Badger-Illini Conference

The Badger-Illini Conference (known as the Tri-State Intercollegiate Conference from 1932 to 1939 and the Badger State Conference or Badger State Intercollegiate Conference from 1940 to 1947) was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1932 to 1956.^[1] It had members in the states of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin.^[2] After the departure of certain members in 1956, the league subsequently became the Badger-Gopher Conference.

Football champions

Tri-State Intercollegiate Conference (1932–1939)

1932 – Wisconsin Mines 1933 – Milton, Wisconsin Mines, and Northwestern (WI) 1934 – Aurora and Wartburg[3] 1935 – Milton[4] 1936 – Wisconsin Mines 1937 – Northwestern (WI) 1938 – Northwestern (WI) 1939 – Milton

Badger State Intercollegiate Conference (1940–1947)

1940 – Mission House and Wisconsin Tech 1941 – Mission House and Northwestern (WI) 1942 – Milton, Northwestern (WI), and Wisconsin Tech[5] 1943 – No champion 1944 – No champion 1945 – No champion 1946 – Northwestern (WI) 1947 – Mission House and Northwestern (WI)[6]

Badger-Illini Conference (1948–1956)

1948 – Lewis (IL) and Northwestern (WI)[7] 1949 – Lewis (IL)[8] 1950 – Mission House[9] 1951 – Northwestern (WI) 1952 – Northwestern (WI) 1953 – Northwestern (WI) 1954 – Northwestern (WI) 1955 – Mission House and Northwestern (WI) 1956 – Milton[10]