state titles and a runner-up. After an undefeated season in 1966, he left to become an assistant at the University of Idaho in Moscow and assistant coach Delane "De" Pankratz succeeded him as head coach for the next two decades. Pankratz' first five seasons as head coach brought five more state titles with only two defeats, to intra-city rival Capital in 1967 and 1971, separated by 34 consecutive victories. The 1971 team rebounded from the loss and won eight straight, with a final victory on Thanksgiving over Punahou in Honolulu to finish The Lions went undefeated in 1975, and in 1978, the last before the playoff system. Borah was the state runner-up in 1972, 1974, and 1976. In November 1979, an eight-team playoff was introduced for the state's largest schools in Class A-1 (5A since 2001); Borah shut out Lewiston in the semifinals and archrival Boise in the final to grab the first official A-1 state title in football, and finished with a record Both Borah and Boise returned to the finals in 1980, but with a different outcome as Boise won 7–0 with an early touchdown and a game-ending goal line stand. Borah finished at with two losses to Boise and one to Capital. In November 1981, undefeated Borah regained the state title with a win over in the Lions' closest game of the year (17 points). The Lions (12–0, with two shutouts) were unchallenged all season, winning by an average score of earning a national top-20 ranking in multiple publications. Through 2018, it is Borah's most recent state title Additional state championships that academic year were won by the Borah varsity basketball team and track & field team (the second of four straight), for a rare triple state title for the class of 1982. The Borah baseball team won the state title in 1981, but lost their opener at the state tourney Pankratz was the head football coach at Borah for twenty seasons and compiled a record of He was succeeded by in May 1987, the head coach at nearby Bishop Kelly for three seasons and a graduate of rival Capital. He had been an assistant for six years under Pankratz at Borah and a three-year starter at tackle at Idaho under Troxel. Overgaard was the head coach for seven seasons then left for an administrative position Darren Corpus, a Borah alumnus from the class of 1980, was