College Football - Big Sky Conference

History - Important facts - Teams - Winners

Important Facts

• The four conference original members which are still part of the conference are Idaho State , Montana, Montana State and Weber State.
  


• The strongest conference rivalries in football are: Idaho State - Montana State, Idaho State - Weber State, and Northern Arizona - Montana State
  


• The Big Sky has become in recent years a highly competitive Football conference.
  


• The conference’s leading football facilities are the Washington-Grizzly Stadium at Montana, the Hornet Stadium at Sacramento State, the PGE Park at Portland State and the Stewart stadium at Weber State; all of them with a capacity of sitting more than 20,000 spectators.
  


• All current active member schools in the conference are public.
  


• The last school to become a Big Sky member was the University of Northern Colorado in 2006.

Membership Changes:

Original Charter Members (1963)

• Gonzaga (dropped in 1979)
• Idaho (dropped in 1996)
• Idaho St.
• Montana
• Montana St.
• Weber St.

Added Members:

• 1970: - Boise State (dropped in 1996)
  • Northern Arizona
• 1979: Nevada (dropped in 1992)
• 1987: Eastern Washington
• 1996: - Cal St.-Northridge (dropped in 2001)
  • Cal St.-Sacramento
  • Portland St.
• 2006: Northern Colorado