The WPIAL changed its playoff format, allowing all undefeated and untied teams to engage in a playoff. Kiski Area and Penn Hills were tied, 6-6, late in the game. At that time, if a game ended in a tie, the team with the most yardage wouId advance, But Joe Stone booted a 25-yard field goal with 37 seconds left to give the Cavaliers the win. A 16-8 victory over Thomas Jefferson gave the Cavaliers (12-0) the WPIAL title. With no PIAA playoffs, the team was rated tops in the state by the Saylor Rankings. The St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press had a national ranking of No. 5 for Kiski Area. At No. 3 was T.C. Williams of Alexandria, Va., the team immortalized in the movie “Remember the Titans.”