The Heartland Collegiate Conference (HCC) was a
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conference that evolved out of the
Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) and competed between 1978 and 1989. Originally comprising the football-playing arm of the ICC, the HCC became its own separate entity after the ICC was dissolved in 1979. The HCC continued for ten more seasons before its own collapse in 1989. When formed in 1978, the conference had members in the states of
Indiana,
Ohio, and
Kentucky.
Members
Membership of the conference when it was formed in 1978.
Champions
*1978 –
Indiana Central
*1979 –
Saint Joseph's (IN)
*1980 –
Ashland and
Franklin
*1981 – Franklin
*1982 – Ashland
*1983 –
Butler
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*1984 – Ashland
*1985 – Ashland and Butler
*1986 – Ashland
*1987 – Butler
*1988 – Butler
*1989 – Butler
[Heartland Collegiate Conference]
, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved September 27, 2016.
Standings
See also
*
List of defunct college football conferences
References
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College sports in Illinois
College sports in Ohio