PSAC Football Championship Game
The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Football Championship Game or PSAC Football Championship is a yearly American football championship game between two Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference teams (East and West division) to decide the champions of the PSAC.
| Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Football Championship Game | |
|---|---|
| Conference Football Championship | |
| Sport | Football |
| Conference | Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference |
| Number of teams | 2 (One from each division) |
| Current stadium | varies |
| Current location | varies |
| Played | 1960–present |
| Last contest | 2019 |
| Current champion | Slippery Rock |
| Most championships | West Chester, 18 |
The championship games date back to 1960 where West Chester was the first to win, however champions had been selected by sportswriters and the Saylor Point System since 1934. Champions have been decided every year since then, except for three years during World War II when PSAC did not compete.
List of Winners
Prior to Championship Game
| Year | Champion[1] |
|---|---|
| 1934 | IUP |
| 1935 | Shippensburg |
| 1936 | Lock Haven |
| 1937 | Lock Haven |
| 1938 | Mansfield |
| 1939 | Slippery Rock |
| 1940 | IUP/Millersville |
| 1941 | Millersville |
| 1942 | East Stroudsburg |
| 1943 — no champion | |
| 1944 — no champion | |
| 1945 — no champion | |
| 1946 | California (PA) |
| 1947 | Mansfield |
| 1948 | Bloomsburg |
| 1949 | Bloomsburg |
| 1950 | West Chester |
| 1951 | Bloomsburg |
| 1952 | West Chester |
| 1953 | West Chester |
| 1954 | Bloomsburg/East Stroudsburg /West Chester |
| 1955 | Bloomsburg |
| 1956 | West Chester |
| 1957 | Lock Haven/Shippensburg |
| 1958 | California (PA) |
| 1959 | West Chester |
In 1943, 1944, 1945 no teams competed in PSAC play due to WWII.
Championship Game
| Year | Champion | Score | Loser |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | West Chester | 35–6 | Lock Haven |
| 1961 | West Chester | 21–0 | Slippery Rock |
| 1962 | Slippery Rock | 13–6 | East Stroudsburg |
| 1963 | West Chester | 36–7 | Slippery Rock |
| 1964 | East Stroudsburg | 27–14 | IUP |
| 1965 | East Stroudsburg | 26–10 | IUP |
| 1966 | Clarion | 28–26 | West Chester |
| 1967 | West Chester | 27–7 | Clarion |
| 1968 | California (PA) | 28–28 | East Stroudsburg |
| 1969 | West Chester | 41–34 | Clarion |
| 1970 | Edinboro | 14–6 | West Chester |
| 1971 | West Chester | 35–14 | Edinboro |
| 1972 | Slippery Rock | 29–27 | West Chester |
| 1973 | Slippery Rock | 28–14 | West Chester |
| 1974 | Slippery Rock | 20–7 | West Chester |
| 1975 | East Stroudsburg | 24–20 | Edinboro |
| 1976 | East Stroudsburg | 14–14 | Shippensburg |
| 1977 | Clarion | 25–24 | Millersville |
| 1978 | East Stroudsburg | 49–4 | Clarion |
| 1979 | Lock Haven | 48–14 | Cheney |
| 1980 | Clarion | 15–14 | Kutztown |
| 1981 | Shippensburg | 34–17 | Millersville |
| 1982 | East Stroudsburg | 24–22 | Edinboro |
| 1983 | Clarion | 27–14 | East Stroudsburg |
| 1984 | California (PA) | 21–14 | Bloomsburg |
| 1985 | Bloomsburg | 31–9 | IUP |
| 1986 | IUP | 20–6 | West Chester |
| 1987 | IUP | 21–9 | West Chester |
| 2008 | California (PA) | 47–36 | West Chester |
| 2009 | Shippensburg | 42–35 | California (PA) |
| 2010 | Mercyhurst | 56–37 | Bloomsburg |
| 2011 | Kutztown | 21–14 | Slippery Rock |
| 2012 | IUP | 41–10 | Shippensburg |
| 2013 | Bloomsburg | 42–38 | Slippery Rock |
| 2014 | Slippery Rock | 28–26 | Bloomsburg |
| 2015 | Slippery Rock | 61–12 | West Chester |
| 2016 | California (PA) | 49–7 | Kutztown |
| 2017 | IUP | 24–7 | West Chester |
| 2018 | West Chester | 33–10 | Slippery Rock |
| 2019 | Slippery Rock | 37–35 | Kutztown |
Winners by School
Schools that no longer play PSAC football are in italics.
| # | School | Championships |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IUP | 17 |
| T—2 | Bloomsburg | 16 |
| T—2 | West Chester | 16 |
| T—4 | East Stroudsburg | 12 |
| T—4 | Slippery Rock | 13 |
| 6 | California | 9 |
| 7 | Millersville | 8 |
| 8 | Shippensburg | 7 |
| T—9 | Clarion | 6 |
| T—9 | Edinboro | 6 |
| 11 | Lock Haven | 4 |
| 12 | Mansfield | 2 |
| T—13 | Kutztown | 1 |
| T—13 | Mercyhurst | 1 |
- Notes
- Mansfield no longer plays full-sized football, opting instead to sponsor sprint football, a variant that uses standard NCAA football rules but restricts player weights to a maximum of 178 pounds (81 kg).
- One other PSAC member, Pitt–Johnstown, does not sponsor football.
- Among current PSAC members that sponsor football, three have never won the conference title—Gannon, Seton Hill, and Shepherd. All are among the conference's newer members; Gannon joined in 2008, Seton Hill in 2013, and Shepherd in 2019.
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References
- "Year-by-Year PSAC Winners" (PDF). Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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