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Important Dates (2021 Season)

OTAs: Aug. 12-14
First Contact Practice: Aug. 21
First Contest: Sept. 9
Last Date to Count for Tournament: Nov. 25
State Tournament Dates: Quarters Nov. 30; Semis Dec. 5; Finals Dec. 11

2020 State Rules Clinic Webinar Recordings:

Scores and Forms Submission

Coaches can submit scores and tournament forms for their teams. An access code issued by their school’s athletic director is required for submission and/or viewing.
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National Federation Football Information

NFHS Website Football Page

Korey Stringer Heat Acclimatization Guidelines

Football Divisions

2021-22 Football Divisions
*Denotes moved up due to success in tournament factor

Football divisions for the 2021-22 school year have not been announced yet
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Football Committee

Name (Title)	School/Organization
Joe Aresimowicz (CHSCA Rep)	Berlin HS
James Benanto (Tournament Director)	N/A
Jim Buonocore	Ledyard HS
Joe Canzanella	CHSCA
Chris Cassin (Administrator)	Bristol Public Schools
Len Corto (Consultant)	New Britain HS
Dan Donovan (Administrator)	Danbury HS
Tom Dyer (CHSCA Rep)	Hamden HS
Chris Eckert (Admin)	Nathan Hale Ray HS
Damian Frassinelli (CAAD Rep)	Stafford HS
Joe Grace (Consultant)	N/A
Bill Greider (Officials)	N/A
Tanner Grove (Coach)	Montville HS
Doug Jackson (CHSCA Rep)	Vinal Technical HS
Joe Monroe (Consultant)	N/A
Ian Neviaser (Administrator)	Region 18 Public Schools
VJ Sarullo (CAAD)	Jonathan Law HS
Greg Shugrue (Administrator)	New Milford HS
Jeff Wihbey (Assistant Superintendent)	CT Technical HS System
Leroy Williams (Chair)	N/A
Glen Worthy (Administrator)	James Hillhouse HS

Football Boards

Central Connecticut Association of Approved Football Officials [website]
Colonial Football Officials Association [website]
Eastern Connecticut Association of Approved Football Officials [website]
Fairfield County Football Officials Association [website]
New Haven Football Officials Association [website]
Western Connecticut Football Officials Association [website]

Danbury's Patrick Rosetti Named 2021 Michael H. Savage Spirit of Sport Winner

CIAC Football Postseason Schedule Changes

CIAC Football Finals Sites Chosen For 2019

CIAC Football Contact Changes Highlight Safety & Collaboration

Linked Up - Fall Championships 2018

2018 Football Championship Headquarters

Linked Up - Fall Championships 2016

2016 Football Championship Headquarters

The 2016 Football Championship Headquarters has lots of information in one place for the rest of the CIAC football postseason. This site will update with relevant information including semifinal game stories, championship previews, and championship stories along with links for tickets, and when available live streams, and live stats. Download/view the 2016 CIAC Football Championship Program View the Top-10 plays from the Championships courtesy of the NFHS Network Football Championship edition of the CIACcast Class LL: Finals (#1 Darien 28,[...]

CIAC Football Finals Media & Site Information

CIAC Football Postseason Media Information

CHESHIRE, Conn. – The CIAC is providing information for media coverage of the 2016 CIAC Football postseason. There will be no separate credentialing process for postseason games prior to the finals. Media can use identification they’ve used during the regular season. Media should contact host sites in advance of the game to arrange accommodations. The on-line application for the media credential/pass list for the four football finals will be available on CIACsports.com and emailed to media after[...]

Schedule Set For 2016 Fall Rules Interpretation Meetings

2016-17 CIAC Handbook & Fall Tournament Packets Available

2015 Football Championship Headquarters

The 2015 Football Championship Headquarters has all the information on the now completed CIAC football championships. It was a wonderful two weeks of postseason football and you can find all the links to live stats, live video and game recaps along with lots of other information from the postseason below. Congratulations to all the champions, and all the teams that took part in the memorable 2015 football postseason. Download the Championship Game Program Listen to the Championship preview[...]

CIAC Football Finals Schedule & Information

MaxPreps - Ten Teams To Watch In CIAC Football Postseason

CIAC Football Postseason Media Information

CHESHIRE, Conn. – The CIAC is providing information for media coverage of the 2015 CIAC Football postseason. There will be no separate credentialing process for postseason games prior to the finals. Media can use identification they’ve used during the regular season. Media are strongly encouraged to contact host sites in advance of the game to arrange accommodations. The on-line application for the media credential/pass list for the football finals will be available on CIACsports.com and emailed to[...]

Approved Football Definitions and Requirements

The CIAC Football Committee recently approved important information dealing with the definitions of certain activities, as well as contact limitations for the coming year. This information will all be included when the 2015 CIAC Football Packet is released, but it is necessary information for teams holding spring practice in the coming weeks. A question and answer section on both the contact limitations and the new definitions follows each section. Contact Limitations 2015-2016 in the Sport of[...]

2014 Football Championships Headquarters

The eight CIAC Football Championship games were played on Friday, December 12 and Saturday, December 13. Use the links below to view videos, game stories and stats from all the games. Class LL - Large: Southington 49, NFA 0 Class LL - Small: Xavier 28, Shelton 27 (OT) Class L - Large: New Canaan 21, Darien 20 Class L - Small: Windsor 38, Notre Dame-West Haven 16 Class M - Large: Brookfield 14, Berlin 0 Class M - Small: St. Joseph[...]

Linked Up - Fall Championships 2014

On October 25th the CIAC fall championships began with cross divisional championships as 12 teams earned trophies. Forty-nine days later the season concluded on a sunny and brisk Saturday in December with seven championship football contests. CIACsports.com provided its own complete coverage of the football championships but for the sake of completing a task, Linked Up Fall Championships 2014 now includes stories on every championship team. Congratulations to all the student-athletes and coaches that earned titles[...]

CIAC Football Media Information - Credential Requests

CHESHIRE, Conn. - The online application for media credentials for the CIAC football championships December 12 and 13 is now available for submission at the following link: http://casci.ac/1139. Media planning to cover a championship game must complete the online application for credentials by 12 p.m. Thursday, December 11. The complete finals schedule can be found here: http://www.casciac.org/tournamentcentral.shtml. After completion of the online form, media members can pick up their credentials at the respective sites. Each championship game[...]

CIAC Football Semifinal Site Selected For Capital/Achievement vs. Canton

CHESHIRE, Conn. – Torrington High School has agreed to serve as the host for Saturday's 2 p.m. Class S-Small football semifinal between Capital Prep/Achievement First and Canton High School. This year's semifinals are being held at the home site of the higher-ranked team as long that site meets the requirements for tournament play. The field at Capital/Achievement First's normal home site (Dillon Stadium in Hartford) was deemed unplayable for tournament play in its current condition by the CIAC[...]

Football Final Sites And Times Finalized

Football Committee Determines Format For 2014 Postseason

Football Rule Changes Address Player Safety Concerns

CIAC Concussion Management Policy

CIAC Football Committee Approves Changes

Linked Up - Fall Championships

Recaps Available From Semifinal Football

Recaps of all eight of Saturday's football semifinals have been posted on the tournament brackets. Use the links below to visit the brackets. The recaps can be found on each bracket's "Semifinals" tab. Class LL (Southington 45, Ridgefield 0 and Fairfield Prep 29, West Haven 28) Class L (Darien 13, Middletown 7 and New Canaan 17, North Haven 0) Class M (Brookfield 20, Valley Regional/Old Lyme 13 and St. Joseph 62, Joel Barlow 34) Class S (Woodland 30, Bloomfield 26 and Ansonia 49, Rocky Hill 27) [...]

Football Semifinal Credential Information

No Action Taken Against Wolcott Football

NFL Shares Info On Safety-Related Rule Changes

Information On Limiting Contact In Football

CIAC Handbook And Fall Tournament Packets Now Available

CIAC Football Finals Moving To Central Connecticut State

CHESHIRE, Conn. – The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) Football Committee voted on Wednesday to hold the CIAC Football Championship games at Arute Field on the campus of Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) beginning with the 2013 season. The first four championship games at Arute Field will take place Friday and Saturday December 13-14, 2013 with one game played Friday evening and three games on Saturday. The CIAC has held its football championships at Rentschler Field[...]

NFHS Continues To Address Head Injury Concerns With Rule Changes

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - In an effort to continue minimizing the risk of injury in high school football, three additional rules will take effect next season to address helmets coming off players’ heads during games. These three risk-minimization additions were among 10 rules changes approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee at its January 18-20 meeting in Indianapolis. All rules changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors. The[...]

Linked Up - 2/1/2013

A Friday morning tradition continues with a new edition of Linked Up. Lots of territory covered in this one including stories about nearly all the CIAC winter sports. From the Meriden Record: Coach Mike Forgione preaches defense for the Southington girls basketball team. His team is listening. From Forbes: This is an impassioned pronouncement in favor of high school sports, and even suggests how to fund them. From Pandodaily: A story on working together to try and gather more information about injuries. From[...]

Linked Up - 1/4/2012

Linked Up - Fall Championships - 12/9/2012

Football Championship Broadcast & Media Information

CIAC Football Championship Media Passes

CIAC Football Semi-Final Broadcasts

CIAC Football Tournament Media Information

Manchester-East Hartford Football Game Declared No-Contest

Linked Up - 11/2/2012

CIAC Announces Fall Tournament Schedule Changes

CIAC Accepts Norwich Free Academy Football Self-Imposed Penalty

Linked Up - 10/19/2012

Review Committee Takes No Action Against Joel Barlow Football

Linked Up - 10/10/2012

Linked Up - 10/2/2012

Linked Up - 9/28/2012

Linked Up - 9/24/2012

Defense The Key For Hand In Early Season Win

Female Football Coach Wins Games and Respect

CSWA Releases 2012 Edition of Football Record Book

Linked Up - 9/21/2012

Linked Up - 9/20/2012

A wide assortment of links today, some of them going back to action from this past weekend. From the Connecticut Post: An in-depth look at how athletics programs are finding solutions to budget concerns. It seems like finances will always going be a challenge for athletics departments, and there is value in discovering how different programs are adapting. From the Danbury News-Times: A follow-up piece to the previous story looks at whether so-called "pay-to-play" programs can work for some schools. From the[...]

Amputee quarterback Jacob Rainey takes the field in VA

Linked Up - 9/6/2012

Linked Up - 8/31/12

NFHS Statement on Football Helmet Attachments/Accessories

CIAC WebApps Updated for 2012 Fall Season

The CIAC's two mobile webapps have been updated for the new school year. CIACmobile.com features schedules, results, rosters and other important information on all CIAC schools and sports, along with news and updates, ticket purchasing for championships, a tournament merchandise store and streaming championship video. fb.CIACMobile.com is a specialized webapp for football with a scoreboard, schedules, rosters, rankings and statistics. To use the apps simply point the browser on your mobile phone to http://CIACmobile.com or http://fb.CIACMobile.com. If you're[...]

MaxPreps 2012 Connecticut Preseason Fab 5 presented by the Army National Guard

Official Tournament Balls 2012-17

Schedules/Results

- Both master schedules and individual team schedules and results can be found via the main schedules and results page.

Statistics

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Year	Class	Champion	Runnerup	Score	Details
2019	LL	Newtown	Darien	13-7
	L	St. Joseph	Daniel Hand	17-13
	M	Weston	Killingly	27-6
	S	Sheehan	Bloomfield	64-33
2018	LL	Greenwich	New Canaan	34-0
	L	Daniel Hand	Maloney	54-14
	M	St. Joseph	Berlin	70-18
	S	Bloomfield	Haddam-Killingworth	25-7
2017	LL	Darien	Greenwich	31-22
	L	Daniel Hand	Masuk	35-21
	M	Killingly	Joel Barlow	41-14
	S	St. Joseph	Ansonia	42-36
2016	LL	Darien	Ridgefield	28-7
	L	New Canaan	Windsor	35-20
	M	Hillhouse	St. Joseph	42-21
	S	Ansonia	Rocky Hill	28-21
2015	LL	Darien	Shelton	39-7
	L	New Canaan	North Haven	42-35
	M	Brookfield	New Fairfield	21-14
	S	Bloomfield	Ansonia	31-20
2014	LL-Large	Southington	Norwich Free Academy	49-0
	LL-Small	Xavier	Shelton	28-27 (OT)
	L-Large	New Canaan	Darien	21-20
	L-Small	Windsor	Notre Dame-West Haven	38-16
	M-Large	Brookfield	Berlin	14-0
	M-Small	St. Joseph	Ledyard	37-7
	S-Large	Valley Regional/Old Lyme	Ansonia	21-20
	S-Small	Capital/Achievement	North Branford	20-13
2013	LL	Southington	Fairfield Prep	52-34
	L	New Canaan	Darien	44-12
	M	St. Joseph	Brookfield	54-16
	S	Ansonia	Woodland	51-12
2012	LL	Xavier	Norwich Free Academy	48-14
	L	Daniel Hand	Windsor	23-6
	M	Hillhouse	Berlin	34-12
	S	Ansonia	North Branford	59-26
2011	LL	Xavier	Staples	42-7
	L	Daniel Hand	New Canaan	34-10
	M	Ansonia	Ledyard	38-0
	S	Holy Cross	Cromwell	34-27
2010	LL	Xavier	Trumbull	24-13
	L	Masuk	New Canaan	50-20
	M	Hillhouse	New London	7-0
	S	St. Joseph	Ansonia	49-28
2009	LL	Cheshire	Staples	28-21 (OT)
	L	Notre Dame-West Haven	Pomperaug	28-21
	MM	New Canaan	East Lyme	28-0
	M	Berlin	Bethel	46-6
	SS	St. Joseph	Montville	14-3
	S	Hyde Leadership	Northwest Catholic	21-0
2008	LL	Glastonbury	Cheshire	28-14
	L	Masuk	Newington	56-13
	MM	New Canaan	Darien	26-7
	M	Brookfield	Ledyard	16-14
	SS	New London	Seymour	27-18
	S	Cromwell	Ansonia	14-12
2007	LL	Greenwich	Shelton	28-14
	L	Bunnell	Masuk	22-14
	MM	New Canaan	Daniel Hand	34-30
	M	Ledyard	Berlin	21-14
	SS	Seymour	Tolland	44-34
	S	Ansonia	New London	35-0
2006	LL	Greenwich	Southington	28-7
	L	Bunnell	Staples	28-26
	MM	New Canaan	Maloney	53-21
	M	Hillhouse	Windham	28-6
	SS	Holy Cross	Stratford	40-0
	S	Ansonia	Bloomfield	34-12
2005	LL	Xavier	Southington	45-30
	L	Staples	Masuk	31-6
	MM	Branford	East Lyme	14-7
	M	Daniel Hand	Hillhouse	34-0
	SS	Woodland	Brookfield	19-13
	S	Hyde Leadership	New London	31-13
2004	LL	New Britain	Greenwich	39-34
	L	Staples	East Lyme	35-7
	MM	Pomperaug	Branford	30-7
	M	Daniel Hand	Brookfield	35-6
	SS	Woodland	Holy Cross	35-0
	S	Hyde Leadership	Cromwell	14-7
2003	LL	New Britain	West Haven	13-0
	L	Shelton	Staples	35-18
	MM	East Lyme	Masuk	17-14
	M	Daniel Hand	Ledyard	28-0
	SS	Bloomfield	Brookfield	34-14
	S	Ansonia	Cromwell	55-0
2002	LL	West Haven	Greenwich	20-13
	L	Ridgefield	Windsor	14-13
	MM	Staples	Seymour	35-14
	M	New Canaan	Ledyard	21-0
	SS	Hillhouse	Montville	29-6
	S	Ansonia	Notre Dame-Fairfield	44-14
2001	LL	New Britain	Greenwich	26-9
	L	Notre Dame-West Haven	Fitch	35-15
	M	New Canaan	Seymour	29-6
	S	Bloomfield	North Branford	40-7
2000	LL	Shelton	Greenwich	22-8
	L	Fitch	Masuk	35-13
	M	Bloomfield	New Canaan	55-6
	S	Hyde Leadership	Griswold	18-15
1999	LL	Greenwich	Southington	47-27
	L	Fitch	Farmington	50-7
	M	Weaver	Darien	69-26
	S	Bloomfield	Ansonia	56-0
1998	LL	Southington	Norwich Free Academy	54-26
	L	Masuk	Fitch	18-12
	M	Seymour	Darien	14-6
	S	Bloomfield	Ansonia	40-7
1997	LL	Cheshire	Trumbull	34-12
	L	Daniel Hand	Staples	14-7
	M	Weaver	Platt	28-16
	S	Bloomfield	Darien	39-21
1996	LL	Cheshire	Hamden	16-14
	L	Weaver	Holy Cross	47-8
	M	Killingly	New Canaan	27-13
	S	Darien	Bloomfield	21-16
1995	LL	Shelton	Trumbull	14-7
	L	Cheshire	Rockville	28-0
	M	Brookfield	Wilton	21-7
	S	Ansonia	Bloomfield	7-0
1994	LL	Hartford Public	Southington	22-7
	L	Cheshire	Simsbury	45-27
	MM	Brien McMahon	Killingly	53-16
	M	Foran	Daniel Hand	28-24
	SS	Ansonia	Bloomfield	54-14
	S	Putnam	Haddam-Killingworth	20-14
1993	LL	Naugatuck	Manchester	34-13
	L	Cheshire	Simsbury	7-0
	MM	Ledyard	Guilford	44-14
	M	New Canaan	Daniel Hand	35-14
	SS	Seymour	Bloomfield	40-12
	S	Trinity Catholic	Putnam	14-12
1992	LL	New Britain	Greenwich	31-15
	L	Cheshire	Notre Dame-West Haven	28-14
	MM	Newtown	Windham	18-0
	M	Middletown	Berlin	36-18
	SS	Darien	Stratford	30-0
	S	New London	Ansonia	21-19
1991	LL	Greenwich	Bulkeley	14-0
	L	Notre Dame-West Haven	Newington	20-0
	MM	Ledyard	Newtown	33-26
	M	Darien	Berlin	35-22
	SS	Stonington	Sacred Heart	14-0
	S	New London	Ansonia	34-18
1990	LL	Greenwich	Danbury	21-6
	L	Rockville	Newington	14-10
	MM	Newtown	Ledyard	14-6 (OT)
	M	St. Joseph	Middletown	26-0
	SS	Sacred Heart	Morgan	32-26 (OT)
	S	Derby	Housatonic Regional	41-0
1989	LL	Glastonbury	Cheshire	16-15
	L	West Haven	Rockville	46-0
	MM	Daniel Hand	Darien	34-28
	M	St. Joseph	Maloney	14-7
	SS	New London	Stratford	20-14
	S	Ansonia	Weston	44-0
1988	LL	Fairfield Prep	Greenwich	7-0
	L	Shelton	Newington	10-9
	MM	Bristol Eastern	South Windsor	22-19
	M	St. Joseph	Bethel	25-21
	SS	Stratford	Sacred Heart	48-2
	S	Ansonia	New London	20-15
1987	LL	East Hartford	Hamden	3-0
	L	West Haven	Conard	7-0
	MM	Middletown	Bristol Central	27-0
	M	East Catholic	Darien	14-0
	SS	Morgan	Berlin	3-0
	S	Ansonia	New London	28-27
1986	M-I	East Catholic	Masuk	42-3
	M-II	Ledyard	Stratford	12-6
	S-I	Watertown	Platt	31-0
	S-II	Immaculate	Derby	24-14
	L-I	Trumbull	Notre Dame-West Haven	27-9
	L-II	West Haven	Hall	35-18
1985	M-I	Hillhouse	Masuk	16-6
	M-II	Lyman Hall	Middletown	28-18
	S-I	Sheehan	Montville	21-7
	S-II	Derby	Immaculate	25-6
	L-I	Trumbull	Glastonbury	27-21 (OT)
	L-II	Wilton	Hall	21-3
1984	M-I	Daniel Hand	Wilton	14-7
	M-II	Middletown	Ledyard	35-12
	S-I	St. Joseph	New London	14-7
	S-II	Ansonia	Putnam	56-6
	L-I	Glastonbury	Southington	23-17
	L-II	Wilbur Cross	Holy Cross	3-0
1983	M-I	East Catholic	Daniel Hand	14-12
	M-II	New London	Torrington	24-0
	S-I	St. Joseph	New Fairfield	20-0
	S-II	Ansonia	Stamford Catholic	32-0
	L-I	Greenwich	Notre Dame-West Haven	14-8
	L-II	Ridgefield	Hall	20-7
1982	M-I	Bloomfield	Penney	12-6
	M-II	Daniel Hand	East Hartford	28-0
	S-I	St. Joseph	Woodrow Wilson	37-8
	S-II	Ansonia	Derby	14-0
	L-I	Fairfield Prep	Greenwich	18-6
	L-II	New Canaan	Naugatuck	20-12
1981	M-I	Newtown	Branford	20-7
	M-II	Killingly	Daniel Hand	14-7
	S-I	St. Joseph	Montville	37-30
	S-II	Ansonia	Woodrow Wilson	23-6
	L-I	Greenwich	Trumbull	14-0
	L-II	Naugatuck	Xavier	28-6
1980	LL	Newington	Ansonia	24-12
	L	Rippowam	Newtown	12-7
	M	Seymour	Daniel Hand	14-7
	S	St. Joseph	Immaculate	43-7
1979	LL	Newington	Fitch	21-14
	L	Darien	Bristol Central	27-16
	M	Ansonia	Seymour	28-14
	S	North Branford	St. Joseph	25-22
1978	LL	Amity	Ansonia	35-20
	L	Wilton	Newtown	17-7
	M	St. Bernard	East Lyme	23-13
	S	Stamford Catholic	St. Joseph	20-9
1977	LL	Trumbull	Hamden	21-20
	L	Fairfield Prep	Xavier	22-6
	M	Daniel Hand	Berlin	20-16
	S	Ansonia	Stamford Catholic	20-7
1976	LL	Fitch	Trumbull	29-7
	L	East Hartford	Fairfield Prep	13-6
	M	Daniel Hand	St. Paul Catholic	29-0
	S	Ansonia	Derby	6-0