The Gateway Conference was an
intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1962 and 1975. Its membership included schools located in on the states of
Illinois
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and
Wisconsin
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.
[Gateway Conference]
, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 25, 2015. The formation of the Gateway Conference was announced in December 1961 with eight member schools:
Eureka College
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Eureka College was the third college in the Unite ...
in
Eureka, Illinois,
George Williams College
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in
Chicago
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, Lakeland College—now known as
Lakeland University
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—in
Plymouth, Wisconsin,
Milton College
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History
The college was founded as the Milton Academy (high scho ...
in
Milton, Wisconsin, Northwestern College—which later merged into
Martin Luther College—in
Watertown, Wisconsin,
Shimer College in
Mount Carroll, Illinois
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Due to its elevation and northwesterly location, Mount Carroll is subject to unusually cold winter wea ...
,
Trinity Christian College in
Palos Heights, Illinois, and the University of Illinois—Navy Pier—now known as the
University of Illinois at Chicago
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.
Football champions
*1962 – and
*1963 –
*1964 –
*1965 –
*1966 –
*1967 –
*1968 –
*1969 –
*1970 –
*1971 –
*1972 – and
*1973 –
*1974 – and
Basketball champions
*1974–75 – and
See also
*
List of defunct college football conferences
References
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