North Dakota College Athletic Conference

The North Dakota College Athletic Conference (NDCAC) was a collegiate athletic conference that ceased operations following the 1999–2000 academic school year when it merged with the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference to form the Dakota Athletic Conference. The former NAIA conference originally started as the Interstate Athletic Conference in 1922, with five North Dakota schools and Moorhead State Teachers College from Minnesota.

Park Region Luther College in Fergus Falls, Minnesota was admitted into the conference in 1927.^[1] Both Minnesota schools left the conference after the 1931 football season with Moorhead State becoming a charter member in the Northern State Teachers Conference while Park Region closed the following year.^[2] The remaining members brought in more schools to regroup as the NDCAC.^[3]

Members

• The following is a list of historic members:

Institution	Nickname	Location	First year	Last year	Current conference
Jamestown College[4]	Jimmies	Jamestown, North Dakota	1922	2000	Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Mayville State University[5]	Comets	Mayville, North Dakota	1922	2000	Frontier Conference
Moorhead State Teachers College[6]	Dragons	Moorhead, Minnesota	1922	1931	Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
North Dakota State College of Science	Wildcats	Wahpeton, North Dakota	1922	1989	Mon-Dak Conference
North Dakota State Normal and Industrial School	Snitchers	Ellendale, North Dakota	1922	1969	Closed 1971
Valley City State University[7]	Vikings	Valley City, North Dakota	1922	2000	Frontier Conference
Park Region Luther College	Parkies	Fergus Falls, Minnesota	1927	1931	Closed 1932
Dickinson State University[8]	Blue Hawks	Dickinson, North Dakota	1931	2000	Frontier Conference
Minot State University[9]	Beavers	Minot, North Dakota	1931	2000	Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
North Dakota School of Forestry	Lumberjacks	Bottineau, North Dakota	1931	1958	Mon-Dak Conference
Bismarck Junior College	Mystics	Bismarck, North Dakota	1948	1985	Frontier Conference
University of Mary[10]	Marauders	Bismarck, North Dakota	1988	2000	Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
University of Minnesota, Crookston[11]	Golden Eagles	Crookston, Minnesota	1995	1999	Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference

Membership timeline

Football champions

1930 – Moorhead State 1931 – Minot State and North Dakota–Ellendale 1932 – Minot State and North Dakota–Ellendale[12] 1933 – Jamestown 1934 – Jamestown 1935 – Jamestown 1936 – North Dakota Science 1937 – North Dakota Science 1938 – North Dakota Science 1939 – North Dakota Science 1940 – Mayville State 1941 – Jamestown[13] 1942 – North Dakota Science 1943 – No champion 1944 – No champion 1945 – No champion 1946 – Minot State 1947 – Valley City State[14] 1948 – Minot State and North Dakota Science[15] 1949 – Valley City State[16] 1950 – Valley City State[17] 1951 – Dickinson State and Valley City State 1952 – Jamestown, Minot State, and Valley City State[18] 1953 – Valley City State 1954 – Minot State and Valley City State 1955 – Dickinson State and Jamestown 1956 – Jamestown[19] 1957 – Jamestown[20] 1958 – Dickinson State and Valley City State 1959 – Mayville State 1960 – Dickinson State and Mayville State 1961 – Mayville State 1962 – Minot State and North Dakota Science 1963 – Valley City State[21] 1964 – Mayville State and Valley City State[22] 1965 – Mayville State[23]

1966 – Jamestown and Mayville State[24] 1967 – Jamestown 1968 – Jamestown 1969 – Jamestown 1970 – Minot State 1971 – Jamestown and Minot State 1972 – Minot State and Valley City State 1973 – Minot State 1974 – Minot State 1975 – Dickinson State and Jamestown 1976 – Valley City State 1977 – Valley City State 1978 – Valley City State 1979 – Jamestown 1980 – Valley City State 1981 – Dickinson State 1982 – Dickinson State and Valley City State 1983 – Minot State and Valley City State 1984 – Jamestown and Valley City State 1985 – Minot State 1986 – Dickinson State 1987 – Dickinson State 1988 – Valley City State 1989 – Dickinson State 1990 – Dickinson State and Mayville State 1991 – Dickinson State and Minot State 1992 – Dickinson State, Mary, and Minot State 1993 – Minot State 1994 – Dickinson State and Minot State 1995 – Dickinson State 1996 – Mary and Valley City State 1997 – Jamestown 1998 – Minot State 1999 – Mary

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See also

• List of defunct college football conferences
• Dakota Athletic Conference
• Mon-Dak Conference