OHSAA FOOTBALL Weekly Release - November 3, 2019 Ohio High School Athletic Association 4080 Roselea Place, Columbus, OH 43214 | Office 614-267-2502 | Fax 614-267-1677 www.OHSAA.org | @OHSAASports | Facebook.com/OHSAASports Contact: Tim Stried, Director of Communications,
[email protected] Welcome to the Playoffs! three divisions (called Class A, AA and AAA) and only one playoff Football practice officially started back on August 1 across Ohio and qualifier per region (12 total playoff qualifiers). Now in its 47th year, 710 schools ended the season playing 11-man football. Now, 224 the postseason now has seven divisions and 224 total playoff quali- schools have qualified for the 2019 OHSAA football playoffs. fiers. Expansion occurred in 1980 to five divisions and two qualifiers per region, and then again in 1985 to four qualifiers per region. Coldwater (Div. VI) has qualified for the playoffs for the 23rd-con- In 1994, a sixth division was added, while in 1999, the number of secutive season, which is a new state record. Meanwhile, five qualifiers per region increased to eight. The playoffs expanded to schools are in the playoffs for the first time in their school’s history, seven divisions in 2013. including Xenia (Div. II), Delaware Olentangy Berlin (Div. II, opened in 2018), Columbus Centennial (Div. III), Worthington Christian (Div. OHSAA Football by the Numbers VI) and Cincinnati College Prep Academy (Div. VII). 710 – High schools in Ohio that ended the season playing 11-man football in 2019 And for the first time since 2001, an undefeated record wasn’t 7 – Divisions for the playoffs enough to qualify for the playoffs.