Gulf States Conference

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Gulf States Conference
Founded1948
Ceased1971
No. of teams11 total
RegionGulf South

The Gulf States Conference (GSC) was an intercollegiate athletic football conference that existed from 1948 to 1971. The league had members in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi.[1] Many of the league's members from Louisiana joined after the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference disbanded after the 1947 season.

Member schools

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Final members

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Institution Nickname Location Founded Type Joined Left Current
conference
Louisiana Tech University Bulldogs Ruston, Louisiana 1894 Public 1948 1971 C-USA
(Sun Belt by 2027)
(NCAA Division I)
McNeese State University Cowboys Lake Charles, Louisiana 1939 Public 1952 1971 Southland
(NCAA Division I)
Nicholls State University Colonels Thibodaux, Louisiana 1948 Public 1965 1971 Southland
(NCAA Division I)
Northeast Louisiana University[a] Indians[b] Monroe, Louisiana 1931 Public 1953 1971 Sun Belt
(NCAA Division I)
Northwestern State University Demons Natchitoches, Louisiana 1884 Public 1948 1971 Southland
(NCAA Division I)
Southeastern Louisiana University Lions Hammond, Louisiana 1925 Public 1948 1971 Southland
(NCAA Division I)
University of Southwestern Louisiana[c] Bulldogs[d] Lafayette, Louisiana 1898 Public 1948 1971 Sun Belt
(NCAA Division I)

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Notes
  1. ^ Currently known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
  2. ^ Currently nickname is now known as the Warhawks.
  3. ^ Currently known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
  4. ^ Currently nickname is now known as the Ragin' Cajuns.

Other members

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Institution Nickname Location Founded Type Joined Left Current
conference
Centenary College of Louisiana Gentlemen Shreveport, Louisiana 1825 Private 1948 1954 SCAC
(NCAA Division III)
Louisiana College[a] Wildcats Pineville, Louisiana 1906 Private 1948 1956 RRAC
(NAIA)
Loyola University New Orleans Wolfpack New Orleans, Louisiana 1904 Private 1948 1952 SSAC
(NAIA)
Mississippi Southern College[b] Southerners[c] Hattiesburg, Mississippi 1910 Public 1948 1952 Sun Belt
(NCAA Division I)
Spring Hill College Badgers Mobile, Alabama 1830 Private 1948 1954 SIAC
(NCAA Division II)

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Notes
  1. ^ Currently known as Louisiana Christian University.
  2. ^ Currently known as the University of Southern Mississippi.
  3. ^ Currently nickname is now known as the Golden Eagles.

Football champions

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Membership timeline

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<timeline>

DateFormat = yyyy

ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:20

Period = from:1948 till:1971

TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal

PlotArea = right:20 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 #> to display a count on left side of graph, use "left:20" to suppress the count, use "left:20"<#

Colors = 

id:barcolor  value:rgb(0.99,0.7,0.7)
       
id:line      value:black
       
id:bg        value:white
id:Full value:rgb(0.742,0.727,0.852) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports
id:FullxF value:rgb(0.551,0.824,0.777) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football
id:AssocF value:rgb(0.98,0.5,0.445) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only
id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.5,0.691,0.824) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in some sports, but not all (consider identifying in legend or a footnote)
id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference
id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference where OtherC1 has already been used, to distinguish the two

PlotData= 

 width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s

 bar:1  color:Full from:1948 till:1954  text:Centenary (La.) (1948–1954)

 bar:2  color:Full from:1948 till:1956  text:Louisiana College (1948–1956)

 bar:3  color:Full from:1948 till:1971  text:Louisiana Tech (1948–1971)

 bar:4  color:Full from:1948 till:1952  text:Loyola (La.) (1948–1952)

 bar:5  color:Full from:1948 till:1952  text:Mississippi Southern (1948–1952)

 bar:6  color:Full from:1948 till:1971  text:Northwestern State (1948–1971)

 bar:7  color:Full from:1948 till:1971  text:Southeastern Louisiana (1948–1971)

 bar:8  color:Full from:1948 till:1971  text:Southwestern Louisiana (1948–1971)

 bar:9  color:Full from:1948 till:1954  text:Spring Hill (1948–1954)

 bar:10  color:Full from:1952 till:1971  text:McNeese State (1952–1971)

 bar:11  color:Full from:1953 till:1971  text:Northeast Louisiana (1953–1971)

 bar:12  color:Full from:1965 till:1971  text:Nicholls State (1965–1971)

ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:2 start:1949

</timeline>

References

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