The Dakota Bowl is the North Dakota High School Activities Association football championship weekend played at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota . The first "original" Dakota Bowl was in 1978 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Bob Burns coach at O'Gorman brought the game to life as a fundraiser for Sioux Falls Catholic Schools. It has raised about 4 million dollars to date. It attracts over 10,000 fans yearly.
The Dakota Bowl began in 1993 with the opening of the Fargodome. Prior to the Dakota Bowl, the football championship games were held at various sites across the state. Beginning in 2002, with the opening of the Alerus Center in Grand Forks , the Dakota Bowl alternated between the Fargodome (odd years) and the Alerus Center (even years). Starting in 2015, the Dakota Bowl will be held at the Fargodome until at least 2020.[ 1]
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Three Class System (1993–1996)[ edit ] Year Location Champion Runner-up Score 1993 Fargodome Des Lacs-Burlington Harvey 6-0 1994 Fargodome Minot Bishop Ryan Grafton 42-13 1995 Fargodome Killdeer Harvey 30-14 1996 Fargodome Hazen Harvey 20-0
Four Class System (1997–2020)[ edit ] Year Location Champion Runner-up Score 1997 Fargodome Dickinson Bismarck 28-26 1998 Fargodome West Fargo Wahpeton 12-7 1999 Fargodome West Fargo Minot 24-14 2000 Fargodome Fargo North Bismarck 43-22 2001 Fargodome Bismarck Fargo South 21-9 2002 Alerus Center West Fargo Minot 51-14 2003 Fargodome West Fargo Bismarck 45-21 2004 Alerus Center Fargo South Grand Forks Central 34-27 2005 Fargodome Grand Forks Central Fargo South 39-29 2006 Alerus Center Fargo South Minot 21-7 2007 Fargodome Fargo South Bismarck 40-14 2008 Alerus Center Bismarck Fargo South 28-19 2009 Fargodome Bismarck Fargo South 28-10 2010 Alerus Center Fargo South Bismarck 26-14 2011 Fargodome Bismarck Bismarck Century 21-3 2012 Alerus Center Bismarck Bismarck Century 21-10 2013 Fargodome Fargo South Bismarck 42-34 2014 Alerus Center Fargo Davies Minot 41-10 2015 Fargodome Bismarck Century Minot 28-21 2016 Fargodome Bismarck Century Bismarck 27-12 2017 Fargodome West Fargo Minot 56-28 2018 Fargodome Bismarck Bismarck Century 21-16 2019 Fargodome Bismarck Century West Fargo Sheyenne 10-0 2020 Fargodome Bismarck Century West Fargo Sheyenne 34-0
Year Location Champion Runner-up Score 1997 Fargodome Minot Bishop Ryan Watford City 33-14 1998 Fargodome Watford City Rugby 42-14 1999 Fargodome Minot Bishop Ryan Lisbon 43-13 2000 Fargodome Dickinson Trinity Rugby 42-28 2001 Fargodome Dickinson Trinity Hazen 48-6 2002 Alerus Center Cavalier Dickinson Trinity 18-0 2003 Fargodome Cavalier Dickinson Trinity 28-7 2004 Alerus Center Cavalier Lisbon 36-12 2005 Fargodome Dickinson Trinity Beulah 21-7 2006 Alerus Center Watford City Dickinson Trinity 20-14 2007 Fargodome Fargo Oak Grove Devils Lake 28-0 2008 Alerus Center Watford City Valley City 40-20 2009 Fargodome Fargo Shanley Devils Lake 31-30 (OT) 2010 Alerus Center Fargo Shanley Devils Lake 24-21 2011 Fargodome Grafton Fargo Shanley 22-6 2012 Alerus Center Fargo Shanley Grafton 14-8 2013 Fargodome Bismarck St. Mary's Wahpeton 24-22 2014 Alerus Center Bismarck St. Mary's Fargo Shanley 21-7 2015 Fargodome Beulah Fargo Shanley 33-18 2016 Fargodome Bismarck St. Mary's Kindred 47-6 2017 Fargodome Bismarck St. Mary's Fargo Shanley 31-12 2018 Fargodome Fargo Shanley Bismarck St. Mary's 28-21 2019 Fargodome Hillsboro/Central Valley Beulah 35-12 2020 Fargodome Bismarck St. Mary's Beulah 17-7
Year Location Champion Runner-up Score 1997 Fargodome Velva/Sawyer Harvey 28-8 1998 Fargodome Harvey Stanley 29-12 1999 Fargodome Stanley Carrington 30-12 2000 Fargodome Velva/Sawyer Langdon 27-6 2001 Fargodome Velva/Sawyer Harvey 27-22 2002 Alerus Center Stanley/Powers Lake Carrington 20-12 2003 Fargodome Velva/Sawyer LaMoure/Litchville-Marion/Verona 20-13 2004 Alerus Center Velva/Sawyer Larimore 21-12 2005 Fargodome Velva/Sawyer Cavalier 33-12 2006 Alerus Center Velva Linton/Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock 33-8 2007 Fargodome Harvey Lisbon 21-18 2008 Alerus Center Harvey Linton/Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock 14-0 2009 Fargodome Velva Langdon/Munich 29-0 2010 Alerus Center Velva Milnor/North Sargent 25-20 2011 Fargodome Stanley/Powers Lake Linton/Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock 42-6 2012 Alerus Center Hazen Westhope/Newburg/Glenburn 55-28 2013 Fargodome Hazen Milnor/North Sargent 20-0 2014 Alerus Center Park River/Fordville-Lankin Killdeer 26-18 2015 Fargodome Park River/Fordville-Lankin Killdeer 38-14 2016 Fargodome Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm Des Lacs-Burlington 42-20 2017 Fargodome Hillsboro/Central Valley Langdon Area/Edmore/Munich 16-14 2018 Fargodome Langdon Area/Edmore/Munich Hillsboro/Central Valley 28-20 2019 Fargodome Langdon Area/Edmore/Munich Bishop Ryan 42-14 2020 Fargodome Langdon Area/Edmore/Munich Lisbon 42-28
Class B 9-Man (1993–2020)[ edit ] Year Location Champion Runner-up Score 1993 Fargodome Sargent Central Carson/Flasher 21-14 1994 Fargodome Edgeley/Kulm Rolla/Rock Lake 28-6 1995 Fargodome New England/Regent Thompson 30-14 1996 Fargodome New England/Regent Hillsboro 20-0 1997 Fargodome New England/Regent Rolette/Wolford 16-14 1998 Fargodome Divide County (Crosby) Hatton/Finley-Sharon 34-22 1999 Fargodome Central Valley (Buxton) Linton/Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock 40-24 2000 Fargodome Linton/Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock Hope-Page 30-8 2001 Fargodome Strasburg/Zeeland Maddock 36-8 2002 Alerus Center Linton/Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock Maddock 36-21 2003 Fargodome Linton/Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock New Rockford/Sheyenne 24-14 2004 Alerus Center Edgeley/Kulm New Rockford/Sheyenne 40-24 2005 Fargodome Richland (Colfax) Divide County (Crosby) 42-7 2006 Alerus Center Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter Turtle Lake-Mercer 26-12 2007 Fargodome Mott-Regent Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter 16-14 2008 Alerus Center Hillsboro Williams County (Tioga/Ray) 46-8 2009 Fargodome Hankinson Parshall/White Shield 27-12 2010 Alerus Center Wyndmere/Lidgerwood Wells County (Fessenden-Bowdon) 54-12 2011 Fargodome Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter North Star (Cando) 50-42 2012 Alerus Center New Rockford-Sheyenne Divide County (Crosby) 40-22 2013 Fargodome Cavalier Westhope/Newburg/Glenburn 54-6 2014 Alerus Center Cavalier Shiloh Christian (Bismarck) 36-6 2015 Fargodome Richland (Colfax) North Prairie (Rolla/Rolette/Wolford) 44-38 2016 Fargodome Thompson New Salem/Glen Ullin 54-20 2017 Fargodome Wyndmere-Lidgerwood Bismarck Shilo Christian 60-26 2018 Fargodome Thompson New Salem-Almont/Glen Ullin 42-28 2019 Fargodome Kidder County Cavalier 54-32 2020 Fargodome Linton-HMB Cavalier 32-24
Four Class System (since 2021)[ edit ] Year Location Champion Runner-up Score 2021 Fargodome West Fargo Sheyenne West Fargo 27-7 2022 Fargodome Fargo Shanley Bismarck Century 48-7
Year Location Champion Runner-up Score 2021 Fargodome Jamestown Bismarck St. Mary's 41-27 2022 Fargodome Jamestown Fargo North 46-28 2023 Fargodome Fargo North Grand Forks Central 31-6
Year Location Champion Runner-up Score 2021 Fargodome Kindred Hillsboro/Central Valley 37-14 2022 Fargodome Velva/Drake/Anamoose/Garrison Central Cass 22-20
Year Location Champion Runner-up Score 2021 Fargodome LaMoure-Litchville-Marion Cavalier 42-14 2022 Fargodome New Salem-Almont Cavalier 28-26