[AtlPirateFan]

As most of you probably know by now I love data and stats. I have been working on a database (so far it reaches back to 1944) of as much historical data as I can compile. Over the past few weeks, I posted some snapshots and some attempts at ratings. This week I am just going to post some interest tidbits about KY High School football from 1975-2019. I chose this time frame because 1975 was the year the KHSAA stopped using the Dickenson rating system to choose playoff teams.


Some notes:
- All data has been pulled from the LJC newspaper. While I tried to pull the latest possible posting of the Standings each year there were some years that a handful of teams a game left. This is data I hope to clear up over time but minimally impacts this post.
- Direct transitions kept the previous schools' records (I may have missed some of these). For example, Martin Co and Sheldon Clark are considered the same school in the data set. Holy Cross (Lou) retains all of Bishop Davids's records.
- Consolidations are considered new schools, even Mercer Co.
- For sake of District Titles, I considered finishing 1st in your district or sub-district a title.
- Region Championships mean true region championships or a semi-final appearance.
- Some schools from the mid-70s - Mid 80s in the highest class may have a title attributed to them that isn't in the KHSAA records. I am working to clean up the data set to deal with Jefferson County and the rest of the state crap that is in that time frame.
- Same is true for Runners Up.
- 2019 is not considered in the data set because the season is still in progress.

NOTE: TIES WILL MEAN THERE ARE MORE THAN 10 TEAMS IN A LIST
Top 10 Regular Season Wins
Mayfield 383
Bowling Green 373
Trinity 364
Highlands 359
St. Xavier 353
Pikeville 348
Beechwood 344
Danville 344
Belfry 335
Corbin 330

Top 10 District Wins
Trinity 221
Pikeville 200
St. Xavier 190
Bowling Green 170
Beechwood 168
Russell 168
Highlands 166
Danville 164
Mayfield 163
*Mayfield has only lost 7 district games since 1975
Owensboro Catholic 161


Top 10 Playoff Wins
Trinity 143
Mayfield 132
Beechwood 119
Highlands 116
St. Xavier 100
Danville 100
Pikeville 89
Belfry 88
Newport Central Catholic 82
Bowling Green 80


Top 10 State Titles
Trinity 21
Highlands 18
Beechwood 14
Mayfield 12
St. Xavier 9
Danville 9
Boyle County 8
Covington Catholic 7
Belfry 6
Bowling Green 6
Central 6
Fort Campbell 6

Top 10 District Titles (Regular Sesaon)
Mayfield 39
Trinity 36
Pikeville 34
Beechwood 33
Belfry 30
Danville 30
Corbin 28
Bowling Green 27
Highlands 27
Glasgow 25
Newport Central Catholic 22
Owensboro Catholic 21
Paducah Tilghman 21
St. Xavier 21
Bell County 21
Boone County 21

Top 10 Region Titles (Semi Finalists)
Mayfield 36
Trinity 33
Beechwood 32
Highlands 24
Danville 22
Pikeville 22
St. Xavier 20
Belfry 18
Corbin 16
Somerset 16
Newport Central Catholic 15
Franklin-Simpson 14

Planning a Bottom 10 post for sometime next week.

[FoSho]

Boyle Co is only on the list for state titles...the definition of efficiency.

😎

[Panther Thunder]

Awesome!

[Patriot1]

Boyle Co is only on the list for state titles...the definition of efficiency.

😎

To me that’s odd when they have won that many championships and not in the top of the rest. You are probably right very efficient.

[AtlPirateFan]

Boyle falls into the 10-20 range in most of the categories.

[FoSho]

To me that’s odd when they have won that many championships and not in the top of the rest. You are probably right very efficient.

When you go 8-1 in title games, it helps. 😉

[Hatz]

From 1984 to 1991 were the dark years for Boyle County.

Based on Memory:

1984. 3-8
1985. 4-7
1986. 7-3
1987. 4-7
1988. 2-8
1989. 1-9
1990. 3-7
1991. 1-9.

From 1975 the Rebels were:

1975. 9-2
1976. 10-2
1977. 8-4
1978. 6-5
1979. 9-1
1980. 7-3
1981. 6-4
1982. 8-3
1983. 5-5


Rebels were District Champions in 1977 & 1982 losing both times to Corbin.

Rebels were CKC Champions in 1979 and 1982.

[CS17]

quick question... does anyone know why Mayfield would only have a possible 170 district games, while Trinity and others have 200+

[CarzyRock]

quick question... does anyone know why Mayfield would only have a possible 170 district games, while Trinity and others have 200+

I was wondering exactly the same thing...

[Panther88]

quick question... does anyone know why Mayfield would only have a possible 170 district games, while Trinity and others have 200+

Probably depends on how many teams are in your district.

[AtlPirateFan]

Districts in the 75-84 range were a mess, trinity played a lot more district games because of the whole Jefferson County split. I’ll get some exact details in a bit

[AtlPirateFan]

So from 1975 - 2018 District Records were

Trintity 221-19
Mayfield 163-7

From 1977-1986 Trinity played pretty much double the district games as Mayfield. In an 11 games season, Trinity would play 9 district games.
Trinity averaged 5.5 District Games a year
Mayfield averaged 3.8

[Walt Longmire]

From 1984 to 1991 were the dark years for Boyle County.

Based on Memory:

1984. 3-8
1985. 4-7
1986. 7-3
1987. 4-7
1988. 2-8
1989. 1-9
1990. 3-7
1991. 1-9.

From 1975 the Rebels were:

1975. 9-2
1976. 10-2
1977. 8-4
1978. 6-5
1979. 9-1
1980. 7-3
1981. 6-4
1982. 8-3
1983. 5-5


Rebels were District Champions in 1977 & 1982 losing both times to Corbin.

Rebels were CKC Champions in 1979 and 1982.

That 1982 CKC Title still stings this old Briar Jumper. That one cost Somerset a state championship.

[Hatz]

That 1982 CKC Title still stings this old Briar Jumper. That one cost Somerset a state championship.

The Jumpers should have been State Champs that year. Boyle just big played them that night.

[Ole Cyrus]

What’s the CKC championship?

[64black&gold]

The Jumpers should have been State Champs that year. Boyle just big played them that night.

One of the best games I ever saw.