Nation's best high school football defenses?

By Staff Report Oct 4, 2013, 12:00am

Menomnie (Wisconsin) and Lakeview (Michigan) are the only schools that have yet to allow a point this season.

Last season, Muscle Shoals allowed a little more than 10 points per game. This season it has allowed just seven points in five games.
Last season, Muscle Shoals allowed a little more than 10 points per game. This season it has allowed just seven points in five games.
Photo by Joe Boyd

A total of 23 teams across the country have allowed less than 2-points per game this season, according to the MaxPreps database.

Menomonie and Lakeview are the only teams across the country that have yet to give up a point this season with a least a minimum of four games played.

According to the NFHS Record Book, the record for shutouts in a season is 14 set by Daingerfield (Texas) in 1983. That team went 16-0 and outscored their opponents 631-8. They shut out their last 13 opponents and won the Class 3A state title.

Here are the teams that have allowed less than 2-points per game so far this season.



1. Menomonie (Wis.)
Record: 6-0
Points for: 174
Points allowed: 0
Points allowed per game: 0.00

2. Lakeview (Battle Creek, Mich.)
Record: 5-0
Points for: 197
Points allowed: 0
Points allowed per game: 0.00

3. Hortonville (Wis.)
Record: 6-0
Points for: 287
Points allowed: 2
Points allowed per game: 0.33

4. Uplift (Chicago, Ill.)
Record: 5-0
Points for: 206
Points allowed: 2
Points allowed per game: 0.4

5. South Warren (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Record: 6-0
Points for: 240
Points allowed: 3
Points allowed per game: 0.5

6. Penn (Mishawaka, Ind.)
Record: 6-0
Points for: 294
Points allowed: 7
Points allowed per game: 1.17



7. Lake City (Mich.)
Record: 5-0
Points for: 262
Points allowed: 6
Points allowed per game: 1.2

8. Muscle Shoals (Ala.)
Record: 5-0
Points for: 226
Points allowed: 7
Points allowed per game: 1.4

8. Trimble (Glouster, Ohio)
Record: 5-0
Points for: 171
Points allowed: 7
Points allowed per game: 1.4

8. Harlingen South (Harlingen, Texas)
Record: 5-0
Points for: 185
Points allowed: 7
Points allowed per game: 1.4

8. Xavier (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Record: 5-0
Points for: 164
Points allowed: 7
Points allowed per game: 1.4

12. Pond Creek-Hunter (Pond Creek, Okla.)
Record: 4-0
Points for: 168
Points allowed: 6
Points allowed per game: 1.5



12. Sherburne-Earlville (Sherburne, N.Y.)
Record: 3-0
Points for: 132
Points allowed: 6
Points allowed per game: 1.5

12. Morton/White Pass (Randle, Wash.)
Record: 4-0
Points for: 221
Points allowed: 6
Points allowed per game: 1.5

12. Rye Neck (Mamaroneck, N.Y.)
Record: 4-0
Points for: 160
Points allowed: 6
Points allowed per game: 1.5

12. Heppner (Ore.)
Record: 4-0
Points for: 151
Points allowed: 6
Points allowed per game: 1.5

12. Troy (Idaho)
Record: 4-0
Points for: 215
Points allowed: 6
Points allowed per game: 1.5

18. Silver Lake (Kan.)
Record: 4-0
Points for: 174
Points allowed: 7
Points allowed per game: 1.75



18. Kenwood (Baltimore, Md.)
Record: 4-0
Points for: 148
Points allowed: 7
Points allowed per game: 1.75

18. Nixon (Laredo, Texas)
Record: 4-0
Points for: 57
Points allowed: 7
Points allowed per game: 1.75

18. Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Record: 4-0
Points for: 130
Points allowed: 7
Points allowed per game: 1.75

18. Centralia/Wetmore (Centralia, Kan.)
Record: 4-0
Points for: 179
Points allowed: 7
Points allowed per game: 1.75

23. Liberty-Benton (Findlay, Ohio)
Record: 5-0
Points for: 226
Points allowed: 9
Points allowed per game: 1.8