Catholic League est. 1912

Football IHSA Qualifiers from 1974

Bishop McNamara Brother Rice through 2002 De La Salle Fenwick Year IHSA Football Playoffs Gordon Tech

Hales Franciscan Leo 1974 Gordon Tech Semi-finalist – 5A Mount Carmel 1975 Loyola Academy Semi-finalist – 5A Providence Catholic St. Francis de Sales Saint Ignatius 1976 St. Laurence State Champion – 5A Saint Joseph Br. Rice (at-large birth) Qualifier – 5A Saint Laurence Saint Rita 1977 St. Laurence Semi-finalist – 5A Seton Academy

1978 St. Rita State Champion – 5A

1979 Fenwick (North) Quarter-finalist – 5A

St. Laurence (South) Runner-up – 5A

1980 Gordon Tech (North) State Champion – 6A Mount Carmel (South) State Champion – 5A

1981 Gordon Tech/Fenwick/Loyola (North) Semi-finalist – 6A * Br. Rice (South) State Champion – 6A

1982 Mount Carmel (North) Semi-finalist – 6A St. Rita/St. Laurence/De La Salle (South) Quarter-finalist – 5A *

1983 Weber (North) Qualifier – 5A

St. Laurence (South) Qualifier – 6A St. Rita (at-large birth) Semi-finalist – 6A Gordon Tech (at-large birth) Qualifier – 6A

1984 St. Rita (North) Qualifier – 6A St. Laurence (South) Quarter-finalist – 6A

1985 St. Laurence (North) Second round – 6A

Br. Rice (South) Runner-up – 6A Gordon Tech (at-large birth) Semi-finalist – 6A St. Rita (at-large birth) Quarter-finalist – 6A Leo (at-large birth) Second round – 4A

1986 Mount Carmel (North) Runner-up – 5A St. Rita (South) Qualifier – 6A St. Laurence (at-large birth) Quarter-finalist – 6A

Gordon Tech (at-large birth) Qualifier – 6A Fenwick (at-large birth) Second round – 5A

Combining academic and athletic excellence for nearly a century Year IHSA football playoffs

1987 Leo (North) Second round – 4A St. Laurence (South) Qualifier – 6A Loyola Academy (at-large birth) Quarter-finalist – 6A Mount Carmel (at-large birth) Semi-finalist – 5A 1988

1987

1988

Bishop McNamara 1989 Brother Rice De La Salle Fenwick 1990 Gordon Tech Hales Franciscan 1991 Leo Loyola Academy Mount Carmel 1992 Providence Catholic St. Francis de Sales 1993 Saint Ignatius Saint Joseph Saint Laurence 1994 Saint Rita Seton Academy 1995

1996 Mount Carmel (Blue) State Champion – 5A Providence Catholic (White) State Champion – 4A Joliet Catholic State Runner-Up – 5A St. Rita Quarter-finalist – 5A Loyola Academy Second round – 6A Marist Second round – 6A Bishop McNamara (Green) Second round – 4A St. Laurence Qualifier – 6A St. Patrick Qualifier – 5A Leo (Red) Qualifier – 4A

1997 Providence Catholic (White) State Champion – 4A Bishop McNamara (Green) Semi-finalist – 5A Mount Carmel (Blue) Quarter-finalist – 5A Notre Dame Quarter-finalist -5A Carmel of Mundelein Quarter Finalist -4A Second round – 4A St. Rita Qualifier – 6A Fenwick Qualifier – 5A Marian Catholic Qualifier – 5A Leo Qualifier – 4A

1998 Mount Carmel (Blue) State Champion – 5A Providence Catholic State Runner-Up – 5A Bishop McNamara (White) State Runner-Up – 4A Loyola Academy Second round – 6A Fenwick Second round – 4A Joliet Catholic Second round – 4A Benet Academy (Green) Qualifier – 5A Notre Dame Qualifier – 5A St. Viator (Red) Qualifier – 4A Holy Cross Qualifier – 4A

Combining academic and athletic excellence for nearly a century Year IHSA football playoffs

1999 Mount Carmel (Blue) State Champion – 5A Joliet Catholic (White) State Champion – 4A Marian Catholic State Runner-Up – 5A Providence Catholic Semi-finalist – 5A De La Salle (Green) Second round – 5A Br. Rice Qualifier – 6A Bishop McNamara Qualifier – 4A Holy Cross (Red) Qualifier – 4A

2000 Bishop McNamara Brother Rice De La Salle 2001 Fenwick Gordon Tech 2002 Hales Franciscan Leo Loyola Academy Mount Carmel * - 1981 – There was a three way tie for the North Division Championship – Fenwick Providence Catholic represented the league in the IHSA playoffs due to a tie-breaker they held over the other two St. Francis de Sales schools Saint Ignatius Saint Joseph Saint Laurence * - 1982 – Again there was a three way tie for the divisional Championship. This time it was Saint Rita the South division. St. Rita represented the league due to a tie-breaker they held over the Seton Academy other two schools

Combining academic and athletic excellence for nearly a century