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College Football - Gateway Conference
History - Important facts - Teams - Winners
Important Facts
Important Dates in Gateway History
January 1985: Gateway Conference player Jim Meyer of Illinois St. is selected for the all-star game and later on Meyer becomes the first Gateway player to be chosen AP 1st-team All-American.
November, 1989: For the first time, two Gateway teams, Eastern Illinois and S.W. Missouri St., qualified for the field of 16 in the NCAA I-AA play-offs and advanced to the second round.
October, 1992: The Panthers of Northern Iowa become the first Gateway Conference team to attain a #1 national ranking holding it for 5 weeks.
1991: For the first time in its history, the Gateway Football Conference has the best non-conference record in the nation at 24-12-2 against non-conference opposition.
January 1996: Eastern Illinois' head coach Bob Spoo is selected as the 1995 Hansen's National Coach-of-the-Year for I-AA. This is the first national award for any head coach in the conference.
November, 1997 - Youngstown State Penguins win the NCAA I-AA title, their first as a Gateway Football Conference member. Southern Illinois won the national championship in 1983, prior to the formation of the GFC.
November, 1998: Western Illinois linebacker, James Milton, becomes the first GFC winner of the Buck Buchanan award as the nation's best defensive player.
October 2000: Former UNI coach Darrell Mudra is inducted into the College Football Hall-of-Fame.
April, 2000: Youngstown State University's Head Coach and Athletic Director, Jim Tressel, becomes the Head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes.
December, 2002 - The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, under Coach Jack Harbaugh, win the 2002 NCAA I-AA National Championship in Chattanooga, TN.
Membership Changes
Charter Membership (1985)
- Eastern Illinois
- Illinois St.
- Northern Iowa
- Southern Illinois
- Missouri St.
- Western Illinois
Added
- 1986 - Indiana St.
- 1997 - Youngstown St.
- 2001 - Western Kentucky
Dropped
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