The South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) was an intercollegiate athletic conference with its main focus of promoting
track
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and arranging track meets. Its member schools were located in the states of
Maryland
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,
Virginia
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,
North Carolina
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, as well as the
District of Columbia
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.
The conference's membership was centered in the
South Atlantic
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region of the United States, which remains in the
Southern United States
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and on the coast of the Atlantic, but is above and contrasted with the
Deep South
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(which had the
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A) football programs were members of this conferen ...
). It is sometimes known as the
Tidewater
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region. Several of its members are today in the
Atlantic Coast Conference
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.
The SAIAA was first formed in 1912 and remained active until 1921. The conference disbanded in 1921, and six of its schools became founding members of the
Southern Conference
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along with eight other schools from the southeast United States. Those six SAIAA schools were: North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Maryland and Washington and Lee.
[Roger Saylor]
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
(PDF), College Football Historical Society, The LA84 Foundation
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, retrieved March 14, 2009.
Membership
The following universities were members of the SAIAA at some point during its existence. Where known, the school's name is followed by the period of its membership in the conference. Italicized years indicate a confirmed year of membership, but may not be exhaustive. Track meets were held in 1911, and 1912 was the first season of play for all sports.
*
Catholic
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''1916''–1921
[
*]Davidson
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''1916''–1921[Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association]
1921, p. 114[
*]George Washington
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''1916''–1921[
* Georgetown 1911–1921]
*Johns Hopkins
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1911–1921Kemp Plummer Battle
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History of the University of North Carolina
Page 20.
*Maryland
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''1916''–1921[
*]North Carolina
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1911–1921
* North Carolina State 1911–1921
*Richmond
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* Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States
* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
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* Richmond, Californi ...
1911–1921
* St. John's (MD) ''1921''
*Trinity College Trinity College may refer to:
Australia
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''1916''–1921[
*]Virginia
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1911–1921
*Virginia Polytechnic Institute
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1911–1921
*Virginia Military Institute
la, Consilio et Animis (on seal)
, mottoeng = "In peace a glorious asset, In war a tower of strength""By courage and wisdom" (on seal)
, established =
, type = Public senior military college
, accreditation = SACS
, endowment = $696.8 mill ...
''1916''–1921[Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association]
1916, p. 114
* Washington and Lee 1911–1921[COLLEGE TRACK RECORDS.; Four New South Atlantic Figures Made at Baltimore Meet]
''The New York Times'', May 4, 1913.
* William & Mary ''1916''–1921[
]
Football champions
See also
* College Football All-Southern Team
The College Football All-Southern Team was an all-star team of college football players from the Southern United States. The honor was given annually to the best players at their respective positions. It is analogous to the All-America Team and w ...
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References
External links
South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association Conference Championships
, College Football Data Warehouse.
{{SAIAA football champions