Massillon-Whitmer playoff histories

Massillon Tigers
20 appearances
27-19 all-time record
1972 — Lost to Cincinnati Princeton 17-14 in state semifinals. 1979 — Lost to Parma Padua 12-0 in state semifinals. 1980 (state runners-up) — Beat McKinley 14-6 in state quarterfinals; beat Willoughby South 21-6 in state semifinals; lost to Cincinnati Moeller 30-7 in state championship game. 1982 (state runners-up) — Beat Sandusky 29-7 in state quarterfinals; beat Berea 31-0 in state semifinals; lost to Cincinnati Moeller 35-14 in state championship game. 1989 (regional champions) — Beat Walsh Jesuit 42-24 in regional semifinals; beat Garfield 42-7 in regional championship game; lost to St. Ignatius 42-21 in state semifinals.
1990 —  Beat Jackson 21-15 in regional semifinals; lost to Sandusky 27-7 in regional championship game. 1991 (regional champions) — Beat Ellet 28-6 in regional semifinals; beat Toledo St. John’s 42-21 in regional championship game; lost to St. Ignatius 14-13 in state semifinals. 1993 — Beat Mansfield Senior 46-6 in regional semifinals; lost to Walsh Jesuit 30-20 in regional championship game. 1994 — Beat Fremont Ross 35-28 in regional semifinals; lost to McKinley 27-20 in regional championship game. 1996 — Lost to Brunswick 7-6 in regional semifinals. 1999 — Lost to Perry 23-9 in regional quarterfinals. 2000 — Lost to Marion Harding 17-13 in regional quarterfinals. 2001 (regional champions) — Beat Marion Harding 31-0 in regional quarterfinals; beat McKinley 35-19 in regional semifinals; beat Hoover 27-7 in regional championship game; lost to St. Ignatius 49-20 in state semifinals. 2002 (regional champions) — Beat Hoover 31-0 in regional quarterfinals; beat Perry 23-21 in regional semifinals; beat Pickerington 14-0 in regional championship game; lost to Warren Harding 21-20 in overtime in state semifinals. 2005 (state runners-up) — Beat Hoover 45-14 in regional quarterfinals; beat Findlay 27-20 in regional semifinals; beat McKinley 21-3 in regional championship game; beat St. Edward 21-17 in state semifinals; lost to Cincinnati St. Xavier 24-17 in state championship game. 2006 — Beat Perry 41-20 in regional quarterfinals; lost to Toledo Whitmer 14-10 in regional semifinals. 2008 — Lost to Hoover 14-7 in regional quarterfinals.
2009 (regional champions) — Beat Hoover 17-10 in regional quarterfinals; beat Twinsburg 10-7 in regional semifinals; beat McKinley 10-7 in regional championship game; lost to Glenville 31-17 in state semifinals. 2010 — Lost to Toledo Whitmer 28-24 in regional quarterfinal. 2012 — Beat Nordonia 63-34 in regional quarterfinal; beat McKinley 28-19 in regional semifinal; plays Toledo Whitmer in regional championship game.

Whitmer Panthers
14 appearances
17-13 all-time record
1979 — Lost to Moeller 31-7 in state semifinals. 1986 — Beat Troy 31-17 in regional semifinals; lost to Thomas Worthington 28-7 in regional championship game. 1987 (REGIONAL CHAMPIONS) — Beat Toledo Central Catholic 29-15 in regional semifinals; beat Middletown 21-14 in regional championship game; lost to Cincinnati Princeton 55-6 in state semifinals. 1988 (REGIONAL CHAMPIONS) — Beat Sandusky 35-21 in regional semifinals; beat Springfield North 27-6 in regional championship game; lost to St. Ignatius 31-8 in state semifinals. 1999 — Lost to Findlay 24-14 in regional quarterfinals. 2000 — Lost to Perry 25-12 in regional quarterfinals. 2003 — Lost to Toledo St. John’s 28-14 in regional quarterfinals. 2004 — Beat Jackson 28-24 in regional quarterfinals; lost to Brunswick 28-7 in regional semifinals. 2006 — Beat Fremont Ross 21-17 in regional quarterfinals; beat Massillon 14-10 in regional semifinals; lost to McKinley 49-7 in regional championship game. 2007 — Beat Wadsworth 51-37 in regional quarterfinals; lost to Brunswick 37-23 in regional semifinals. 2009 — Lost to McKinley 34-13 in regional quarterfinals. 2011 (REGIONAL CHAMPIONS) — Beat Massillon 28-24 in regional quarterfinals; beat Twinsburg 35-14 in regional semifinals; beat Toledo St. John’s 14-10 in regional championship game; lost to St. Edward 23-13 in state semifinals. 2011 (REGIONAL CHAMPIONS) — Beat Anthony Wayne 20-0 in regional quarterfinals; beat McKinley 37-6 in regional semifinals; beat Wadsworth 37-0 in regional championship game; lost to St. Ignatius 17-6 in state semifinals. 2012 — Beat Avon Lake 28-0 in regional quarterfinals; beat Hudson 39-28 in regional semifinals; plays Massillon in regional championship game.