Football · WIAA playoff history
Rice Lake
28 playoff appearances from 1979 to 2025, a 56-24 playoff record, and 3 state titles (1979, 2017, 2023).
Season by season
| Year | Division | Playoff record | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 3 | 2-0 | State champion |
| 1980 | 3 | 1-1 | State runner-up |
| 1981 | 3 | 0-1 | — |
| 1982 | 3 | 2-1 | State runner-up |
| 1983 | 3 | 0-1 | — |
| 1985 | 2 | 1-1 | Won 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0-1 | — |
| 1999 | 2 | 2-1 | Won 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1-1 | Won 1 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1-1 | Won 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2-1 | Won 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0-1 | — |
| 2004 | 3 | 4-1 | State runner-up |
| 2005 | 3 | 3-1 | Won 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1-1 | Won 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0-1 | — |
| 2012 | 3 | 1-1 | Won 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4-1 | State runner-up |
| 2015 | 3 | 1-1 | Won 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3-1 | Won 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5-0 | State champion |
| 2018 | 3 | 3-1 | Won 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2-0 | Won 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4-1 | State runner-up |
| 2022 | 3 | 2-1 | Won 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5-0 | State champion |
| 2024 | 2 | 4-1 | State runner-up |
| 2025 | 2 | 2-1 | Won 2 |
State finals
| Year | Div. | Result | Opponent | Score | Att. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | Lost | Slinger | 31-30 | — |
| 2023 | 3 | Won | Grafton | 28-20 | — |
| 2021 | 3 | Lost | Pewaukee | 15-6 | — |
| 2017 | 3 | Won | New Berlin Eisenhower | 25-3 | — |
| 2014 | 3 | Lost | Wisconsin Lutheran | 42-18 | — |
| 2004 | 3 | Lost | Wisconsin Lutheran | 41-13 | — |
| 1982 | 3 | Lost | Two Rivers | 38-21 | — |
| 1980 | 3 | Lost | Two Rivers | 17-15 | 1,564 |
| 1979 | 3 | Won | Edgerton | 15-7 | 2,146 |
A final is listed here only where the championship table names this school the same way the participation record does. The WIAA abbreviates some names in one table and not the other.
Deepest run: 2017, 5-0 in Division 3 — state champions.