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The Prairie College Conference was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1953 to 1991. The league had members the states of Illinois and Indiana. The Prairie College Conference formed in 1953 with eight members: Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois, Concordia Seminary in Springfield, Illinois, Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois, Greenville College—now known as Greenville University—in Greenville, Illinois, McKendree College—now known as McKendree University—in Lebanon, Illinois, Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, Rose Polytechnic Institute—now known as Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology—in Terre Haute, Indiana, and Shurtleff College in Alton, Illinois.

Football champions

  • 1959 – Illinois College and Principia
  • 1960 – Principia
  • 1961 – Illinois College and Principia
  • 1962 – Principia
  • 1963 – Principia
  • 1964 – Principia
  • 1965 – Illinois College, Principia, Rose Poly
  • 1966 – Principia
  • 1967 – Principia
  • 1968–1987 – conference did not sponsor football
  • 1988 – Greenville (IL)

Yearly football standings

1955 Prairie College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois College + 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 1 – 1
Principia + 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 2 – 2
Eureka 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
Rose Poly 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1959 Prairie College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois College + 1 – 0 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
Principia + 1 – 0 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Rose Poly 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1960 Prairie College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Principia $ 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Illinois College 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Rose Poly 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1961 Prairie College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Principia + 1 – 0 – 1 3 – 3 – 2
Illinois College + 1 – 0 – 1 2 – 4 – 2
Rose Poly 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1963 Prairie College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Principia $ 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Illinois College 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Rose Poly 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Prairie College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Principia $ 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Rose Poly 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Illinois College 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1965 Prairie College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois College + 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Principia + 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Rose Poly + 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1966 Prairie College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Principia $ 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Rose Poly 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Illinois College 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1967 Prairie College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Principia $ 2 – 0 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Rose Poly 0 – 1 – 1 1 – 6 – 2
Illinois College 0 – 1 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

See also

References

  1. Prairie College Conference (1953–1967) Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 30, 2015.
  2. "Prairie College Conference Set". Edwardsville Intelligencer. Edwardsville, Illinois. May 2, 1953. p. 6. Retrieved November 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "Principia Defeated By Rose". Alton Evening Telegraph. Alton, Illinois. November 16, 1953. p. 18. Retrieved January 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "Principia Wins Prairie Title; Defeats Rose". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. Associated Press. November 14, 1954. p. 2, part 2. Retrieved December 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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  7. "Rose Poly Wins Crown; Rocky Gets All Points". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. Associated Press. November 9, 1958. p. 24. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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  9. "Principia Wins Prairie Grid Crown". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. November 6, 1960. p. 5C. Retrieved December 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. "10 Principia Players Tally In 80 To 0 Game". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. Associated Press. November 5, 1961. p. 6, part 2. Retrieved December 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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  13. "Principia Lands Six on All-Stars". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. November 18, 1965. p. 8D. Retrieved December 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. "Principia College Takes Prairie Title". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. October 29, 1967. p. 7B. Retrieved December 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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