The Nebraska College Conference (NCC), known as the Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference from 1916 to 1926 and later as the Nebraska College Athletic Conference (NCAC), was an
intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1916 to 1976. The league had members, as its name suggests, in the state of
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...
.
[Nebraska College Athletic Conference]
, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 30, 2015. The public colleges in the conference departed for the separate
Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association The Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association (NIAA) was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1928 to 1942. The league comprised public state colleges in the state of Nebraska.[Concordia University Nebraska
Concordia University, Nebraska is a private Lutheran university in Seward, Nebraska. It was established in 1894 and is affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod as one of seven schools in the Concordia University System. The university ...]
),
Dana College
Dana College was a private college in Blair, Nebraska. Its rural 150-acre (607,000 m²) campus is approximately 26 miles (40 km) northwest of Omaha and overlooks a portion of the Missouri River Valley. The campus was planned to be purchase ...
, and Midland College (now known as
Midland University
Midland University is a private Lutheran university in Fremont, Nebraska. It has an approximate enrollment of 1,600 students on campus. Known as Midland Lutheran College from 1962 to 2010, the college is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran ...
). Those three schools joined the
Tri-State Conference at its formation in 1960.
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Nebraska Wesleyan University (NWU) is a private Methodist-affiliated university in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was founded in 1887 by Nebraska Methodists. As of 2017, it has approximately 2,100 students including 1,500 full-time students and 300 ...
left in 1969 to join the newly formed Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NIAC) (now called the
Great Plains Athletic Conference
The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) is a List of college athletic conferences in the United States, college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Member institutions are located ...
(GPAC)).
Football champions
* 1916 –
* 1917 – ''Unknown''
* 1918 – ''Unknown''
* 1919 –
* 1920 – ''No champion''
* 1921 –
* 1922 –
* 1923 – ''Unknown''
* 1924 –
* 1925 –
* 1926 –
* 1927 –
* 1928 –
* 1929 –
* 1930 –
* 1931 –
* 1932 – and
* 1933 –
* 1934 –
* 1935 –
* 1936 –
* 1937 –
* 1938 – and
* 1939 – ''Vacant''
* 1940 – and
* 1941 –
* 1942 –
* 1943 – ''No champion''
* 1944 – ''No champion''
* 1945 –
* 1946 –
Doane
* 1947 – and
* 1948 – and
* 1949 –
* 1950 –
* 1951 – and
* 1952 –
* 1953 –
* 1954 –
* 1955 –
* 1956 –
* 1957 –
* 1958 – and
* 1959 –
* 1960 –
* 1961 –
* 1962 –
* 1963 –
* 1964 –
* 1965 – , , and
* 1966 –
* 1967 –
* 1968 –
* 1969 –
* 1970 –
* 1971 –
* 1972 –
* 1973 –
* 1974 –
* 1975 –
* 1976 –
See also
*
List of defunct college football conferences
This is a list of defunct college football conferences in the United States and a defunct university football conference in Canada. Not all of the conferences listed here are truly defunct. Some simply stopped sponsoring football and continue under ...
References
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College sports in Nebraska