| MERRILLVILLE PIRATES Won 77, Lost 42 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEAR | ROUND | OPPONENT | SCORE | ||||
| 1976 | Sectional | at | Valparaiso | W | 35 | 14 | |
| Regional | South Bend St. Joseph | W | 21 | 0 | |||
| State | at | Indianapolis Cathedral | W | 28 | 24 | ||
| 1977 | Sectional | Portage | L | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1982 | Sectional | at | Highland | L | 13 | 14 | |
| 1985 | Sectional | at | Gary Roosevelt | W | 36 | 14 | |
| Sectional | Portage | W | 21 | 0 | |||
| Sectional | Crown Point | W | 14 | 7 | |||
| Regional | at | Valparaiso | L | 2 | 14 | ||
| 1986 | Sectional | at | Lake Central | L | 14 | 41 | |
| 1987 | Sectional | at | Gary West | W | 55 | 8 | |
| Sectional | at | Crown Point | L | 10 | 12 | ||
| 1988 | Sectional | Gary Roosevelt | W | 41 | 27 | ||
| Sectional | at | Lake Central | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 1989 | Sectional | at | Gary Roosevelt | W | 14 | 3 | |
| Sectional | at | Lake Central | L | 21 | 24 | OT | |
| 1990 | Sectional | at | Lake Central | L | 10 | 28 | |
| 1991 | Sectional | Gary West | W | 53 | 0 | ||
| Sectional | at | East Chicago Central | L | 13 | 26 | ||
| 1992 | Sectional | at | Lake Central | W | 35 | 21 | |
| Sectional | Crown Point | W | 30 | 6 | |||
| Sectional | East Chicago Central | W | 17 | 13 | |||
| Regional | South Bend Riley | W | 21 | 14 | OT | ||
| Semistate | at | Fort Wayne Snider | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 1993 | Sectional | at | Crown Point | W | 19 | 13 | |
| Sectional | at | Gary Wallace | W | 39 | 24 | ||
| Sectional | Lake Central | L | 13 | 56 | |||
| 1994 | Sectional | at | Lake Central | L | 7 | 35 | |
| 1995 | Sectional | at | Valparaiso | W | 19 | 14 | |
| Sectional | Crown Point | L | 7 | 34 | |||
| 1996 | Sectional | Lake Central | W | 21 | 14 | ||
| Sectional | Portage | L | 13 | 35 | |||
| 1997 | Sectional | at | Valparaiso | L | 7 | 21 | |
| 1998 | Sectional | at | East Chicago Central | W | 23 | 8 | |
| Sectional | at | Portage | L | 14 | 31 | ||
| 1999 | Sectional | Portage | L | 7 | 17 | ||
| 2000 | Sectional | Gary Wallace | W | 40 | 0 | ||
| Sectional | Valparaiso | L | 3 | 7 | |||
| 2001 | Sectional | at | Gary Wallace | W | 41 | 0 | |
| Sectional | Chesterton | L | 6 | 19 | |||
| 2002 | Sectional | at | Lake Central | L | 13 | 14 | |
| 2003 | Sectional | at | Lake Central | W | 42 | 12 | |
| Sectional | Chesterton | W | 21 | 14 | |||
| Sectional | at | Portage | L | 28 | 43 | ||
| 2004 | Sectional | East Chicago Central | W | 50 | 19 | ||
| Sectional | at | Crown Point | W | 34 | 19 | ||
| Sectional | Portage | W | 44 | 38 | 3OT | ||
| Regional | at | Penn | L | 0 | 31 | ||
| 2005 | Sectional | at | Lake Central | W | 41 | 3 | |
| Sectional | at | Michigan City | W | 49 | 12 | ||
| Sectional | Crown Point | W | 16 | 13 | |||
| Regional | at | Penn | W | 7 | 0 | ||
| Semistate | Hamilton Southeastern | L | 7 | 17 | |||
| 2006 | Sectional | East Chicago Central | W | 31 | 0 | ||
| Sectional | at | Chesterton | W | 39 | 22 | ||
| Sectional | at | Crown Point | L | 7 | 28 | ||
| 2007 | Sectional | at | Chesterton | W | 21 | 0 | |
| Sectional | Crown Point | W | 13 | 7 | |||
| Sectional | at | Lake Central | W | 30 | 6 | ||
| Regional | Penn | W | 21 | 20 | |||
| Semistate | at | Carmel | L | 13 | 35 | ||
| 2008 | Sectional | Crown Point | W | 42 | 6 | ||
| Sectional | at | Munster | W | 37 | 7 | ||
| Sectional | at | Chesterton | W | 14 | 7 | ||
| Regional | Penn | L | 0 | 19 | |||
| 2009 | Sectional | Valparaiso | W | 31 | 0 | ||
| Sectional | at | Lake Central | W | 20 | 13 | ||
| Sectional | Portage | W | 9 | 3 | |||
| Regional | at | Mishawaka | W | 28 | 27 | ||
| Semistate | Carmel | L | 0 | 42 | |||
| 2010 | Sectional | at | Chesterton | W | 48 | 27 | |
| Sectional | Valparaiso | L | 14 | 20 | |||
| 2011 | Sectional | Lake Central | W | 30 | 24 | ||
| Sectional | at | Chesterton | W | 48 | 45 | OT | |
| Sectional | Crown Point | L | 21 | 42 | |||
| 2012 | Sectional | at | Munster | W | 28 | 21 | |
| Sectional | Chesterton | W | 45 | 21 | |||
| Sectional | Crown Point | W | 24 | 14 | |||
| Regional | Carroll (Fort Wayne) | W | 50 | 21 | |||
| Semistate | at | Fort Wayne Snider | L | 39 | 42 | ||
| 2013 | Sectional | Lafayette Jeff | W | 39 | 18 | ||
| Sectional | at | Lake Central | L | 0 | 31 | ||
| 2014 | Sectional | at | Crown Point | W | 45 | 42 | |
| Sectional | Lake Central | W | 21 | 19 | |||
| Regional | at | Penn | L | 6 | 42 | ||
| 2015 | Sectional | Crown Point | W | 22 | 12 | ||
| Sectional | at | Portage | W | 28 | 21 | ||
| Regional | Penn | L | 38 | 56 | |||
| 2016 | Sectional | at | Portage | W | 22 | 21 | |
| Sectional | Crown Point | L | 19 | 24 | |||
| 2017 | Sectional | at | Crown Point | L | 14 | 23 | |
| 2018 | Sectional | at | Lake Central | W | 42 | 14 | |
| Sectional | Crown Point | L | 13 | 17 | |||
| 2019 | Sectional | Lafayette Jeff | W | 27 | 20 | ||
| Sectional | at | Crown Point | W | 10 | 9 | ||
| Regional | Warsaw | W | 42 | 28 | |||
| Semistate | at | Carmel | L | 17 | 38 | ||
| 2020 | Sectional | Crown Point | W | 39 | 0 | ||
| Sectional | Lafayette Jeff | W | 48 | 14 | |||
| Regional | at | Elkhart | W | 27 | 24 | ||
| Semistate | Westfield | L | 23 | 41 | |||
| 2021 | Sectional | Crown Point | W | 29 | 13 | ||
| Sectional | at | Lafayette Jeff | W | 42 | 14 | ||
| Regional | Penn | W | 39 | 7 | |||
| Semistate | at | Westfield | L | 19 | 48 | ||
| 2022 | Sectional | Munster | W | 55 | 20 | ||
| Sectional | at | Hammond Central | W | 52 | 8 | ||
| Regional | at | Valparaiso | L | 14 | 15 | ||
| 2023 | Sectional | Munster | W | 49 | 7 | ||
| Sectional | at | Hammond Morton | W | 42 | 18 | ||
| Regional | Valparaiso | W | 24 | 20 | |||
| Semistate | at | Fort Wayne Snider | L | 0 | 28 | ||
| 2024 | Sectional | Hammond Central | W | 63 | 6 | ||
| Sectional | at | Hammond Morton | W | 55 | 14 | ||
| Regional | Valparaiso | W | 44 | 14 | |||
| Semistate | at | Warsaw | L | 14 | 31 | ||
| 2025 | Sectional | at | Hammond Morton | W | 28 | 7 | |
| Sectional | Munster | W | 45 | 14 | |||
| Regional | at | Michigan City | W | 34 | 14 | ||
| SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| YEAR | CLASS | DATE |
| 1976 | 3A | Nov. 5, 1976 |
| 1985 | 5A | Nov. 8, 1985 |
| 1992 | 5A | Nov. 6, 1992 |
| 2004 | 5A | Nov. 5, 2004 |
| 2005 | 5A | Nov. 4, 2005 |
| 2007 | 5A | Nov. 2, 2007 |
| 2008 | 5A | Nov. 7, 2008 |
| 2009 | 5A | Nov. 6, 2009 |
| 2012 | 5A | Nov. 2, 2012 |
| 2014 | 6A | Oct. 31, 2014 |
| 2015 | 6A | Oct. 30, 2015 |
| 2019 | 6A | Nov. 8, 2019 |
| 2020 | 6A | Nov. 6, 2020 |
| 2021 | 6A | Nov. 5, 2021 |
| 2022 | 5A | Nov. 4, 2022 |
| 2023 | 5A | Nov. 3, 2023 |
| 2024 | 5A | Nov. 8, 2024 |
| 2025 | 1A | Nov. 7, 2025 |
| REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | ||
| 1976 | 3A | Nov. 12, 1976 |
| 1992 | 5A | Nov. 13, 1992 |
| 2005 | 5A | Nov. 11, 2005 |
| 2007 | 5A | Nov. 9, 2007 |
| 2009 | 5A | Nov. 13, 2009 |
| 2012 | 5A | Nov. 9, 2012 |
| 2019 | 6A | Nov. 15, 2019 |
| 2020 | 6A | Nov. 13, 2020 |
| 2021 | 6A | Nov. 12, 2021 |
| 2023 | 5A | Nov. 10, 2023 |
| 2024 | 5A | Nov. 15, 2024 |
| 2025 | 5A | Nov. 14, 2025 |
| STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS | ||
| 1976 | 3A | Nov. 20, 1976 |