Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association Explained

The Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association was an intercollegiate athletic football conference that existed from 1893 to 1973. The conference's four members were all located in the state of Maine.^[1] Maine was a joint member of the MIAA and the Yankee Conference from 1946 to 1964; the remaining three colleges now constitute the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium and compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference.

Members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Nickname	Colors	Current conference
Bates College		1855	1893	1973	Private			NESCAC (NCAA Division III)
Bowdoin College		1794	1893	1973	Private			NESCAC (NCAA Division III)
Colby College		1813	1893	1973	Private			NESCAC (NCAA Division III)
University of Maine		1865	1893	1965	Public			America East (NCAA Division I FCS)

Champions

• 1893 – Bowdoin
• 1894 – Bowdoin
• 1895 – Bowdoin
• 1896 – Bowdoin
• 1897 – Bates and Colby
• 1898 – Bates
• 1899 – Bates
• 1900 – Bates & Bowdoin
• 1901 – Maine
• 1902 – Maine
• 1903 – Maine
• 1904 – Bowdoin
• 1905 – Maine
• 1906 – Bates
• 1907 – Bowdoin
• 1908 – Bowdoin & Colby
• 1909 – Colby
• 1910 – Bowdoin
• 1911 – Maine
• 1912 – Maine
• 1913 – Maine
• 1914 – Colby
• 1915 – Maine
• 1916 – Colby
• 1917 – Bowdoin
• 1918 – No champion
• 1919 – Maine
• 1920 – Maine

• 1921 – Bowdoin
• 1922 – Maine
• 1923 – Colby
• 1924 – Maine
• 1925 – Maine
• 1926 – Maine
• 1927 – Colby and Maine
• 1928 – Colby and Maine
• 1929 – Bates
• 1930 – Bates
• 1931 – Maine
• 1932 – Maine
• 1933 – Maine
• 1934 – Maine
• 1935 – Bowdoin
• 1936 – Bowdoin
• 1937 – Bowdoin
• 1938 – Bowdoin and Colby
• 1939 – Bowdoin and Colby
• 1940 – Bowdoin and Colby
• 1941 – Colby
• 1942 – Bowdoin
• 1943 – No champion
• 1944 – No champion
• 1945 – No champion
• 1946 – Bates
• 1947 – Maine

• 1948 – Bates, Bowdoin, and Maine
• 1949 – Bowdoin
• 1950 – Bowdoin and Maine
• 1951 – Maine
• 1952 – Bowdoin
• 1953 – Maine
• 1954 – Maine
• 1955 – Maine
• 1956 – Bates
• 1957 – Bates, Colby, and Maine
• 1958 – Colby
• 1959 – Colby
• 1960 – Bowdoin
• 1961 – Maine
• 1962 – Maine
• 1963 – Bowdoin
• 1964 – Maine
• 1965 – Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby
• 1966 – Bates
• 1967 – Bates
• 1968 – Bowdoin
• 1969 – Bowdoin
• 1970 – Bowdoin
• 1971 – Bowdoin
• 1972 – Colby
• 1973 – Bowdoin

See also

• List of defunct college football conferences

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association Conference Champs . College Football Data Warehouse . 5 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170131190639/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/champions.php?conid=98 . 31 Jan 2017.