The Illini–Badger Football Conference (IBFC) was an athletic conference with the

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. Member teams were located in

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and

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. As the name indicates, member teams only competed in

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. They participated in other athletic conferences in other sports. The conference's last season was in 2007. In 1989, the conference changed its name to the Illini–Badger–Hawkeye Football Conference and added four new members: Blackburn College in

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, Greenville College—now known as

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—in

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, and Iowa Wesleyan College—now known as

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—in

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Member teams during final season

Aurora University Aurora University (AU) is a private university in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Established in 1893 as a seminary of the Advent Christian Church, the university has been independent since 1971. Approximately 6,200 students are enrolled in t ...

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* Lakeland College *

Former members

Iowa Wesleyan College Iowa Wesleyan University was a private university in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. It was Iowa's first co-educational institution of higher learning and the oldest of its type west of the Mississippi River. The institution was affiliated ...

(1989–1992) *

Milton College Milton College was a private college located in Milton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1844 as the Milton Academy, it closed in 1982. Its campus is now part of the Milton Historic District. History The college was founded as the Milton Academy (high sc ...

(1976–1982) *

Northeastern Illinois University Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) is a public university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. NEIU serves approximately 5,000 students in the region and is both a federally designated Hispanic-serving institution and Asian American and Nat ...

(1976–1988) *

Principia College Principia College is a private liberal arts college in Elsah, Illinois. It was founded in 1912 by Mary Kimball Morgan with the purpose of "serving the Cause of Christian Science." Morgan wrote in her book, Education at the Principia that, "Alt ...

(1989–1992) *

Quincy University Quincy University (QU) is a Private college, private Franciscans, Franciscan college in Quincy, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1860, it has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 undergraduate and graduate students across five constituent sch ...

(1993–1996)

Conference champions

*1975 – Milton * 1976 – Milton * 1977 – Northeastern Illinois * 1978 – Milton * 1979 – Lakeland * 1980 – Milton * 1981 – Concordia (WI), Milton & Northeastern Illinois * 1982 – Northeastern Illinois * 1983 – Concordia (IL) * 1984 – Northeastern Illinois * 1985 – Lakeland * 1986 – Lakeland * 1987 – Concordia (IL) * 1988 – Concordia (WI) * 1989 – Greenville * 1990 – Concordia (WI) * 1991 – Eureka * 1992 – Greenville * 1993 – Quincy * 1994 – Quincy * 1995 – Eureka * 1996 – Lakeland * 1997 – Lakeland * 1998 – Aurora * 1999 – Aurora * 2000 – Aurora * 2001 – MacMurray * 2002 – MacMurray * 2003 – Concordia (WI) * 2004 – Aurora, Concordia (WI) & Lakeland * 2005 – Lakeland * 2006 – Concordia (WI) * 2007 – Concordia (WI) & Lakeland

References

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Member teams during final season

Former members

Conference champions

See also

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