Both November 7 and 8, 1968 goes down as important dates in state and Madison area high school football history. THE END OF AN ERA November 8 was the date of the last game that the Madison Central High School Tigers played their final football game ever. The school opened about 100-years prior to 1968 as Madison High School. The Wisconsin State Journal newspaper reported that the school started playing football 75-years prior to 1968. I can’t find anything sooner in any wr

On October 22, 1976, two teams met up to help decide the conference championship and secure the Madison city championship. That championship covered the four Madison public high schools…East, West, Memorial and La Follette. West blanked East, 12-0 and the next week would end up with an 8-1 record. The setback for East dropped their championship chances, narrow as it was, and they would end the season with a 6-3 season record. Neither team earned enough poll points for the