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1920 – 1952
The mythical titles: Before the IHSAA playoff era, Indiana's champions were named by the newspapers. The compilation of those newspaper champions (AlmanacSports) names Mishawaka state champion three times: 1920 (7-0-2), 1925 (8-0), and 1926 (8-0). They are printed here as what they are — newspaper-era championships, not IHSAA tournament titles; Mishawaka has never won the playoff tournament, and its two finals appearances stand in the next entry.
Frank Steele: The Indiana Football Hall of Fame's record gives Frank M. Steele as Mishawaka's head football coach 1924–1932 — a 2015 preview says 1923–32, and the Hall's dates govern here with the difference stated — and athletic director 1934–1952. His teams won the mythical championships of 1925 and 1926 and the Northern Indiana Conference East Division title of 1930.
The 1930 game: In 1930 undefeated Mishawaka beat undefeated South Bend Central 6–0 at Notre Dame Stadium before 30,000 people — the largest crowd to that day to watch a high school game in that stadium, on the Hall of Fame's account.
The oldest series: Mishawaka's series with Elkhart began in 1902 and is called the oldest prep football series in the state in the preview record; it is printed as that record's claim.
Sources:
- AlmanacSports.com, compilation of newspaper-era Indiana champions — 1920, 1925, 1926.
- Indiana Football Hall of Fame (ifca-hof.org), Frank M. Steele — coach 1924–1932, athletic director 1934–1952, the 1930 Central game before 30,000.
- usa-365, 2015 — Steele from 1923; the Elkhart series from 1902 as the state's oldest.