The Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference (ICAC) is a defunct U.S.

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athletic conference for schools in the states of

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, and

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that existed from 1936 to 1984. The league was part of the

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History

Founded in 1936, ICAC initially consisted of six schools. The founding members were: Over the years a number of schools entered and exited the league. In 1938, Mesa College joined the league. In 1939, the league saw its largest membership when Carbon Junior College (later College of Eastern Utah) and

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joined. In the early 1940s, the league saw disruption due to the outbreak of

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– Ricks and Albion were forced to leave prior to the 1941 season, while Weber and Westminster were forced to leave prior to the 1942 season. The entire league suspended operations from 1943 to 1945. In 1946, the league resumed operations with Albion and Weber also re-joining the league. Prior to 1948, Mesa left the league, while Westminster and Ricks rejoined, and a new member also joined –

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(later Boise College). Following this expansion, the league would see a gradual reduction in teams. 1950 would be the final season for SICE as the school closed in 1951. Westminster left the league after the 1954 season. Weber left following the 1961 season, while Southern Utah left the following year. In 1963, Mesa returned, but Eastern Utah decided to depart the league following that season. Boise left after the 1967 season, and Mesa left after the 1974 season. The league reached its final configuration in 1979 when Eastern Utah re-joined. In 1983, member schools were Eastern Utah, Dixie, Ricks, Snow, UTCP, and CNCC. 1984 would be the final season of league play for the ICAC. In 1985, the

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realigned its regions in response to a large number of

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and

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schools leaving the organization to form the

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. NJCAA Region 18 was expanded to include schools in Utah, which resulted in all ICAC members being merged into the

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(Ricks had already been a member of the SWAC in non-football sports since 1968). For football, the league was merged with the Arizona Community College Conference to form the

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Former members

Membership timeline

DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1936 till:1984 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:5 left:5 bottom:20 top:5 Colors = id:line value:black id:Full value:rgb(0.742,0.727,0.852) # all sports id:FullxF value:rgb(0.551,0.824,0.777) # all sports except for football id:WWII value:rgb(0.98,0.5,0.445) # world war ii id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.5,0.691,0.824) # some sports, but not all PlotData = width:15 textcolor:darkblue shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s bar:1 color:Full from:1936 till:1943 text: Dixie J.C. (1936–1984) bar:1 color:WWII from:1943 till:1946 text: bar:1 color:Full from:1946 till:end text: bar:2 color:Full from:1936 till:1941 text:

Ricks College Ricks may refer to: People * Andre Ricks (born 1996), American basketball player * Bob Ricks (21st century), American police chief * Christopher Ricks (born 1933), British literary critic and scholar * Doug Ricks, American politician and member o ...

(1936–1940) bar:2 color:WWII from:1943 till:1946 text: bar:2 color:Full from:1948 till:end text:(1948-1984) bar:3 color:Full from:1936 till:1941 text: Albion State N.S. (1936–1940) bar:3 color:WWII from:1943 till:1946 text: bar:3 color:Full from:1946 till:1951 text:(1946-1950) SICE bar:4 color:Full from:1936 till:1943 text: Branch A.C. (1936–1962) bar:4 color:WWII from:1943 till:1946 text: bar:4 color:Full from:1946 till:1953 text: bar:4 color:Full from:1953 till:1963 text: C of Southern Utah bar:5 color:Full from:1936 till:1942 text:

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(1936–1941) bar:5 color:WWII from:1943 till:1946 text: bar:5 color:Full from:1946 till:1962 text: (1946–1961) bar:6 color:Full from:1936 till:1942 text: Westminster College (1936–1941) bar:6 color:WWII from:1943 till:1946 text: bar:6 color:Full from:1948 till:1955 text:(1948-1954) bar:7 color:Full from:1938 till:1943 text: Mesa College (1938–1947) bar:7 color:WWII from:1943 till:1946 text: bar:7 color:Full from:1946 till:1948 text: bar:7 color:Full from:1963 till:1975 text: (1963–1974) bar:8 color:Full from:1939 till:1943 text: Carbon J.C. (1939–1963) bar:8 color:WWII from:1943 till:1946 text: bar:8 color:Full from:1946 till:1959 text: bar:8 color:Full from:1959 till:1964 text: C of Eastern Utah bar:8 color:Full from:1979 till:end text: (1979–1984) bar:9 color:Full from:1939 till:end text:

(1939–1984) bar:9 color:WWII from:1943 till:1946 text: bar:9 color:Full from:1946 till:end text: bar:10 color:Full from:1948 till:1965 text: Boise J.C. (1948–1967) bar:10 color:Full from:1965 till:1967 text: Boise College ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:1940 # > Legend: <#

Championships

Football champions

National Champions (football)

*Boise Junior College won the NJCAA National Football Championship in 1958.

References

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External links

Year by year results of ICAC footballICAC football championsICAC football all-time records
NJCAA conferences