Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Football Championship Game | |
Sport: | Football |
Conference: | Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference |
Number Of Teams: | 2 (One from each division) |
Current Stadium: | campus sites |
Current Location: | campus sites |
Years: | 1960–present |
Most Recent: | November 11, 2023 |
Current Champion: | Kutztown (4th title) |
Most Championships: | West Chester and Bloomsburg, 16 |
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 champions) to decide the champions of the PSAC.
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, and in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic when PSAC did not compete.
Home advantage alternates each year, with the east division champion hosting every odd-numbered year and the west division champion hosting every even-numbered year.
Year | Champion[1] | |
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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 |
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 | 49–3 | 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 | |
2020 | Colspan=3 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
2021 | Kutztown | 38–32[2] | Slippery Rock | |
2022 | IUP | 24–21 | Shepherd | |
2023 | Kutztown | 31-7 | Slippery Rock | |
2024 | Kutztown | 21-14 | California (PA) |
Schools that no longer play PSAC football are in italics.
School | Championships | ||
---|---|---|---|
T–1 | Bloomsburg | 16 | |
T–1 | West Chester | 16 | |
3 | Slippery Rock | 13 | |
4 | East Stroudsburg | 12 | |
5 | California | 9 | |
6 | Millersville | 8 | |
T–7 | Shippensburg | 7 | |
T–7 | IUP | 7 | |
T–9 | Clarion | 6 | |
T–9 | Edinboro | 6 | |
T–11 | Lock Haven | 4 | |
T–11 | Kutztown | 4 | |
13 | Mansfield | 2 | |
14 | Mercyhurst | 1 |