*119 Nebraska High School Football Teams played 8-Man football again in 2000 and here is what the D-1 playoff field looked like at the turn of the Century. For the first time in FIVE seasons, the playoff fields in all classes, Class B and below, shrunk from 32 to 16 teams. Yours truly, along with a ton of 8-Man football coaches, were not thrilled with this move and thank goodness the 16 team playoff fields in 8-Man football lasted just two years...

*119 Nebraska High School Football Teams played 8-Man football in 1999. 1999 certainly seemed like an exceptional year for 8-Man 1 football with eight of the 32 qualifying round teams coming in unbeaten. FOUR those teams with spotless records made up the class D1 semifinals with Lawrence/Nelson, Medicine Valley, Bancroft-Rosalie and Humphrey St. Francis ALL still remaining with 11-0 records...

*117 Nebraska High School Football Teams played 8-Man football in 1998. For the first time in four years Dodge did not win an 8-Man Championship, having notched three in D-1 and one in D-2. Fear not though, the Pirates would be back in the winner’s circle after a one year absence....

*116 Nebraska High School Football Teams played 8-Man football in 1997. Dodge dropped down to Class D-2 in 1997 and won their 4TH consecutive State Championship (3 in D1). There was some shuffling of schools between Classes D-1 and D-2 this season, including defending D-2 champion Humphrey St. Francis going up to D-1...

*118 Nebraska High School Football Teams played 8-Man football in 1996. We will advance the years to 1996 here because of the fact that years 1975 through 1995 are posted on the very well organized, easy to navigate Nebraska Eight Man Football Coaches Association site...

MATT McGINN- ANSELMO-MERNA HIGH SCHOOL (Here is our 12th of twelve 2024 NEMFCA Hall of Fame inductees. Today we feature the great Matt McGinn from Anselmo-Merna, one of the true GREATS to ever play and coach the game of 8-Man football)...

TRAVIS MLADY – BLOOMFIELD HIGH SCHOOL (Here is our 11th of twelve 2024 NEMFCA Hall of Fame inductees. Today we feature Travis Mlady, one of the finest running backs ever in 8-Man football, despite playing that style the game just one season)...

STEVE BAZATA – HOWELLS HIGH SCHOOL (Here is our 10th of twelve 2024 NEMFCA Hall of Fame inductees. Today we feature one of the finest players in the sparkling history of Howells high school football, Steve Bazata)...

LARRY TOMLINSON – O’NEILL ST. MARY’S HIGH SCHOOL (Here is our 9th of twelve 2024 NEMFCA Hall of Fame inductees. Today we feature one of the absolute greatest small town athletes in the history of Nebraska high school sports, the sensational Larry Tomlinson)...

JOSH FRERICHS – LODGEPOLE HIGH SCHOOL (Here is our 7th of twelve 2024 NEMFCA Hall of Fame inductees. Today we feature one of the most feared Western Nebraska running backs in 8-Man football history, the one and only Josh Frerichs of Lodgepole.)...

JERRY LIESS – INDIANOLA HIGH SCHOOL (Here is our 7th of twelve 2024 NEMFCA Hall of Fame inductees. Today we feature one of 8-Man football’s most recognizable Western Nebraska names, Jerry Liess from Indianola.)...

COACH JON DAHL – MEAD HIGH SCHOOL (Here is our 6th of twelve 2024 NEMFCA Hall of Fame inductees. Today we feature one of 8-Man football’s finest and most loyal coaches in Nebraska, the venerable Jon Dahl.)...

COACH CURT JOHNSON – LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL (Here is our 5th of twelve 2024 NEMFCA Hall of Fame inductees. Today we feature one of 8-Man football’s finest Coaches ever, the incomparable Coach Curt Johnson.)...

BRANDON JOHNSON- RUSHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL (Here is our 4th of twelve 2024 NEMFCA Hall of Fame inductees. Today we feature one of 8-Man football’s toughest players ever, the great Brandon Johnson.)...

CHRIS CARPENTER – FALLS CITY SACRED HEART H.S. (Here is our 3rd of twelve 2024 NEMFCA Hall of Fame inductees. Today we feature three time All-Stater, Chris Carpenter.) In a program chock full of greats, Chris was one of the Irish’s all-time best. ...

JEFF VEERHUSEN – ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL (Here is our 2nd of twelve 2024 NEMFCA Hall of Fame inductees. Today we feature the great two-way player from Adams, Jeff Veerhusen.) During his outstanding high school career, Jeff cemented his place as one of the most prominent players on one of the state’s most storied football programs. In a successful football tradition that was started by his father and his brothers, Jeff proudly carried the family torch at Adams High School...

BRIAN HAHN – HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL (Here is our first of twelve salutes to our NEMFCA 2024 Hall of Fame inductees.) From 1974 to 1977, Brian dominated both sides of the ball while playing for the high-powered Hawks teams of that era and Hall of Fame Coach Jim Connick. ...

-TWO coaches and ten players have been named to the 2024 NEMFCA Eight-Man Football Hall of Fame. They will be inducted during ceremonies to be held on Saturday, June 15th at The Tom Osborne Family Sports Complex in Hastings, NE...

*84 Nebraska High School Football Teams played 8-Man football in 1974. *1974 Eight-Man Football All-State Team Final Rankings.*Final 8-Man Top 10 (1974)1. Farnam (10-0)...

87 Nebraska high schools chose to play 8-Man football in 1972. *1972 Eight-Man Football All-State Team Final Rankings.*Final 8-Man Top 10 (1972)1. Farnam (9-0) {513-80} 2. Adams (8-0) {422-124}...