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The football schedules for the 2018 and 2019 football seasons will be released Wednesday morning, March 21st, a little after 10 AM.
Please make sure that if you are on the website prior to 10 AM that you hit the "refresh" button on your browser every 30 seconds or so, so that you will see the schedules when 10 AM actually occurs. If you are on the website prior to 10 AM and do not hit that "refresh" button, you will never see the schedules.
Here are a few bits of information for you regarding the scheduling process.
1. As of this time, there are 4 Week 0 contests (8 Player only)
2. Practice will begin for those schools on Monday, July 30th
3. Practice will begin for the remaining schools on Monday, August 6th
4. The schedule will list only weeks, example: Week 0, Week 1, Week 2, etc. The following actual dates correspond with the weeks.
2018
Week 0 Thursday, August 16th; Friday, August 17th
Week 1 Thursday, August 23rd; Friday, August 24th
Week 2 Thursday, August 30th; Friday, August 31st
Labor Day Monday, September 3rd
Week 3 Thursday, September 6th; Friday, September 7th
Week 4 Thursday, September 13th; Friday, September 14th
Week 5 Thursday, September 20th; Friday, September 21st
Week 6 Thursday, September 27th; Friday, September 28th
Week 7 Thursday, October 4th; Friday, October 5th
Week 8 Thursday, October 11th; Friday, October 12th
Week 9 Thursday, October 18th; Friday, October 19th
1st Round Friday, October 26th
Quarters Friday, November 2nd
Semis Thursday, November 8th, Friday, November 9th, Saturday, November 10th
Finals Thursday, November 15th, Friday November 16th
Thanksgiving Thursday, November 22nd (4th Thursday of November)
2019 (Roll Back)
Week 0 Thursday, August 22nd; Friday August 23rd
Week 1 Thursday, August 29th; Friday, August 30th
Labor Day Monday, September 2nd
Week 2 Thursday, September 5th; Friday, September 6th
Week 3 Thursday, September 12th; Friday, September 13th
Week 4 Thursday, September 19th; Friday, September 20th
Week 5 Thursday, September 26th; Friday, September 27th
Week 6 Thursday, October 3rd; Friday, October 4th
Week 7 Thursday, October 10th; Friday, October 11th
Week 8 Thursday, October 17th; Friday, October 18th
Week 9 Thursday, October 24th; Friday, October 25th
1st Round Friday, November 1st
Quarters Friday, November 8th
Semis Thursday, November 14th, Friday, November 15th, Saturday, November 16th
Finals Thursday, November 21st; Friday, November 22nd
Thanksgiving Thursday, November 28th (4th Thursday of November)
331 schools are playing football for the 2018 and 2019 season, including 65 8 player schools which had their entire 9 game schedule provided for them.
266 11 player schools listed teams on their non-district priority list, showing their interest in wanting to play one of those schools during weeks 1 through 4 of the season. Two districts in Class A only have weeks 1 and 2 for non-district games along with a "cross over contest" assigned by the IHSAA during weeks 3 through 9.
68.7% of all schools (183, 11 player schools) received all 4 schools on their non-district priority list
93.7% of all schools (249, 11 player schools) received 3 or more schools on their non-district priority list.
6.7% of all schools (17, 11 player schools) only received 2 or few schools on their non-district priority list, with 15 receiving 2 schools on their non-district priority list and only 2 schools receiving 1 school on their non-district priority list.
Class 4A (42 teams)
28 teams received all four teams on their non-district priority list
12 teams received three teams on their non-district priority list
2 teams received two or less teams on their non-district priority list
Class 3A (54 teams)
37 teams received all four teams on their non-district priority list
11 teams received three teams on their non-district priority list
5 teams received two teams on their non-district priority list
1 team received one team on their non-district priority list
Class 2A (54 teams)
33 teams received all four teams on their non-district priority list
16 teams received three teams on their non-district priority list
5 teams received two teams on their non-district priority list
0 teams received one team on their non-district priority list
Class 1A (54 teams)
35 teams received all four teams on their non-district priority list
15 teams received three teams on their non-district priority list
3 teams received two teams on their non-district priority list
1 team received one team on their non-district priority list
Class A (62 teams)
50 teams received all four teams on their non-district priority list *
12 teams received three teams on their non-district priority list
0 teams received two teams on their non-district priority list
0 teams received one team on their non-district priority list
*14 teams had only two options for non-district contests due to being in a 7-team district
5. No team has 3 home or away games in a row unless requested in writing to our office due to maintenance issues.
6. Due to facility issues and sharing of facilities, it becomes increasingly difficult to create some schedules in which during the first two weeks of the season, teams had one home game and one away game. Several schools will start off the season with either home games weeks 1 and 2, or away games weeks 1 and 2. If you are home weeks 1 and 2, week 3 will be on the road, if are away weeks 1 and 2, you will be at home week 3. In addition, several schools will have road games weeks 8 and 9 for one year and home games weeks 8 and 9 the next.
7. Provide some type of highlight(s) regarding this upcoming football season for your school:
1. Certain milestone year of playing (75 year of football played at XXX High School)
2. Certain milestone year of state championship (30 anniversary of the 1989 championship team)
3. Coaching milestone victory (Head coaches 100, 150, 200, etc., could happen)
4. First game on a new field or stadium
5. Renaming of a field or stadium
6. Special Event planned (Recognition night, awareness night)
7. Alumni or current player(s) receiving special recognition or accolades
How to find your schedules:
1. Go to the home page on our website: www.iahsaa.org
2. Click on the "Sports" tab on the top of the page.
3. Using the drop-down box, find "Football"
4. Click on "2018 & 2019 Football Schedules".
5. There will be 6 links, one for each classification. The schedules are in alphabetical order, so please provide an opportunity for the entire PDF to download before trying to find your schedule. Both your 2018 and 2019 schedules are available. The schedules should be mirror opposites.
6. Please note that a few Class 3A schools will required to play Thursday night contests if you have Assumption, Davenport on your schedule. The same may be true for any school playing a Davenport school, Cedar Rapids school or a Sioux City school due to the sharing of facilities.
This completes the IHSAA's responsibilities regarding the scheduling of your football contests for the 2018 and 2019 seasons. All schools have 9 home games over the two-year redistricting cycle, with either 5 or 4 homes games each year. We are not vain enough to say that these scheduled are 100% etched in stone and cannot be changed regarding any home or away contests or dates. If you and one of your opponents agree to change a site or date, we have no issue with that, please contact us as soon as possible with that change. We have attempted to make sure that all schools sharing facilities have opposite schedules so as not to have Thursday or Saturday games and those with 3 schools sharing a facility have been accommodated to try to balance the number of Thursday night contests.
Good luck Wednesday morning as schedules are released. This is a very exciting time for schools and officials.
The football schedules for the 2018 and 2019 football seasons will be released Wednesday morning, March 21st, a little after 10 AM.
Please make sure that if you are on the website prior to 10 AM that you hit the "refresh" button on your browser every 30 seconds or so, so that you will see the schedules when 10 AM actually occurs. If you are on the website prior to 10 AM and do not hit that "refresh" button, you will never see the schedules.
Here are a few bits of information for you regarding the scheduling process.
1. As of this time, there are 4 Week 0 contests (8 Player only)
2. Practice will begin for those schools on Monday, July 30th
3. Practice will begin for the remaining schools on Monday, August 6th
4. The schedule will list only weeks, example: Week 0, Week 1, Week 2, etc. The following actual dates correspond with the weeks.
2018
Week 0 Thursday, August 16th; Friday, August 17th
Week 1 Thursday, August 23rd; Friday, August 24th
Week 2 Thursday, August 30th; Friday, August 31st
Labor Day Monday, September 3rd
Week 3 Thursday, September 6th; Friday, September 7th
Week 4 Thursday, September 13th; Friday, September 14th
Week 5 Thursday, September 20th; Friday, September 21st
Week 6 Thursday, September 27th; Friday, September 28th
Week 7 Thursday, October 4th; Friday, October 5th
Week 8 Thursday, October 11th; Friday, October 12th
Week 9 Thursday, October 18th; Friday, October 19th
1st Round Friday, October 26th
Quarters Friday, November 2nd
Semis Thursday, November 8th, Friday, November 9th, Saturday, November 10th
Finals Thursday, November 15th, Friday November 16th
Thanksgiving Thursday, November 22nd (4th Thursday of November)
2019 (Roll Back)
Week 0 Thursday, August 22nd; Friday August 23rd
Week 1 Thursday, August 29th; Friday, August 30th
Labor Day Monday, September 2nd
Week 2 Thursday, September 5th; Friday, September 6th
Week 3 Thursday, September 12th; Friday, September 13th
Week 4 Thursday, September 19th; Friday, September 20th
Week 5 Thursday, September 26th; Friday, September 27th
Week 6 Thursday, October 3rd; Friday, October 4th
Week 7 Thursday, October 10th; Friday, October 11th
Week 8 Thursday, October 17th; Friday, October 18th
Week 9 Thursday, October 24th; Friday, October 25th
1st Round Friday, November 1st
Quarters Friday, November 8th
Semis Thursday, November 14th, Friday, November 15th, Saturday, November 16th
Finals Thursday, November 21st; Friday, November 22nd
Thanksgiving Thursday, November 28th (4th Thursday of November)
331 schools are playing football for the 2018 and 2019 season, including 65 8 player schools which had their entire 9 game schedule provided for them.
266 11 player schools listed teams on their non-district priority list, showing their interest in wanting to play one of those schools during weeks 1 through 4 of the season. Two districts in Class A only have weeks 1 and 2 for non-district games along with a "cross over contest" assigned by the IHSAA during weeks 3 through 9.
68.7% of all schools (183, 11 player schools) received all 4 schools on their non-district priority list
93.7% of all schools (249, 11 player schools) received 3 or more schools on their non-district priority list.
6.7% of all schools (17, 11 player schools) only received 2 or few schools on their non-district priority list, with 15 receiving 2 schools on their non-district priority list and only 2 schools receiving 1 school on their non-district priority list.
Class 4A (42 teams)
28 teams received all four teams on their non-district priority list
12 teams received three teams on their non-district priority list
2 teams received two or less teams on their non-district priority list
Class 3A (54 teams)
37 teams received all four teams on their non-district priority list
11 teams received three teams on their non-district priority list
5 teams received two teams on their non-district priority list
1 team received one team on their non-district priority list
Class 2A (54 teams)
33 teams received all four teams on their non-district priority list
16 teams received three teams on their non-district priority list
5 teams received two teams on their non-district priority list
0 teams received one team on their non-district priority list
Class 1A (54 teams)
35 teams received all four teams on their non-district priority list
15 teams received three teams on their non-district priority list
3 teams received two teams on their non-district priority list
1 team received one team on their non-district priority list
Class A (62 teams)
50 teams received all four teams on their non-district priority list *
12 teams received three teams on their non-district priority list
0 teams received two teams on their non-district priority list
0 teams received one team on their non-district priority list
*14 teams had only two options for non-district contests due to being in a 7-team district
5. No team has 3 home or away games in a row unless requested in writing to our office due to maintenance issues.
6. Due to facility issues and sharing of facilities, it becomes increasingly difficult to create some schedules in which during the first two weeks of the season, teams had one home game and one away game. Several schools will start off the season with either home games weeks 1 and 2, or away games weeks 1 and 2. If you are home weeks 1 and 2, week 3 will be on the road, if are away weeks 1 and 2, you will be at home week 3. In addition, several schools will have road games weeks 8 and 9 for one year and home games weeks 8 and 9 the next.
7. Provide some type of highlight(s) regarding this upcoming football season for your school:
1. Certain milestone year of playing (75 year of football played at XXX High School)
2. Certain milestone year of state championship (30 anniversary of the 1989 championship team)
3. Coaching milestone victory (Head coaches 100, 150, 200, etc., could happen)
4. First game on a new field or stadium
5. Renaming of a field or stadium
6. Special Event planned (Recognition night, awareness night)
7. Alumni or current player(s) receiving special recognition or accolades
How to find your schedules:
1. Go to the home page on our website: www.iahsaa.org
2. Click on the "Sports" tab on the top of the page.
3. Using the drop-down box, find "Football"
4. Click on "2018 & 2019 Football Schedules".
5. There will be 6 links, one for each classification. The schedules are in alphabetical order, so please provide an opportunity for the entire PDF to download before trying to find your schedule. Both your 2018 and 2019 schedules are available. The schedules should be mirror opposites.
6. Please note that a few Class 3A schools will required to play Thursday night contests if you have Assumption, Davenport on your schedule. The same may be true for any school playing a Davenport school, Cedar Rapids school or a Sioux City school due to the sharing of facilities.
This completes the IHSAA's responsibilities regarding the scheduling of your football contests for the 2018 and 2019 seasons. All schools have 9 home games over the two-year redistricting cycle, with either 5 or 4 homes games each year. We are not vain enough to say that these scheduled are 100% etched in stone and cannot be changed regarding any home or away contests or dates. If you and one of your opponents agree to change a site or date, we have no issue with that, please contact us as soon as possible with that change. We have attempted to make sure that all schools sharing facilities have opposite schedules so as not to have Thursday or Saturday games and those with 3 schools sharing a facility have been accommodated to try to balance the number of Thursday night contests.
Good luck Wednesday morning as schedules are released. This is a very exciting time for schools and officials.
