College Football - Big Sky Conference
History - Important facts - Teams - Winners
The Big Sky Conference was established in 1963 by six charter members, which were: Idaho, Idaho State, Gonzaga, Montana, Montana State and Weber State.
Gonzaga left the Conference in 1979 being replaced by Nevada and in 1987 with the addition of Eastern Washington the conference increased to eight teams.
In 1992 Nevada departed followed by Boise State and Idaho in 1996. The conference then added Portland State, Sacramento State and Cal State Northridge. The Big Sky maintained nine teams for five years before Cal State Northridge joined a different conference in the spring of 2001.
With the addition of Northern Colorado, the Big Sky spreads across seven states spanning from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountain Front. The Big Sky is represented along the entire West coast with schools in Washington, Oregon and California.
Of the eight Western states only Nevada is not represented in the Big Sky.
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