2012 Class D-1 (Eight-Man 1) (**Classes D1 and D2 consisted of all schools playing 8-man football. There were 57 schools in D1 and 58 in D2 for a total of 115 schools, the exact same number 2010. Nine schools playing eight-man were above the playoff eligibility enrollment limit and thus ineligible for the playoffs in 2011)...

2011 Class D-1 (Eight-Man 1) (**Classes D1 and D2 consisted of all schools playing 8-man football. There were 57 schools in D1 and 58 in D2 for a total of 115 schools, the exact same number 2010. Nine schools playing eight-man were above the playoff eligibility enrollment limit and thus ineligible for the playoffs in 2011)...

2010 Class D-1 (Eight-Man 1) (**Classes D1 and D2 consisted of all schools playing 8-man football. There were 57 schools in D1 and 58 in D2 for a total of 115 schools, three less than 2009. Nine schools playing eight-man were above the playoff eligibility enrollment limit and thus ineligible for the playoffs in 2010)...

2009 Class D-1 (Eight-Man 1) (**Classes D1 and D2 consisted of all schools playing 8-man football. There were 59 schools in D1 and 59 in D2 for a total of 118 schools, the same as 2008. Four schools playing eight-man were above the playoff eligibility enrollment limit and thus ineligible for the playoffs in 2009)...

2008 Class D-1 (Eight-Man 1) (**Classes D1 and D2 consisted of all schools playing 8-man football. There were 59 schools in D1 and 59 in D2 for a total of 118 schools, three less than in 2007. Four schools playing eight-man were above the playoff eligibility enrollment limit and thus ineligible for the playoffs in 2008)...

2007 Class D-1 (Eight-Man 1) (**Classes D1 and D2 consisted of all schools playing 8-man football. There were 61 schools in D1 and 60 in D2 for a total of 121 schools, the same number as 2006. Four schools playing eight-man were above the playoff eligibility enrollment limit and thus ineligible for the playoffs in 2007)...

2006 Class D-1 (Eight-Man 1) (**Classes D1 and D2 consisted of all schools playing 8-man football. There were 61 schools in D1 and 60 in D2 for a total of 121 schools, four more than 2005. Four schools playing eight-man were above the playoff eligibility enrollment limit and thus ineligible for the playoffs in 2006)...

2005 Class D-1 (Eight-Man 1) (**Classes D1 and D2 consisted of all schools playing 8-man football. There were 58 schools in D1 and 59 in D2 for a total of 117 schools, four less than 2004. Four schools playing eight-man were above the playoff eligibility enrollment limit and thus ineligible for the playoffs in 2005)...

2004 Class D-1 (Eight-Man 1) (There were 60 schools in D1 and 61 schools in D2 playing 8-Man football in 2004 for a total of 121, eight less than 2003. Four schools playing eight-man were above the playoff eligibility enrollment limit.)...

2003 Class D-1 (Eight-Man 1) (**128 Teams played 8-Man football in 2003, one less than 2002.) 2003 Final Class D-1 Top 10 (Stu Pospisil- Omaha World Herald) 1 Howells - 13-0, (582-61) {44.8-4.7}...

Now that current high school football and basketball seasons have come to a conclusion, the History of Nebraska 8-Man football can resume. We left off with the 2001 season in the books, so let’s review the 2002 season. 2002 Class D-1 (Eight-Man 1)...

CLASS A Scoring Leaders (Points Scored) Bryson Bahl-Papillion La Vista South, 6-5, Sr……...538 pts (21.8 ppg) Robert Garcia-Bellevue West, 6-5, Sr………………....511 pts (20.4 ppg)...

Sometimes the stars in the heavens line up just right. Occasionally the lines on the machine come up matching sevens on all three lines vertically, horizontally and diagonally. All the puzzle pieces come together, forming a masterpiece flowing with precision and confidence...

Three coaches and eleven players have been named to the 2025 NEMFCA Eight-Man Football Hall of Fame. They will be inducted during ceremonies to be heldon Saturday, June 21 st at The Osborne Family Sports Complex in Hastings, NE. The Hall of Fame is presented by the Nebraska Eight-Man Football Coaches...

The 2024 Nebraska high school football season was the 50th anniversary of my Bobby Mills 1000 Yard Club. I published my first 1000 yard list in 1975 however, knowing a Master List would not be complete without going back in time, that is exactly what I have done...

*94 Nebraska high school running backs eclipsed the 1000 yard rushing mark in 2024. Fifty nine were seniors, there were 23 juniors and 12 were sophomores. *Seven schools had a pair of thousand yard rushers in their backfield. They were; Stanton, Wood River, Central Valley, Scottsbluff, Lyons, Decatur, Syracuse and Sidney...

Super-State Offense QB - Jett Thomalla-Millard South, 6-4, 195, Junior RB - Taye Taye Jenkins-Omaha Westside, 5-8, 175, Sophomore RB - Jaron Cannon-Omaha North, 5-10, 175, Senior...

You will statistically prepared for both the ClassC-2 and C-1 State Championships when you finish ingesting this information. Tuesday’s curtain raiser will feature an unbeaten Norfolk Catholic team (12-0) seeking a third consecutive C-2 title and currently riding a 38 game winning streak. Providing the opposition will be Wahoo Neumann, a squad Catholic defeated 28-21 to open the 2024 season...

Here is all the pregame information you need to know before these two Classic matchups kick off next Monday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Right off hand, I cannot even dream of two finer matchups than the Greeley County rematch from the season opener between Riverside and Central Valley in Class D-2 and the long anticipated 2023 Class D-1 semifinal rematch of defending champion Stanton and Sandy Creek...

With superior ground gainers such as Conor Booth of Wahoo Neumann and Chadron iron man Quinn Bailey, I thought this might be a good opportunity to republish this Master List of Single Season 2000 and 3000 yard rushers. The very first two thousand rusher on record is Filley’s Dale Seifkus (2,325) in 1955, back when rushing stats were rarely kept...