Evergreen Conference

The Evergreen Conference (EvCo), known as the Tri-Normal League from 1920 to 1938 and the Washington Intercollegiate Conference (WINCO) from 1938 to 1947, was an intercollegiate athletic conference composed of member schools located in the states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington and, for a time, the Canadian province of British Columbia.^[1] The league existed from 1938 to 1984.^[2] Most of the conference's members subsequently joined the Columbia Football Association.

Members

• The following is an incomplete list of the membership of the Evergreen Conference.

Institution	Location	Founded	Nickname	Joined	Previous conference	Left	Conference joined	Current conference
Central Washington University	Ellensburg, Washington	1891	Wildcats	1920	Independents	1984	PNWAC	Great Northwest
Eastern Washington University	Cheney, Washington	1882	Eagles	1920	Independents	1979	Independents	Big Sky
Spokane University	Spokane, Washington	1913		1920	Independents	1933	school closed	closed 1933
Western Washington University	Bellingham, Washington	1893	Vikings	1920	Independents	1984	PNWAC	Great Northwest
Pacific Lutheran University	Tacoma, Washington	1890	Lutes	1938	Independents	1965	Northwest	Northwest
Saint Martin's University	Lacey, Washington	1895	Saints	1939 1982	Independents Independents	1951 1984	Independents PNWAC	Great Northwest
Seattle University	Seattle, Washington	1891	Redhawks	1945 1982	Independents WCC	1947 1984	Independents PNWAC	WAC
Whitworth University	Spokane, Washington	1890	Pirates	1945 1982	Independents Northwest	1970 1984	Northwest PNWAC	Northwest
University of Puget Sound	Tacoma, Washington	1888	Loggers	1948	Northwest	1966	Independents	Northwest
University of British Columbia	Vancouver, British Columbia	1908	Thunderbirds	1949	Northwest	1959	Independents	Independents
Eastern Oregon University	La Grande, Oregon	1929	Mountaineers	1970	Oregon	1982	Independents	Cascade
Oregon Institute of Technology	Klamath Falls, Oregon	1947	Owls	1970	Oregon	1982	Independents	Cascade
Southern Oregon University	Ashland, Oregon	1882	Raiders	1970	Oregon	1982	Independents	Cascade
Western Oregon University	Monmouth, Oregon	1856	Wolves	1970	Oregon	1982	Independents	Great Northwest
Seattle Pacific University	Seattle, Washington	1891	Falcons	1978	Independents	1980	Independents	Great Northwest
Lewis–Clark State College	Lewiston, Idaho	1893	Warriors	1982	Independents	1984	PNWAC	Frontier
Simon Fraser University	Burnaby, British Columbia	1965	Clan	1982	Independents	1984	PNWAC	Great Northwest
Whitman College	Walla Walla, Washington	1859	Missionaries	1982	Northwest	1984	Northwest/ PNWAC	Northwest

Membership timeline

 Full member (all sports) 

Football champions

Tri-Normal League (1920–1937)

1920 – Spokane 1921 – Normal–Cheney 1922 – Unknown 1923 – Normal–Cheney and Normal–Bellingham 1924 – Normal–Bellingham 1925 – Normal–Cheney 1926 – Normal–Ellensburg 1927 – Normal–Ellensburg 1928 – Normal–Ellensburg

1929 – Normal–Ellensburg 1930 – Unknown 1931 – Unknown 1932 – Unknown 1933 – Normal–Ellensburg 1934 – Normal–Cheney 1935 – Normal–Cheney 1936 – Normal–Cheney 1937 – Normal–Cheney

Washington Intercollegiate Conference (1938–1947)

1938 – Western Washington[3] 1939 – Eastern Washington & Pacific Lutheran 1940 – Pacific Lutheran[4] 1941 – Pacific Lutheran

1942 – Central Washington 1943 – No champion 1944 – No champion

1945 – No champion 1946 – Central Washington[5] 1947 – Eastern Washington & Pacific Lutheran

Evergreen Conference (1948–1984)

1948 – Eastern Washington and Puget Sound 1949 – Eastern Washington and Puget Sound[6] 1950 – Eastern Washington 1951 – Pacific Lutheran, Puget Sound, and Western Washington 1952 – Pacific Lutheran 1953 – Puget Sound and Whitworth 1954 – Whitworth 1955 – Whitworth 1956 – Puget Sound 1957 – Central Washington 1958 – Central Washington and Western Washington 1959 – Whitworth 1960 – Whitworth

1961 – Central Washington 1962 – Whitworth 1963 – Central Washington 1964 – Pacific Lutheran 1965 – Eastern Washington 1966 – Eastern Washington 1967 – Eastern Washington 1968 – Central Washington 1969 – Eastern Washington and Western Washington 1970 – Central Washington 1971 – Western Washington 1972 – Central Washington

1973 – Central Washington 1974 – Oregon Tech 1975 – Western Oregon 1976 – Western Oregon 1977 – Western Oregon 1978 – Western Oregon 1979 – Western Oregon 1980 – Eastern Oregon, Oregon Tech, and Western Oregon 1981 – Oregon Tech 1982 – Central Washington and Oregon Tech 1983 – Puget Sound 1984 – Central Washington

See also

• List of defunct college football conferences
• Oregon Collegiate Conference
• Columbia Football League
• Columbia Football Association
• Great Northwest Athletic Conference

References

1. "Eastern drops EvCo, team shuffle expected". Ellensburg Daily Record. 23 November 1977. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
2. Evergreen Conference Archived 2015-06-01 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 22 2015.
3. "Bellingham Gains Title". The Tacoma News Tribune. Tacoma, Washington. Associated Press. November 22, 1938. p. 15. Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. James, Dave (November 19, 1940). "Lutherans Happy Over Winko Title". The Tacoma News Tribune. Tacoma, Washington. p. 15. Retrieved January 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Central In 'Pear Bowl'". The Tacoma News Tribune. Tacoma, Washington. Associated Press. November 19, 1946. p. 15. Retrieved January 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Savages Again Tied For Title". Spokane Chronicle. Spokane, Washington. November 21, 1949. p. 17. Retrieved November 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .