In North Carolina, the high school football team with the most state championships is the Independence High School Patriots, located in Charlotte. The Patriots have won a total of 10 state championships, with their first coming in 1997 and their most recent in 2014. They are also known for their impressive streak of 109 consecutive victories from 2000 to 2006, which is the longest winning streak in North Carolina high school football history.

Several other high school football programs in North Carolina have also enjoyed success and have multiple state championships to their name. Below is information about the team record for most total state championships in N.C. High School Athletic Association state history. These include:

1. Reidsville - 18 championships (1930-present)

Tabbed as the football capital of North Carolina, Reidsville Secondary School holds the state document for many total football state champions with 18. Reidsville won its very first state title in 1930, defeating Peak 20-7 in the Class B championship game. The following season, Reidsville beat Apex for a second time in the state championship game, 6-0. Then in 1932, the Rams won their 3rd straight title, defeating Elizabeth City 32-12.

Reidsville's very first runner-up surface was available in 1934 when it shed to Edenton 6-0. But the Rams were back ahead in 1937, defeating Community 19-6. Reidsville won back-to-back Course B titles in 1939 as well as 1940, defeating District 18-0 as well as Elizabeth City 14-12.

Reidsville played Laurinburg in three consecutive 1A title games in 1943-1945, The two groups tied 6-6 in 1943, Laurinburg won 8-7 in 1944, as well as Reidsville asserted a 27-0 win in 1945.

In 1949, Reidsville started one more three-year streak of state championship game looks. Reidsville shed to Henderson 20-14 in the 1A championship game in 1949, defeated Henderson 26-0 in the 2A championship game in 1950, and also shed to Lumberton 18-13 in the 2A title game in 1951. In 1954, Reidsville won the 2A title over Graham, 20-6.

From 1961-1971, the NCHSAA did not play state championship games. Rather, the NCHSAA finished the season at the regional championships. Reidsville won 2 Region 2/West regional championships (and incorporated a 3rd) at the 3A degree throughout that time duration, however, the NCHSAA does not count those as state champion victories. Nonetheless, lots of people in the community in Reidsville do count those as state champions.

There was a dry spell of state champion appearances for Reidsville after that. The following state title for the Rams came with the 2AA level in 2002, the initial year the NCHSAA subdivided the state playoffs. Reidsville defeated Bandys 34-14 in the state championship game, providing the program its 10th title all-time. The very same 2 teams played once again in the 2003 state championship and also the outcome coincided-- a Reidsville win, this moment 68-12.

In 2005, Reidsville and also Shelby-- 2 perennial powers-- fulfilled in the 2AA state championship game. Shelby won 26-18. Yet the 2000s lit the fire in the Reidsville dynasty once again.

Reidsville won three straight state titles at the 2AA level from 2007-2009. The Rams beat Shelby 28-20 in 2007, then beat East Lincoln 24-7 in 2008, and afterwards Newton-Conover 28-6 in 2009.

The Rams fell to the 2A category years later and also returned to the state champion in 2016 where it controlled Edenton Holmes 58-12, winning its 15th state title. After going down the state title game in 2017 to Wallace-Rose Hillside (35-28 in OT), Reidsville won 3 straight 2A state champions starting in 2018. The Rams defeated Northeastern 31-28 in 2018 and also 14-0 in 2019, after that in the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened springtime season of 2021, Reidsville beat Mountain Heritage 35-6 in the national championship.

Reidsville's last journey to the state championship remained in 2022 when it lost to East Duplin, 24-21.

Reidsville's document in football state champions is 18-7-1.

Reidsville State Championship Appearances

• 1930 — Reidsville 20, Apex 7 (Class B)
• 1931 — Reidsville 6, Apex 0 (Class B)
• 1932 — Reidsville 32, Elizabeth City 12 (Class B)
• 1934 — Edenton 6, Reidsville 0 (Class B)
• 1937 — Reidsville 19, Hamlet 6 (Class B)
• 1939 — Reidsville 18, Hamlet 0 (Class B)
• 1940 — Reidsville 14, Elizabeth City 12 (Class B)
• 1943 — Reidsville 6, Laurinburg 6 (Class A)
• 1944 — Laurinburg 8, Reidsville 7 (Class A)
• 1945 — Reidsville 27, Laurinburg 0 (Class A)
• 1949 — Henderson 20, Reidsville 14 (Class A)
• 1950 — Reidsville 26, Henderson 0 (2A)
• 1951 — Lumberton 18, Reidsville 13 (2A)
• 1954 — Reidsville 20, Graham 6 (2A)
• 2002 — Reidsville 34, Bandys 14 (2AA)
• 2003 — Reidsville 68, Bandys 12 (2AA)
• 2005 — Shelby 26, Reidsville 18 (2AA)
• 2007 — Reidsville 28, Shelby 20 (2AA)
• 2008 — Reidsville 24, East Lincoln 7 (2AA)
• 2009 — Reidsville 28, Newton-Conover 6 (2AA)
• 2016 — Reidsville 58, Edenton Holmes 12 (2A)
• 2017 — Wallace-Rose Hill 35, Reidsville 28 - OT (2A)
• 2018 — Reidsville 31, Northeastern 28 (2A)
• 2019 — Reidsville 14, Northeastern 0 (2A)
• 2020-21 — Reidsville 35, Mountain Heritage 6 (2A)
• 2022 — East Duplin 24, Reidsville 21 (2A)