6-man football association history

[TC53]

Is there a run-down of the 6-man Association's playoffs in the era without NSAA-accreditation? A list of state finals? Didn't they call it the Gridiron Conference at some point?

 

[DonlugoQ]

Is there a run-down of the 6-man Association's playoffs in the era without NSAA-accreditation? A list of state finals? Didn't they call it the Gridiron Conference at some point?

Scott Trimble of Harvard would probably be the 6-man expert in the non-NSAA era. I believe that the Gridiron Conference was made up of the 8-man schools who were ineligible for the playoffs prior to the NSAA taking over the scheduling.

 

[TC53]

Thanks!

 

[Alum-Ni]

I used to have a list of 6-man finals and full playoff brackets when they weren't sanctioned by the NSAA......but can't find that list anymore. Will have to do some digging

 

[Alum-Ni]

Is there a run-down of the 6-man Association's playoffs in the era without NSAA-accreditation? A list of state finals? Didn't they call it the Gridiron Conference at some point?

Here are all of the 6-man finals I can find. NSAA sanctioned 6-man from 1987 to 1998 and then resumed it in 2018.

The NSAA site mentions the number of schools playing 6-man football in 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986, but does not list any playoffs for those years.

--------------NSAA--------------------
1987: Guide Rock 62, Farnam 19
1988: Loup County 44, Elgin 22
1989: Wolbach 44, Loup County 30
1990: Lawrence 27, Spalding Academy 15
1991: Bartley 42, McPherson County 22
1992: Cedar Rapids 31, Lewellen 6
1993: Spalding Academy 54, Cedar Rapids 20
1994: Arthur 72, Hildreth 42
1995: Wolbach 62, Prague 47
1996: Wolbach 54, Milligan 20
1997: Benedict 65, Elba 16
1998: Milligan 35, Benedict 28
-------6-Man Coaches Association------
1999: Litchfield 45, McPherson County 29
2000: Arthur 51, McPherson County 40
2001: Wolbach 46, McPherson County 8
2002: Litchfield 71, Wheeler Central 38
2003: Wheeler Central 56, Herndon (Kansas) 6
2004: Arcadia 72, Loup County 26
2005: Wheeler Central 24, Rock County 20
2006: Wheeler Central 70, Arthur County 6
2007: Elba 59, Arcadia 32
2008: Greeley-Wolbach 67, St. Edward 24
2009: Arthur County 45, Greeley-Wolbach 30
2010: Arthur County 62, Greeley-Wolbach 16
2011: Arthur County 54, Hitchcock County 6
2012: Wauneta-Palisade 26, Sioux County 16
2013: Silver Lake 47, Hyannis 46
2014: Riverside 22, Spalding Academy 14
2015: Riverside 72, St. Edward 18
2016: Riverside 60, Cody-Kilgore 30
2017: Riverside 46, Harvard 38
-----------------NSAA----------------------
2018: Wilcox-Hildreth 52, Hay Springs 40
2019: Harvard 50, McCool Junction 33

 

[Alum-Ni]

Per this UNL thesis paper:

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=geographythesis

There were no schools playing 6-man in 1980. Then one in 1981, two in 1982 and then in 1983 there were 11 schools playing.

 

[TC53]

Thanks. That thesis paper has been a great source for me. I communicated with the author. Good guy!