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Chart: Outdoor football champions before the Prep Bowl

By Patrick Reusse

November 20, 2014 at 7:28AM
Washburn players after winning the 1972 State Championship. 11/02/72 file photo
Minneapolis Washburn celebrated its 1972 championship. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Before the Prep Bowl

Minnesota high school football champions, 1972-1981

Class AA

TeamYear(s)

Minneapolis Washburn1972, 1977

Rochester John Marshall1973, 1974

Stillwater1975

White Bear Lake1976

Edina West1978

Columbia Heights1979

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Burnsville1980

Rosemount1981

Class A

Burnsville1972

Eveleth1973

Alexandria1974

St. Thomas Academy1975

St. Peter1976, 1981

Fridley Grace1977, 1978

Rochester Lourdes1979

Crookston1980

Class B

Mountain Iron1972

New Prague1973, 1974

Gaylord1975, 1979

Caledonia1976

Granite Falls1977

New Richland-Hartland1978

Mahnomen1980

Holdingford1981

Class C

Gaylord1972, 1973

Battle Lake1974, 1977

Esko1975

New Richland-Hartland1976

Alden-Conger1978

Bird Island-Lake Lillian1979, 1980

Medford1981

NINE-Man

Rothsay1972

Lake Benton1973, 1974

Ruthton1975

Deer Creek1976, 1977

Hoffman1978

Hoffman-Kensington1980

Russell1979

Argyle1981

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