Illini-Badger Football Conference
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The Illini-Badger Football Conference (IBFC) was an athletic conference with the NCAA
's Division III. Member teams were located in Illinois
and Wisconsin
. As the name indicates, member teams only competed in football
. They participated in other athletic conferences in other sports. The conference's last season was in 2007.
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
's Division III. Member teams were located in Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
and Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
. As the name indicates, member teams only competed in football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
. They participated in other athletic conferences in other sports. The conference's last season was in 2007.
Member teams during final season
- Aurora UniversityAurora UniversityAurora University is a private, not-for-profit, co-educational liberal arts college located in Aurora, Illinois, 40 miles west of Chicago, Illinois. Additional university locations include the George Williams College campus in Williams Bay, Wisconsin and the Woodstock Center in Woodstock, Illinois...
- Benedictine UniversityBenedictine UniversityBenedictine University is a private Catholic university located in Lisle, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. The institution has retained close relations with the Benedictine Order. Originally named St. Procopius College and located in the Pilsen community of Chicago, the school was founded in 1887 by...
- Concordia University ChicagoConcordia University ChicagoConcordia University Chicago is an American private, Lutheran liberal arts university located in the Illinois suburb of River Forest, 10 miles west of Chicago.-Description:...
- Concordia University WisconsinConcordia University WisconsinConcordia University Wisconsin is a private liberal arts college located in Mequon, Wisconsin. The school is an affiliate of the 10-member Concordia University System, which is operated by the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod ....
- Eureka CollegeEureka CollegeEureka College is a liberal arts college in Eureka, Illinois related by covenant to the Christian Church and founded in 1855. It has a strong focus on the mutual development of intellect and character. Stated core values are learning, service and leadership...
- Greenville CollegeGreenville CollegeGreenville College is located in Greenville, Illinois, a small Illinois city, located 45 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri on Interstate 70...
- Lakeland College
- MacMurray CollegeMacMurray CollegeMacMurray College is a career-directed liberal arts college located in Jacksonville, Illinois. Its enrollment in fall 2011 was 548. It is from Springfield and from Chicago....
Former members
- Iowa Wesleyan CollegeIowa Wesleyan CollegeIowa Wesleyan College is a private four-year liberal arts college of the United Methodist Church located Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.Iowa Wesleyan is recognized as a pioneer in higher education in America. Founded in 1842, it ranks as the oldest coeducational college located west of the Mississippi River...
(1989-1992) - Milton CollegeMilton CollegeMilton 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....
(1976-1982) - Northeastern Illinois UniversityNortheastern Illinois UniversityNortheastern Illinois University is a public state university located in Chicago, Illinois. The main campus is located in the community area of North Park with three additional campuses in the metropolitan area. Tracing its founding to 1867, it was first established as a separate branch of a...
(1976-1988) - Principia CollegePrincipia CollegePrincipia College is a four-year private co-educational liberal arts college in Elsah, Illinois. The campus sits on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River between Alton and Grafton, located about thirty miles north of St. Louis. In 1934, Principia College graduated its first class as a full...
(1989-1992) - Quincy UniversityQuincy UniversityQuincy University a private liberal arts Catholic university in the Franciscan tradition. It is located in Quincy, Illinois and currently enrolls around 1,300 students.-History:...
(1993-1996)
Conference champions
- 1976 - Milton
- 1977 - Northeastern Illinois
- 1978 - Milton
- 1979 - Milton & Northeastern Illinois
- 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
See also
- Lake Michigan ConferenceLake Michigan ConferenceThe Lake Michigan Conference was an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions were all located in the State of Wisconsin except Dominican University. LMC schools joined with some schools from the Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference in 2006-07,...
- Northern Illinois-Iowa ConferenceNorthern Illinois-Iowa ConferenceThe Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference was an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA Division III. Member institutions were located in the midwestern United States in the states of Illinois and Iowa...
- St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Northern Athletics ConferenceNorthern Athletics ConferenceThe Northern Athletics Conference is a college athletic conference. It participates in the NCAA's Division III and began its first season in the fall of 2006.-Member schools:-History:...