. There are four divisions in the state starting with the 2018 season.
(*) indicates multi-school co-op programs

### Division III (10 teams in one division)

* Campbell
* ConVal
* Epping–Newmarket*
* Fall Mountain
* Inter-Lakes–Moultonborough*
* Kearsarge
* Kingswood
* Monadnock
* Stevens
* Trinity

### Division IV (8 teams in one division)

* Bishop Brady
* Franklin
* Mascoma Valley
* Newfound
* Newport
* Raymond
* Somersworth
* Winnisquam

## State champions (1951–present)

NHIAA state football champions since 1951:

### 2018–present (four divisions)

| Year | Division I | Division II | Division III | Division IV |
| 2023 | Bedford | Pelham | Trinity | Somersworth |
| 2022 | Bedford | Pelham | Campbell | Somersworth |
| 2021 | Londonderry | Timberlane | Pelham | Somersworth |
| 2020 | Nashua North | Souhegan | Pelham | Newport |
| 2019 | Londonderry | Hollis-Brookline | Trinity | Winnisquam |
| 2018 | Bedford | Plymouth | Monadnock | Winnisquam |

### 2013–2017 (three divisions)

| Year | Division I | Division II | Division III |
| 2017 | Winnacunnet | Plymouth | Campbell |
| 2016 | Bedford | Plymouth | Stevens |
| 2015 | Goffstown | St. Thomas Aquinas | Newport |
| 2014 | Pinkerton | Windham | Campbell |
| 2013 | Concord | Plymouth | Bow |

### 2008–2012 (six divisions)

| Year | Division I | Division II | Division III | Division IV | Division V | Division VI |
| 2012 | Exeter | Winnacunnet | Portsmouth | Plymouth | Monadnock | Franklin |
| 2011 | Exeter | Bishop Guertin | Portsmouth | Trinity | St. Thomas | Inter-Lakes |
| 2010 | Pinkerton Academy | Bishop Guertin | Souhegan | Lebanon | Kearsarge | Newport |
| 2009 | Salem | Bishop Guertin | Souhegan | Plymouth | Trinity | Inter-Lakes |
| 2008 | Nashua South | Bishop Guertin | Souhegan | Plymouth | Pelham | Franklin |

### 2004–2007 (five divisions)

| Year | Division I | Division II | Division III | Division IV | Division V |
| 2007 | Pinkerton Academy | Exeter | Plymouth | Laconia | Pelham |
| 2006 | Pinkerton Academy | Bishop Guertin | Plymouth | St. Thomas | Bishop Brady |
| 2005 | Pinkerton Academy | Bishop Guertin | Plymouth | Hanover | Bishop Brady |
| 2004 | Concord | Bishop Guertin | Souhegan | Hanover | Bow |

### 1994–2003 (four divisions)

| Year | Division I | Division II | Division III | Division IV |
| 2003 | Manchester Central | Exeter | Plymouth | Milford |
| 2002 | Manchester Central | Exeter | Plymouth | Hanover |
| 2001 | Manchester Central | Timberlane | Plymouth | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| 2000 | Concord | Winnacunnet | Plymouth | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| 1999 | Manchester Central | Timberlane | Laconia | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| 1998 | Londonderry | Exeter | Plymouth | Bishop Brady |
| 1997 | Nashua | Exeter | Plymouth | Somersworth |
| 1996 | Londonderry | Dover | Kingswood | Somersworth |
| 1995 | Manchester Central | Salem | Laconia | Newport |
| 1994 | Pinkerton | Londonderry | Laconia | Plymouth |

### 1992–1993 (three divisions)

| Year | Division I | Division II | Division III |
| 1993 | Pinkerton | Kennett | Somersworth |
| 1992 | Pinkerton | Kennett | Somersworth |

### 1989–1991 (three classes)

| Year | Class L | Class I | Class M-S |
| 1991 | Pinkerton | Somersworth | Franklin |
| 1990 | Spaulding | Kennett | Newport |
| 1989 | Concord | Kennett | Newport |

### 1972–1988 (three divisions)

| Year | Division I | Division II | Division III |
| 1988 | Trinity | Londonderry | Kennett |
| 1987 | Concord | Merrimack | Plymouth |
| 1986 | Pinkerton | Londonderry | Kennett |
| 1985 | Pinkerton | Londonderry | Plymouth |
| 1984 | Nashua | Milford | Bishop Brady |
| 1983 | Salem | Winnacunnet | Bishop Brady |
| 1982 | Spaulding | Timberlane | Newport |
| 1981 | Portsmouth | Somersworth | Bishop Brady |
| 1980 | Nashua | Somersworth | Plymouth |
| 1979 | Spaulding | Milford | Bishop Brady |
| 1978 | Nashua | Milford | Bishop Brady |
| 1977 | Portsmouth | Milford | Plymouth |
| 1976 | Portsmouth | Milford | Kingswood |
| 1975 | Salem | Bishop Guertin | Plymouth |
| 1974 | Concord | St. Thomas Aquinas | Kennett |
| 1973 | Manchester Memorial | Bishop Guertin | Newport |
| 1972 | Manchester Memorial | Somersworth | Plymouth |

### 1957–1971 (four divisions)

| Year | Division I | Division II | Division III | Division IV |
| 1971 | Manchester Memorial | Spaulding | Bishop Guertin | Newport |
| 1970 | Manchester Central/Keene | Laconia | Bishop Guertin/Pinkerton | Bishop Brady/Newport |
| 1969 | Manchester Memorial | Laconia | Somersworth | Plymouth |
| 1968 | Manchester Central | Dover | Stevens | Hanover/Winnacunnet |
| 1967 | Portsmouth | Laconia | Somersworth | Plymouth |
| 1966 | Manchester Central | Laconia | Somersworth | Franklin |
| 1965 | Manchester Memorial | Spaulding | Exeter | Berlin |
| 1964 | Portsmouth | Laconia | Exeter | Towle*/Franklin |
| 1963 | Nashua | St. Thomas Aquinas | Exeter | Towle* |
| 1962 | Manchester Memorial | Portsmouth | Stevens | Hanover |
| 1961 | Bishop Bradley** | Portsmouth | Somersworth | Towle* |
| 1960 | Nashua | Keene | St. John's*** | Littleton |
| 1959 | Nashua | Laconia | Exeter | Winnacunnet |
| 1958 | Nashua | Keene | Exeter/Pinkerton | St. Anthony's** |
| 1957 | Nashua | Spaulding | Exeter | Woodbury**** |

### 1951–1956 (three classes)

| Year | Class L | Class M | Class S |
| 1956 | (No Champion) | Pinkerton | Littleton |
| 1955 | Nashua | Exeter | St. Anthony's** |
| 1954 | Nashua | Stevens | Hampton***** |
| 1953 | Nashua | Somersworth | St. Anthony's** |
| 1952 | Nashua | Somersworth | Towle* |
| 1951 | Bishop Bradley** | Laconia | Plymouth |
NOTES:
(*) Newport's Towle High School closed and was converted to an elementary school in 1966 as high school students moved into the new Newport High School. (**) Three Manchester Catholic high schools, St. Anthony's High School, Bishop Bradley High School and Immaculata High School, closed and were merged into Trinity High School in 1970. (***) Concord's St. John's High School was converted into an elementary/middle school in 1963 upon the opening of Bishop Brady High School. (****) Salem's Woodbury High School was converted to a middle school upon the opening of Salem High School in 1966. (*****) Hampton Academy and High School was converted to a junior high school (Hampton Academy) after the opening of Winnacunnet High School in 1958.