The football team was awarded the sectional championship by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association in 1960 (as co-champion). Since the playoff system was introduced in 1974, the team has won the North I Group IV state sectional championships in 1991, 2003 and 2004, and won the North I Group V state sectional title in 2016, 2018 and 2019. The 1991 team, under coach Chuck Johnson, finished the season with an 8-3 record after defeating North Bergen High School by a score of 26-15 in the tournament final to win the North I Group IV state championship, the first ever for the Maroons in the playoff era. In 2003, the football team defeated Morristown High School by a score of 35-6 in the NJSIAA North I Group IV title game at Giants Stadium. In 2004, the football team repeated the feat by defeating Hackensack High School 27-20, again at Giants Stadium. The team defeated Passaic County Technical Institute in 2016 to win the North I, Group V state sectional championship by a score of 14-13, finishing the season undefeated for the first time since 1957, with a 12-0 record. In 2018, the team won their second North II Group V title with a 27-7 win against Montclair High School in the sectional finals. The team repeated as the North I Group V state sectional championship in 2019 and then went on to defeat previously undefeated North II champion Union High School by a score of 41-37 to win the Group V North regional championship game.