Delphos St. John's Blue Jays Football History

6-Time State Champs | "The Streak" 57 Straight Wins

State Champs (6)

1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2008, 2010

State Runner-up (1)

2009

State Semi-Finalist (6)

1994, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013

Midwest Athletic Conference (MAC) Champs (10)

1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2011

Playoff Appearances (21)

1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024

Welcome to the history of Delphos St. John's football web site. This web site features a database of every game ever played in DSJ history. We offer a variety of custom pages and searches from this database. You can see a list of the Blue Jays's All-Time Opponents, view a Season by Season record of every DSJ team, check out playoff results, the Jays record against the MAC , check out some of our special searches, or perform a custom search of your own!

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Delphos St. John's Blue Jays Playoff Success

OHSAA State Championships
Rank School Titles
1 Marion Local 15
2 Cleveland St. Ignatius 11
3 Cincinnati Moeller 9
T-4 Coldwater 8
T-4 Kirtland 8
T-4 Newark Catholic 8
T-4 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney 8
T-8 St. Henry 7
T-8 Versailles 7
T-8 Cleveland Benedictine 7
T-8 Lakewood St. Edward 7
T-12 Delphos St. John's 6
T-12 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary 6
- as of 2025 season
OHSAA Playoff Winning Percentage
(Minimum of 30 wins)
Rank School Pct
1 Marion Local (108-12) .900
2 Kirtland (70-13) .843
3 Coldwater (95-22) .812
4. Delphos St. John's (59-14) .808
5. Akron Hoban (61-15) .803
6. Versailles (60-16) .789
7. Cleveland St. Ignatius (79-23) .775
8. St. Henry (52-16) .765
9. Newark Catholic (87-31) .737
T10. Youngstown Ursuline (58-21) .734
T10. Toledo Central Catholic (58-21) .734
- as of 2024 season

"The Streak" - State Record 57 straight wins - View game by game

From November 11, 1996 (Game 10) to November 24, 2000 (Game 14) the Delphos St. John's Blue Jay football team won an Ohio (OHSAA) State record 57 straight games. During that stretch, the Jays won 3 State titles, 4 MAC titles, and faced 29 playoff teams.

Special thanks to Bob Ebbeskotte for supplying much of the football information and Rob Hemmelgarn for the All-MAC teams.