Empire Junior College Conference

The Empire Junior College Conference (EJCC), also called the Empire Conference and the Empire College Conference (ECC), was an junior college athletic conference composed of member schools located in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming. Original called the Colorado Junior College Conference (CJCC), the conference changed its name to the Empire Junior College Conference in 1952.^[1]

Casper College and McCook Junior College were admitted to the conference in May 1952.^[2] New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI) joined the EJCC in 1968 as a football-only member.^[3]

Football champions

• 1948: Trinidad^[4]
• 1949: Fort Lewis^[5]
• 1950: Fort Lewis^[6]
• 1951: Mesa (CO)^[7]
• 1952: Scottsbluff^[8][9]
• 1953: Trinidad^[10]
• 1954: Trinidad^[11]
• 1955: Trinidad^[12]
• 1956: Mesa (CO)^[13]
• 1957: Trinidad^[14]
• 1958: Otero^[15]
• 1959: Otero and Trinidad^[16][17]
• 1960: Trinidad^[18]
• 1961: Trinidad^[19]
• 1962: Trinidad^[20]
• 1963: Trinidad^[21]
• 1964: McCook^[22]
• 1965: McCook^[23]
• 1966: McCook and Trinidad^[24]
• 1967: McCook and Trinidad^[25]
• 1969: Trinidad^[26]
• 1970: New Mexico Military^[26]

Yearly football standings

1948 Colorado Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Trinidad $ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Pueblo 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1 Mesa (CO) 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1 Fort Lewis 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Lamar (CO) 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Sterling (CO) 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 1 La Junta 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 7 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1950 Colorado Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Fort Lewis $ 4 – 0 – 1 7 – 2 – 1 Mesa (CO) 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1 Pueblo 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Trinidad 2 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ? Lamar (CO) 1 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? La Junta 1 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? $ – Conference champion	1951 Colorado Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Mesa (CO) $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0 Fort Lewis 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 La Junta 3 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – ? Trinidad 3 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – ? Pueblo 1 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Lamar (CO) 0 – 5 – 0 ? – ? – ? $ – Conference champion
1952 Empire Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Scottsbluff $ 5 – 0 – 1 ? – ? – ? Mesa (CO) 4 – 0 – 1 5 – 1 – 1 Fort Lewis 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1 McCook 3 – 1 – 1 ? – ? – ? Sterling (CO) 4 – 2 – 1 ? – ? – ? Lamar (CO) 2 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Pueblo 2 – 5 – 1 ? – ? – ? La Junta 1 – 5 – 0 ? – ? – ? Trinidad 1 – 7 – 0 ? – ? – ? $ – Conference champion	1953 Empire Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Trinidad $ 6 – 0 – 1 ? – ? – ? Mesa (CO) 4 – 0 – 2 5 – 1 – 2 McCook 3 – 1 – 1 ? – ? – ? Pueblo 5 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ? Sterling (CO) 3 – 2 – 2 ? – ? – ? Fort Lewis 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 0 La Junta 1 – 5 – 0 ? – ? – ? Scottsbluff 1 – 6 – 0 ? – ? – ? Lamar (CO) 0 – 6 – 0 ? – ? – ? $ – Conference champion	1954 Empire Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Trinidad $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0 McCook 6 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ? Mesa (CO) 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1 Fort Lewis 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1 Pueblo 4 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ? Northeastern (CO) 3 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Lamar (CO) 1 – 5 – 0 ? – ? – ? Scottsbluff 1 – 5 – 0 ? – ? – ? La Junta 0 – 7 – 0 ? – ? – ? $ – Conference champion
1955 Empire Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Trinidad $ 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Fort Lewis 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 McCook 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 Scottsbluff 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1 Pueblo 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1 Mesa (CO) 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 La Junta 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0 Northeastern (CO) 0 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1956 Empire Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Mesa (CO) $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Pueblo 5 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ? McCook 5 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ? Trinidad 2 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Fort Lewis 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Otero 3 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Northeastern (CO) 1 – 5 – 0 ? – ? – ? Scottsbluff 0 – 6 – 0 ? – ? – ? $ – Conference champion	1957 Empire Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Trinidad $ 6 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ? McCook 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Mesa (CO) 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1 Fort Lewis 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 1 Otero 3 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Pueblo 1 – 4 – 1 ? – ? – ? Scottsbluff 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 Northeastern (CO) 0 – 5 – 0 ? – ? – ? $ – Conference champion
1958 Empire Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Otero $ 6 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ? Mesa (CO) 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Fort Lewis 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Trinidad 4 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ? McCook 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Scottsbluff 2 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Pueblo 2 – 5 – 0 ? – ? – ? Northeastern (CO) 0 – 6 – 0 ? – ? – ? $ – Conference champion	1959 Empire Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Otero + 6 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ? Trinidad + 6 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ? Mesa (CO) 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 McCook 3 – 2 – 1 ? – ? – ? Pueblo 3 – 3 – 1 ? – ? – ? Scottsbluff 2 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Northeastern (CO) 1 – 6 – 0 ? – ? – ? Fort Lewis 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 1 + – Conference co-champions	1960 Empire Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Trinidad $ 6 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ? McCook 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Otero 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Pueblo 4 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ? Northeastern (CO) 3 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Fort Lewis 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Mesa (CO) 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0 Scottsbluff 1 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1960 Empire Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Trinidad $ 6 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ? McCook 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Otero 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Pueblo 4 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ? Northeastern (CO) 3 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Fort Lewis 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Mesa (CO) 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0 Scottsbluff 1 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1961 Empire Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Trinidad $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 McCook 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Northeastern (CO) 5 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – ? Otero 4 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ? Pueblo 3 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Mesa (CO) 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1 Fort Lewis 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0 Scottsbluff 0 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1962 Empire Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Trinidad $ 5 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 2 McCook 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1 Mesa (CO) 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Pueblo 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Northeastern (CO) 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0 Scottsbluff 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 Fort Lewis 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1963 Empire Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Trinidad $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Northeastern (CO) 2 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ? McCook 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0 Scottsbluff 0 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ? $ – Conference champion	1964 Empire Junior College Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T McCook $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Northeastern (CO) 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Trinidad 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Scottsbluff 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion