Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference Explained

Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
Founded:	1939
Dissolved:	1948

The Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1939 to 1947, and featured institutions located in the state of Louisiana.^{[1] [2]} The conference sponsored the following sports during its existence: football, track, tennis, and basketball.^[1]

Members

Institution	Location	Founded	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current conference	Ref.
Centenary College	Shreveport, Louisiana	1825	Gentlemen	1939			^[3]
Louisiana College	Pineville, Louisiana	1906	Wildcats	1939
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (Louisiana Tech)	Ruston, Louisiana	1894	Bulldogs	1939	1948
Louisiana State Normal College	Natchitoches, Louisiana	1884	Demons	1939	1948
Southeastern Louisiana College	Hammond, Louisiana	1925	Lions	1941	1948
Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning	Lafayette, Louisiana	1898	Bulldogs	1939	1948

Notes:

Football champions

• 1939 – Louisiana Normal^{[4] [5]}
• 1940 – Southwestern Louisiana^[5]
• 1941 – Louisiana Tech^[5]

• 1942 – ^[5]
• 1943 – No champion
• 1944 – Southwestern Louisiana^[6]

• 1945 – Louisiana Tech
• 1946 – Southeastern Louisiana
• 1947 – Louisiana Tech

See also

• List of defunct college football conferences

Notes and References

1. Book: Sanson . Jerry Purvis . Louisiana during World War II : politics and society, 1939–1945 . LSU Press . Baton Rouge . 9780807173473 . January 3, 2021 . E-book.
2. Book: Pollak . Mark . The Playing Grounds of College Football A Comprehensive Directory, 1869 to Today . 2018 . McFarland Incorporated Publishers . 9781476673622 . 462.
3. News: Normal excels in conference sports in 1939–1940 . January 3, 2021 . The Current Sauce . Internet Archive . May 16, 1940 . 3.
4. Book: Eason . Frank . Potpourri . 1940 . Louisiana State Normal College . 106 . https://archive.org/details/potpourri1940nort/page/106/mode/2up?q=%22Louisiana+Intercollegiate+Conference%22 . January 3, 2021 . Athletics.
5. News: Demons win L.I.C. crown with 11–6 triumph over Southwestern Bulldogs . January 3, 2021 . The Current Sauce . Internet Archive . November 24, 1942 . 3.
6. Book: Perrault . Estelle . L'Acadien . 1945 . University of Southwestern Louisiana . 121 . https://archive.org/details/lacadien1945sout/page/n123/mode/2up . January 4, 2021 . Athletics.