The Mississippi Valley Conference was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1928 to 1934. The league had members in the states of Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.^[1]

The Mississippi Valley Conference was formed on December 10, 1927, in Memphis, Tennessee, with ten charter members:

• Bethel College in Russellville, Kentucky
• Bethel College—now known as Bethel University—in McKenzie, Tennessee
• Delta State Teachers College—now known as Delta State University—in Cleveland, Mississippi
• Jonesboro College in Jonesboro, Arkansas
• Lambuth College—now known as Lambuth University—in Jackson, Tennessee
• Murray State Teachers College—now known as Murray State University—in Murray, Kentucky
• Sunflower Junior College—now known as Mississippi Delta Community College—in Moorhead, Mississippi
• University of Tennessee Junior College—now known as the University of Tennessee at Martin—in Martin, Tennessee
• West Tennessee State Teachers College—now known as the University of Memphis—in Memphis, Tennessee
• Will Mayfield College in Marble Hill, Missouri^[2][3]

Three more schools were admitted to the conference in December 1930:

• Freed–Hardeman College—now known as Freed–Hardeman University—in Henderson, Tennessee
• Middle Tennessee State Teachers College—now known as Middle Tennessee State University—in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
• Tennessee Polytechnic Institute—now known as Tennessee Tech—Cookeville, Tennessee^[4]

Murray State withdrew from the conference in January 1931, after the school was admitted to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA).^[5]

Football champions

Yearly football standings

See also

• List of defunct college football conferences

References