Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was a college athletic conference that existed from 1908 to 1970 in the United States.
At one time the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, or IIAC, was a robust league that claimed most of the Illinois institutions of higher education. It was nicknamed the "Little Nineteen," but in 1928 had a membership of 23 schools. Former Illinois State University track coach Joseph Cogdal, associated with the IIAC for 43 years of its 62-year history, noted that the league had roots in the 1870s when a number of schools banded together for oratorical contests. Their first intercollegiate football game was played in 1881 between Illinois State University and Knox College, and by 1894 a football association was established.
History
The IIAC was formed in April 1908 with eight charter members: Illinois State Normal University, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Millikin University, Monmouth College, Knox College, Lombard College and Illinois College. The first track meet was held on May 22, 1908. The group quickly expanded. Eastern Illinois State Teachers College and Western Illinois University joined in 1912 and 1914 respectively.In 1920, the name "Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference" was adopted, providing the initials IIAC. Conference membership reached a peak of 23 member schools in 1928, when virtually all of the small colleges in Illinois were included.
Private schools withdrew during much of the 1930s, until in 1942 only the five state schools remained: Illinois State University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Western Illinois University. In 1950, the league name became the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, when Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University brought the membership to seven. In 1961-62, Eastern Michigan University and Southern Illinois University Carbondale withdrew; Northern Illinois University followed in 1965-66. The conference disbanded at the end of the 1969-1970 academic year.
Membership
Members
Membership timeline
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bar:1 color:Full from:1908 till:end text:Illinois State
bar:2 color:Full from:1908 till:1937 text:Illinois Wesleyan
bar:3 color:Full from:1908 till:1937 text:Bradley
bar:4 color:Full from:1908 till:1937 text:Millikin
bar:5 color:Full from:1908 till:1937 text:Monmouth
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bar:7 color:Full from:1908 till:1937 text:Illinois College
bar:8 color:Full from:1908 till:1929 text:Lombard
bar:9 color:Full from:1910 till:1942 text:Eureka
bar:10 color:Full from:1910 till:1937 text:Shurtleff
bar:11 color:Full from:1910 till:1928 text:Lincoln
bar:12 color:Full from:1910 till:1926 text:Hedding
bar:13 color:Full from:1910 till:1917 text:William & Vashti
bar:14 color:Full from:1912 till:1970 text:Eastern Illinois
bar:15 color:Full from:1912 till:1941 text:Carthage
bar:16 color:Full from:1912 till:1938 text:McKendree
bar:17 color:Full from:1912 till:1937 text:Augustana
bar:18 color:Full from:1913 till:1962 text:Southern Illinois
bar:19 color:Full from:1914 till:1970 text:Western Illinois
bar:20 color:Full from:1914 till:1923 text:Blackburn
bar:21 color:Full from:1916 till:1938 text:St. Viator
bar:22 color:Full from:1919 till:1937 text:Wheaton
bar:23 color:Full from:1919 till:1937 text:Lake Forest
bar:24 color:Full from:1920 till:1966 text:Northern Illinois
bar:25 color:Full from:1922 till:1931 text:Mount Morris
bar:26 color:Full from:1927 till:1937 text:North Central
bar:27 color:Full from:1929 till:1941 text:Elmhurst
bar:28 color:Full from:1950 till:1970 text:Central Michigan
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Football champions
Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- 1910 – Illinois Wesleyan
- 1911 –
- 1912 – Eastern Illinois, Carthage, and William & Vashti
- 1913 – Eastern Illinois and William & Vashti
- 1914 – Eastern Illinois
- 1915 – Illinois College
- 1916 –
- 1917 – Lombard
- 1918 – No champion
- 1919 –
- 1920 –, North Central, and Wheaton
- 1921 –
- 1922 – Bradley and
- 1923 – Lombard
- 1924 – and Lombard
- 1925 – Bradley and
- 1926 – Bradley and
- 1927 –
- 1928 – and
- 1929 – and
- 1930 –,, and Southern Illinois
- 1931 –
- 1932 – and
- 1933 –
- 1934 – and
- 1935 – and
- 1936 – and
- 1937 –,, and
- 1938 – Northern Illinois State
- 1939 –
- 1940 –
- 1941 – and Northern Illinois State
- 1942 –
- 1943 – No champion
- 1944 – Northern Illinois State
- 1945 –
- 1946 – Northern Illinois State
- 1947 – Southern Illinois
- 1948 –
- 1949 –
Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- 1950 –
- 1951 – Northern Illinois State
- 1952 – Central Michigan
- 1953 – Central Michigan
- 1954 – Central Michigan and Michigan State Normal
- 1955 – Central Michigan and Michigan State Normal
- 1956 – Central Michigan
- 1957 – Eastern Michigan
- 1958 –
- 1959 –
- 1960 – Southern Illinois
- 1961 – Southern Illinois
- 1962 – Central Michigan
- 1963 – Northern Illinois
- 1964 – Northern Illinois and
- 1965 – Northern Illinois
- 1966 – Central Michigan
- 1967 – Central Michigan and
- 1968 – Central Michigan and
- 1969 –