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/></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data">Southwest Intercollegiate Athletic Conference<sup id="cite_ref-TSHA_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSHA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Association</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1914</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Ceased</th><td class="infobox-data">1996</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Division</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Subdivision</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I FBS">Division I-A</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">8 (final), 13 (total)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dallas,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas, Texas">Dallas, Texas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Central_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="South Central United States">South Central United States</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #004A8F; color: white;">Locations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SWC_(Dissolution)-USA-states.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of teams in"><img alt="Location of teams in" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/SWC_%28Dissolution%29-USA-states.PNG/250px-SWC_%28Dissolution%29-USA-states.PNG" decoding="async" width="250" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/SWC_%28Dissolution%29-USA-states.PNG/375px-SWC_%28Dissolution%29-USA-states.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/SWC_%28Dissolution%29-USA-states.PNG/500px-SWC_%28Dissolution%29-USA-states.PNG 2x" data-file-width="841" data-file-height="580" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Southwest Conference</b> (<b>SWC</b>) was an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> <a href="/wiki/College_athletic_conference" class="mw-redirect" title="College athletic conference">college athletic conference</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, at various times the conference included schools from <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a>. </p><p>For most of its history, the core members of the conference were Texas-based schools plus one in Arkansas: <a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_Methodist_University" title="Southern Methodist University">Southern Methodist University</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="University of Texas at Austin">University of Texas at Austin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University" title="Texas A&M University">Texas A&M University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Christian_University" title="Texas Christian University">Texas Christian University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_University" title="Texas Tech University">Texas Tech University</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Arkansas" title="University of Arkansas">University of Arkansas</a>. </p><p>After a long period of stability and success, the conference's overall athletic prowess began to decline throughout the 1980s, due in part to numerous member schools violating NCAA recruiting rules, culminating in the suspension of the entire SMU football program ("death penalty") for the 1987 and 1988 seasons. </p><p>Arkansas, after years of feeling like an outsider in the conference,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> left after the 1990–91 school year to join the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a>, although they did compete in the SWC in football for the 1991 season. Five years later, the conference precipitously broke up as Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, and <a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_University" title="Texas Tech University">Texas Tech</a> (which had entered in 1956 from the <a href="/wiki/Border_Conference" title="Border Conference">Border Conference</a>) combined with the members of the former <a href="/wiki/Big_Eight_Conference" title="Big Eight Conference">Big Eight Conference</a> to form a new league, the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a>, while Rice, SMU, TCU, and Houston found homes in less prominent conferences, with TCU and Houston later joining the Big 12 themselves. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Southwest_Conference" title="Special:EditPage/Southwest Conference">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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Theo Bellmont">L. Theo Bellmont</a>, the University of Texas athletic director, sent out questionnaires to schools in Texas and neighboring states to gauge their interest in organizing an athletic conference. By March 1, 1914, a number of schools had responded favorably to the idea.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first organizational meeting of the conference was set for April 30, 1914; since not all schools involved could send representatives to attend that date, it was ultimately held on May 5 and 7 at the Oriental Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas, Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was chaired by Bellmont, who originally wanted <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State University</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Mississippi" title="University of Mississippi">University of Mississippi</a> to join the conference as well, but they declined to do so. The Southwest Intercollegiate Athletic Conference became an official body on December 8 at a formal meeting at the Rice Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SWC_(Foundation)-USA-states.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/SWC_%28Foundation%29-USA-states.PNG/300px-SWC_%28Foundation%29-USA-states.PNG" decoding="async" width="300" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/SWC_%28Foundation%29-USA-states.PNG/450px-SWC_%28Foundation%29-USA-states.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/SWC_%28Foundation%29-USA-states.PNG/600px-SWC_%28Foundation%29-USA-states.PNG 2x" data-file-width="841" data-file-height="580" /></a><figcaption>Southwest Conference, 1915–1925</figcaption></figure> <p>Its early years saw fluctuation in membership; <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_University" title="Southwestern University">Southwestern</a> (a comparatively smaller school) dropped out of the conference in 1916, and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Methodist_University" title="Southern Methodist University">Southern Methodist University</a> (SMU) joined in 1918, while <a href="/wiki/Texas_Christian_University" title="Texas Christian University">Texas Christian University</a> (TCU) became a member in 1923. Rice University left the conference in 1916, only to rejoin in 1918. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Phillips_University" title="Phillips University">Phillips University</a> competed as a conference member for one year (1920). <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners" title="Oklahoma Sooners">Oklahoma</a> departed in 1919 to join the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (later reorganized as the <a href="/wiki/Big_Eight_Conference" title="Big Eight Conference">Big Eight Conference</a>) and was followed by <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_State_Cowboys_and_Cowgirls" title="Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls">Oklahoma A&M</a> in 1925. The series between Texas and Oklahoma would still continue as a non-conference matchup in the annual <a href="/wiki/Red_River_Rivalry" title="Red River Rivalry">Red River Rivalry</a> game held in Dallas. From 1925 until 1991, the University of Arkansas would be the only conference member geographically outside the state of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prime_years">Prime years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prime years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 1925, the conference's name was shortened to simply Southwest Conference.<sup id="cite_ref-TSHA_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSHA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After its organizational years, the conference settled into regularly scheduled meetings among its members and began to gain stature nationwide. The SWC would be guided by seven commissioners, the first of whom, P. W. St. Clair, was appointed in 1938. In 1940, the conference took control of the then five-year-old <a href="/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton Bowl Classic</a>, which further established the prestige of both the bowl and the conference. Texas Technological College (now <a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_University" title="Texas Tech University">Texas Tech University</a>) joined the SWC in 1958 from the <a href="/wiki/Border_Conference" title="Border Conference">Border Conference</a> followed by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a> for the 1976 season (Houston proceeded to win the SWC football championship in its first season of league play). </p><p>The two glory periods of the conference happened during the 1930s and the 1960s. In 1935, the last year before the AP Poll, both SMU and TCU claimed the national title. The 2 teams had played in one of the first games labeled "game of the century" on November 30 of that year. In 1938, TCU won the AP national title. In 1939, the SWC achieved back to back national titles when Texas A&M won the AP Poll. In the 1960s, the SWC was dominated by two teams: Texas and Arkansas. Texas won the <a href="/wiki/1964_National_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="1964 National Championship">1963 national championship</a>, and Arkansas won a <a href="/wiki/1964_NCAA_University_Division_football_season" title="1964 NCAA University Division football season">national championship in 1964 in the Football Writers Association of America</a> (FWAA) and <a href="/wiki/Helms_Athletic_Foundation" title="Helms Athletic Foundation">Helms Athletic Foundation (HAF)</a> polls. In 1969, Texas won another national championship by beating #2-ranked Arkansas 15–14 in the regular season's final game (dubbed the "Big Shootout"). The <a href="/wiki/1969_Texas_vs._Arkansas_football_game" title="1969 Texas vs. Arkansas football game">1969 Arkansas–Texas game</a> in <a href="/wiki/Donald_W._Reynolds_Razorback_Stadium" title="Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium">Fayetteville, Arkansas</a> with President Richard Nixon in attendance is usually counted among the greatest college football games ever played.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Texas also won the 1970 United Press International (UPI) National Championship (i.e., the coaches' poll), which until 1974 was awarded prior to the bowl games. Texas lost the <a href="/wiki/1971_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1971 Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton Bowl Classic following the 1970 season</a> to <a href="/wiki/1970_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a> by a score of 24–11, giving the Associated Press (AP) Championship to <a href="/wiki/1970_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">Nebraska</a> after they beat <a href="/wiki/1970_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1970 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a> by a score of 17–12 in the <a href="/wiki/1971_Orange_Bowl" title="1971 Orange Bowl">Orange Bowl</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SWC_(Dissolution)-USA-states.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/SWC_%28Dissolution%29-USA-states.PNG/300px-SWC_%28Dissolution%29-USA-states.PNG" decoding="async" width="300" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/SWC_%28Dissolution%29-USA-states.PNG/450px-SWC_%28Dissolution%29-USA-states.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/SWC_%28Dissolution%29-USA-states.PNG/600px-SWC_%28Dissolution%29-USA-states.PNG 2x" data-file-width="841" data-file-height="580" /></a><figcaption>Southwest Conference, 1925–1991</figcaption></figure> <p>Since its first <a href="/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton Bowl Classic</a> and lasting until 1995, the Southwest Conference Champion automatically received an invitation to be the "host" team in the Cotton Bowl Classic game on New Year's Day in Dallas. Opponents usually were the runners-up from the <a href="/wiki/Big_Eight_Conference" title="Big Eight Conference">Big Eight Conference</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a> although <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">independents</a> <a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football" title="Penn State Nittany Lions football">Penn State</a> and <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> were also often featured. Circa the 1940s onward, the Cotton Bowl Classic was included among the four major bowl games and not infrequently had national championship implications. Near the turn of the century however, the game declined in importance largely due to the decline of SWC prominence. In 1977, <a href="/wiki/1977_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1977 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a> became the last team to win a national championship in the Cotton Bowl Classic by beating Texas in the January 1978 game. Texas might have been awarded the national championship in 1983 had they won the January 1984 game, but they were bested by Georgia 10-9. </p><p>The early 1980s were the glory years of SWC basketball, including the <i><a href="/wiki/Phi_Slama_Jama" title="Phi Slama Jama">Phi Slama Jama</a></i> teams at the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars_men%27s_basketball" title="Houston Cougars men's basketball">University of Houston</a>. The most consistent program during the last quarter of the 20th century was the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Razorbacks_men%27s_basketball" title="Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball">University of Arkansas</a> with Sweet 16 appearances in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1991, Elite 8 appearances in 1978, 1979, 1990, and 1991, and Final Four appearances in 1978 and 1990. Arkansas's famed Triplets - <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Delph" title="Marvin Delph">Marvin Delph</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Brewer" title="Ron Brewer">Ron Brewer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Moncrief" title="Sidney Moncrief">Sidney Moncrief</a> - gave the rest of the league fits. The Razorbacks' <a href="/wiki/Lee_Mayberry" title="Lee Mayberry">Lee Mayberry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Todd_Day" title="Todd Day">Todd Day</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Miller" title="Oliver Miller">Oliver Miller</a> won three straight SWC regular season and tournament titles from 1989 to 1991, the school's last three seasons in the conference. The passion of Arkansas fans for their Razorbacks often overran the confines of SWC basketball venues, so much so, that Reunion Arena in Dallas (annual site of the SWC postseason tournament) was deemed "<a href="/wiki/Barnhill_Arena" title="Barnhill Arena">Barnhill</a> South" (after the Razorbacks' on-campus arena) based on the numbers and intensity of Hog fans present. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_baseball" title="Texas Longhorns baseball">Texas Longhorns baseball</a> program under coach <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Gustafson" title="Cliff Gustafson">Cliff Gustafson</a> won national titles in 1975 and 1983 as well as titles under <a href="/wiki/Bibb_Falk" title="Bibb Falk">Bibb Falk</a> in 1949 and 1950. The <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Razorbacks_baseball" title="Arkansas Razorbacks baseball">Arkansas Razorbacks</a> also fielded fine teams that advanced to the College World Series. The Hogs finished 2nd in 1979, 3rd in 1985, and 5th in both the 1987 and 1989 seasons. The Hogs have continued this tradition since moving to the SEC, reaching the CWS four times under Arkansas alumnus <a href="/wiki/Dave_Van_Horn" title="Dave Van Horn">Dave Van Horn</a>, and were the 2018 national runners-up. <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies_baseball" title="Texas A&M Aggies baseball">Texas A&M</a> rose to power in the late 1980s, going 58–5 in 1989 before losing twice in the regional championship round on <a href="/wiki/Olsen_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Olsen Field">its home field</a> to <a href="/wiki/LSU_Tigers_baseball" title="LSU Tigers baseball">LSU</a>. The Aggies reached the College World Series in 1993. <a href="/wiki/Rice_Owls_baseball" title="Rice Owls baseball">Rice</a> began its ascent to college baseball's elite in the conference's final years under coach <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Graham" title="Wayne Graham">Wayne Graham</a>, reaching the CWS in 1997, the year after the conference disbanded. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Razorbacks" title="Arkansas Razorbacks">Arkansas Razorbacks</a> were dominant in track and field winning 15 SWC cross country team titles, 11 SWC indoor track team titles, 9 SWC outdoor track team titles, and an incredible 8 SWC triple crowns (cross country, indoor track and outdoor track champions all in the same season). During their SWC days, the Razorbacks won 14 NCAA national team championships and one NCAA team triple crown. The list of Arkansas individual SWC champions and individual NCAA champions is long. Standout coaches and athletes include the legendary John McDonnell of Arkansas, the winningest coach in NCAA history regardless of sport. Baylor's <a href="/wiki/Michael_Johnson_(sprinter)" title="Michael Johnson (sprinter)">Michael Johnson</a>, Texas A&M's <a href="/wiki/Randy_Matson" title="Randy Matson">Randy Matson</a>, Rice's Fred Hansen, Houston's <a href="/wiki/Carl_Lewis" title="Carl Lewis">Carl Lewis</a>, and Arkansas' <a href="/wiki/Mike_Conley_Sr." title="Mike Conley Sr.">Mike Conley</a> all went on to win Olympic gold medals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_years">Final years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Final years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1995_Bayou_Bucket_Classic_game_ball.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/1995_Bayou_Bucket_Classic_game_ball.jpg/220px-1995_Bayou_Bucket_Classic_game_ball.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/1995_Bayou_Bucket_Classic_game_ball.jpg/330px-1995_Bayou_Bucket_Classic_game_ball.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/1995_Bayou_Bucket_Classic_game_ball.jpg/440px-1995_Bayou_Bucket_Classic_game_ball.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1580" data-file-height="998" /></a><figcaption>The game ball from the 1995 <a href="/wiki/Bayou_Bucket_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayou Bucket Classic">Bayou Bucket Classic</a>, the last football game in Southwest Conference history</figcaption></figure> <p>The 1980s saw many of the conference's athletic programs hit by recruiting scandals and <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> probations.<sup id="cite_ref-probation1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-probation1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-probation2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-probation2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sportsillustrated_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sportsillustrated-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The only programs to escape probation in the 1980s were Arkansas, Baylor, and Rice.<sup id="cite_ref-probation1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-probation1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sportsillustrated_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sportsillustrated-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Houston_History_Magazine_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Houston_History_Magazine-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Methodist_University_football_scandal" title="Southern Methodist University football scandal">repeated major violations</a>, in <a href="/wiki/1987_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1987 NCAA Division I-A football season">1987</a>, the <a href="/wiki/SMU_Mustangs_football" title="SMU Mustangs football">SMU Mustangs football</a> program became only the third in NCAA history to receive the so-called "<a href="/wiki/Death_penalty_(NCAA)" title="Death penalty (NCAA)">death penalty</a>" (after <a href="/wiki/CCNY_point-shaving_scandal" title="CCNY point-shaving scandal">Kentucky</a> basketball in 1952–53 and <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Ragin%27_Cajuns_men%27s_basketball#1973_death_penalty" title="Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball">Southwestern Louisiana</a> basketball from 1973 to 1975). The NCAA canceled SMU's 1987 season, and limited it to seven road games for 1988. However, nearly all of the school's lettermen transferred elsewhere, forcing SMU to keep its football program shuttered for 1988 as well. SMU also remained on probation until <a href="/wiki/1990_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1990 NCAA Division I-A football season">1990</a>. At that time, NCAA rules prohibited schools on probation from appearing on live <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a>. As a result, the conference's market share in television coverage dwindled. </p><p>The SWC's performance in football declined precipitously. The last SWC football champion to win a bowl game was Texas A&M, who beat Notre Dame in the <a href="/wiki/1988_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1988 Cotton Bowl Classic">1988 Cotton Bowl Classic</a> by a score of 35–10. Since then, the final eight SWC champions lost in their bowl games. After SMU's <a href="/wiki/1982_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1982 SMU Mustangs football team">second-place finish in most polls in 1982</a>, SWC programs usually were not serious contenders for the national title. For instance: Texas had strong teams in <a href="/wiki/1981_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="1981 Texas Longhorns football team">1981</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="1983 Texas Longhorns football team">1983</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="1990 Texas Longhorns football team">1990</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1995_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="1995 Texas Longhorns football team">1995</a>. Arkansas earned national recognition in <a href="/wiki/1988_Arkansas_Razorbacks_football_team" title="1988 Arkansas Razorbacks football team">1988</a> and <a href="/wiki/1989_Arkansas_Razorbacks_football_team" title="1989 Arkansas Razorbacks football team">1989</a>, and Texas A&M was competitive from 1985 to 1995. By the end of their respective seasons however, none of these football teams were able to remain in the national championship hunt. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_last_days_of_the_College_Football_Association">The last days of the College Football Association</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The last days of the College Football Association"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 27, 1984, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">U.S. Supreme Court</a> ruled in <i><a href="/wiki/NCAA_v._Board_of_Regents_of_the_University_of_Oklahoma" title="NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma">NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma</a></i> that the NCAA could not punish its membership for selling their media content. As a result, individual schools and athletic conferences were freed to negotiate contracts on their own behalf. The <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pac-12_Conference" title="Pac-12 Conference">Pacific-10</a> conferences sold their rights to CBS and ABC. Most of the rest of the Division I-A football programs (what is now called the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">Division I Football Bowl Subdivision</a>) chose to sell their rights together through an organization called the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Association" title="College Football Association">College Football Association</a> to <a href="/wiki/College_Football_on_ABC" title="College Football on ABC">ABC</a> and <a href="/wiki/SEC_on_CBS" class="mw-redirect" title="SEC on CBS">CBS</a>. The primary function of the CFA was to negotiate television broadcast rights for its member conferences and independent colleges.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By <a href="/wiki/1990_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1990 NCAA Division I-A football season">1990</a>, the television landscape had changed and a number of the stronger programs saw opportunities for better deals outside of the CFA. This was spearheaded by Notre Dame, who left the CFA and sold their home game broadcast rights to <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Football_on_NBC" title="Notre Dame Football on NBC">NBC</a> in time for the 1991 season.<sup id="cite_ref-1991_NBC_Deal_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1991_NBC_Deal-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the Southeastern Conference (SEC) invited the University of Arkansas<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the University of South Carolina to join the conference in 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it created shockwaves across the CFA. The other conferences in the CFA correctly assumed the SEC made these additions to create a better TV product with the idea of leaving the CFA.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SEC represented one of the more valuable assets in the CFA. It seemed likely that if the SEC departed, other conferences would have a more difficult time securing preferable TV deals.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1994, the Southeastern Conference announced that they would be leaving the CFA and negotiate independently for a television deal that covered SEC schools only. This led <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dallas_Morning_News" title="The Dallas Morning News">The Dallas Morning News</a></i> to proclaim that "the College Football Association as a television entity is dead".<sup id="cite_ref-SEC_LEAVES_CFA_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SEC_LEAVES_CFA-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, the SEC and the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> broke from the CFA, signing a national deal with CBS. The SEC would earn a then-staggering $95 million from the deal. More significantly, this change in television contracts ultimately would lead to significant realignment of college conferences, with the SWC's demise triggering <a href="/wiki/1996_NCAA_conference_realignment" title="1996 NCAA conference realignment">the first</a> major realignment. (After the SWC's demise, another major realignment took place in the <a href="/wiki/2005_NCAA_conference_realignment" title="2005 NCAA conference realignment">mid-2000s</a>, with an even more dramatic realignment in the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%932014_NCAA_conference_realignment" title="2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment">early 2010s</a> and a third one <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_NCAA_conference_realignment" class="mw-redirect" title="2021–22 NCAA conference realignment">now ongoing</a>.) </p><p>Arkansas' departure for the Southeastern Conference marked the beginning of the end for the Southwest Conference. After this announcement, <a href="/wiki/Metro_Conference" title="Metro Conference">Metro Conference</a> member Tulane and <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Independent</a> Miami were both seriously considered by the SWC to join the conference as replacements for Arkansas.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1994, Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, and Texas Tech accepted invitations to join with the members of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Eight_Conference" title="Big Eight Conference">Big Eight Conference</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a>. Soon afterward, Rice, SMU, and TCU accepted invitations to join the <a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">Western Athletic Conference</a>, while Houston became a charter member of <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Houston%E2%80%93Rice_rivalry#Football" title="Houston–Rice rivalry">Bayou Bucket game</a> between Houston and Rice was the last football game played in the conference.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 1996, after the completion of championship matches in <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> and <a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">track & field</a>, the Southwest Conference was officially dissolved. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over the course of its 82-year history, teams of the Southwest Conference garnered 64 recognized national championships in collegiate sports. </p><p>The SWC had many legendary players and coaches over the years. In football, <a href="/wiki/John_Heisman" title="John Heisman">John Heisman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dana_X._Bible" title="Dana X. Bible">Dana X. Bible</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bear_Bryant" title="Bear Bryant">Paul "Bear" Bryant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Royal" title="Darrell Royal">Darrell Royal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Broyles" title="Frank Broyles">Frank Broyles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hayden_Fry" title="Hayden Fry">Hayden Fry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Holtz" title="Lou Holtz">Lou Holtz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Yeoman" title="Bill Yeoman">Bill Yeoman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gene_Stallings" title="Gene Stallings">Gene Stallings</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Grant_Teaff" title="Grant Teaff">Grant Teaff</a> all served as head coaches in the conference. Some notable SWC players included <a href="/wiki/Davey_O%27Brien" title="Davey O'Brien">Davey O'Brien</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Sammy Baugh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Layne" title="Bobby Layne">Bobby Layne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker" title="Doak Walker">Doak Walker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Landry" title="Tom Landry">Tom Landry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lilly" title="Bob Lilly">Bob Lilly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Meredith" title="Don Meredith">Don Meredith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Earl Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andre_Ware" title="Andre Ware">Andre Ware</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Singletary" title="Mike Singletary">Mike Singletary</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_David_Crow" title="John David Crow">John David Crow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lance_Alworth" title="Lance Alworth">Lance Alworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Hampton" title="Dan Hampton">Dan Hampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Atwater" title="Steve Atwater">Steve Atwater</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Ferguson" title="Joe Ferguson">Joe Ferguson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Eric Dickerson</a>. The trio of kicking contemporaries <a href="/wiki/Steve_Little_(American_football)" title="Steve Little (American football)">Steve Little</a> of Arkansas, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Franklin_(kicker)" title="Tony Franklin (kicker)">Tony Franklin</a> of Texas A&M, and <a href="/wiki/Russell_Erxleben" title="Russell Erxleben">Russell Erxleben</a> of Texas all kicked record setting field goals of 60 + yards in the same season. </p><p>Outstanding basketball coaches included <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Richardson" title="Nolan Richardson">Nolan Richardson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Penders" title="Tom Penders">Tom Penders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Sutton" title="Eddie Sutton">Eddie Sutton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abe_Lemons" title="Abe Lemons">Abe Lemons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guy_Lewis" title="Guy Lewis">Guy V. Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shelby_Metcalf" title="Shelby Metcalf">Shelby Metcalf</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Myers" title="Gerald Myers">Gerald Myers</a>. Great SWC hoops players included the aforementioned <i>Triplets</i>, <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Johnson" title="Vinnie Johnson">Vinnie Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Koncak" title="Jon Koncak">Jon Koncak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Robertson" title="Alvin Robertson">Alvin Robertson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Pierce" title="Ricky Pierce">Ricky Pierce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Walker" title="Darrell Walker">Darrell Walker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Kleine" title="Joe Kleine">Joe Kleine</a>, Day, Mayberry, Miller, and <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_Reed" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulysses Reed">U.S. Reed</a> among others. </p><p>In 1997, the official records of the conference from 1914 to 1996 were moved from Dallas to the campus of <a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_University" title="Texas Tech University">Texas Tech University</a>, becoming part of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. The archive also contains an extensive assortment of images and memorabilia from each member university. The final commissioner of the Southwest Conference (1995-96) Kyle Kallander has the rights to all SWC brands and copyrights (he later served as commissioner of the Big South Conference from 1996-2023), and retired assistant commissioner Bo Carter is considered as the SWC historian. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Member_universities">Member universities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Member universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="position: relative; top: 0px; right: 0px; width: 415px;"><div class="center" style="font-weight:bold">Southwest Conference Members</div><div class="thumbinner noresize" style="position: relative; top: 0px; right: 0px; outline:0px; border:0px; padding:0px; height: 445px; width: 415px;"><a 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color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Rice_Owls" title="Rice Owls"><img alt="Rice" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #777755FF; top: 291.38316904392px; left: 244.197698549px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Baylor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/12px-Blue_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" 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style="background-color:rgb(190,186,218); color:;">Full members </span><br /><span style="background-color:rgb(141,211,199); color:;">Full members (non-football) </span><br /><span style="background-color:rgb(217,217,217); color:;">Independent </span><br /><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,179); color:;">Other Conference </span><br /><span style="background-color:rgb(253,180,98); color:;">Other Conference </span><br /><span style="background-color:rgb(255,125,125); color:;"><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a> Founding members </span><br /><span style="background-color:rgb(255,200,200); color:;"><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a> Subsequent members </span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Full_members">Full members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Full members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Institution </th> <th scope="col">Acronym </th> <th scope="col">Location </th> <th scope="col">Founded </th> <th scope="col">Joined </th> <th scope="col">Left </th> <th scope="col">Type </th> <th scope="col">Subsequent conference </th> <th scope="col">Intermediate conference(s) </th> <th scope="col">Current conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Arkansas" title="University of Arkansas">University of Arkansas</a></b> </td> <td>U of A </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_Arkansas" title="Fayetteville, Arkansas">Fayetteville, Arkansas</a> </td> <td>1871 </td> <td rowspan="2">1915 </td> <td>1992 </td> <td>Public </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference (SEC)</a><br />(1992–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a></b> </td> <td>BU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Waco,_Texas" title="Waco, Texas">Waco, Texas</a> </td> <td>1845 </td> <td rowspan="8">1996 </td> <td>Private<br />(<a href="/wiki/Baptist_General_Convention_of_Texas" title="Baptist General Convention of Texas">Baptist</a>) </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a><br />(1996–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a></b> </td> <td>UH<br />UofH </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a> </td> <td>1927 </td> <td>1972<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Public </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a><br />(1996–2013)<br /> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference (AAC)</a><br />(2013–2023) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a><br />(2023–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a></b> </td> <td>Rice </td> <td>1912 </td> <td>1915<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Private </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference"> Western Athletic Conference (WAC)</a><br />(1996–2005) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a><br />(2005–2023) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference (AAC)</a><br />(2023–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Southern_Methodist_University" title="Southern Methodist University">Southern Methodist University</a></b> </td> <td>SMU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_Park,_Texas" title="University Park, Texas">University Park, Texas</a> </td> <td>1911 </td> <td>1918 </td> <td>Private<br />(<a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">Methodist</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a><br />(2005–2013)<br /><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference (AAC)</a><br />(2013–2024) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)</a><br />(2024–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="University of Texas at Austin">University of Texas at Austin</a></b> </td> <td>UT<br />UT Austin </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a> </td> <td>1883 </td> <td rowspan="2">1915 </td> <td rowspan="2">Public </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a><br />(1996–2024) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference (SEC)</a><br />(2024–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University" title="Texas A&M University">Texas A&M University</a></b> </td> <td>A&M<br />TAMU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/College_Station,_Texas" title="College Station, Texas">College Station, Texas</a> </td> <td>1876 </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a><br />(1996–2012) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference (SEC)</a><br />(2012–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Texas_Christian_University" title="Texas Christian University">Texas Christian University</a></b> </td> <td>TCU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth, Texas</a> </td> <td>1873 </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>Private<br />(<a href="/wiki/Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)" title="Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)">DOC</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference"> Western Athletic Conference (WAC)</a><br />(1996–2001) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a><br />(2001–2005)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference" title="Mountain West Conference">Mountain West Conference (MWC)</a><br />(2005–2012)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a><br />(2012–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_University" title="Texas Tech University">Texas Tech University</a></b> </td> <td>TTU<br />Tech </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas" title="Lubbock, Texas">Lubbock, Texas</a> </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>1956 </td> <td>Public </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a><br />(1996–present) </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cougar basketball joined the fray in 1975–76, and football was last to join for the 1976–77 school year.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1915–1917 were provisional seasons</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In December 2010, TCU announced it would join the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East Conference</a> on July 1, 2012, but instead accepted an invitation to the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a> in October 2011.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Full_members_departing_before_1925">Full members departing before 1925</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Full members departing before 1925"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Institution </th> <th scope="col">Acronym </th> <th scope="col">Location </th> <th scope="col">Founded </th> <th scope="col">Joined </th> <th scope="col">Left </th> <th scope="col">Type </th> <th scope="col">Subsequent conference </th> <th scope="col">Intermediate conference(s) </th> <th scope="col">Current conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma" title="University of Oklahoma">University of Oklahoma</a></b> </td> <td>OU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman,_Oklahoma" title="Norman, Oklahoma">Norman, Oklahoma</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">1890 </td> <td rowspan="2">1915 </td> <td>1920 </td> <td rowspan="2">Public </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA)</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_8_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Big 8 Conference">Big 6</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(1928–1996)<br /><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a><br />(1996–2024) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference (SEC)</a><br />(2024–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_State_University%E2%80%93Stillwater" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma State University–Stillwater">Oklahoma A&M</a></b> </td> <td>OSU<br />OK State </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stillwater,_Oklahoma" title="Stillwater, Oklahoma">Stillwater, Oklahoma</a> </td> <td>1925 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley Conference (MVC)</a><br />(1928–1958)<br /><a href="/wiki/Big_8_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Big 8 Conference">Big 8</a><br />(1958–1996) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a><br />(1996–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Phillips_University" title="Phillips University">Phillips University</a></b> </td> <td>Phillips </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Enid,_Oklahoma" title="Enid, Oklahoma">Enid, Oklahoma</a> </td> <td>1906 </td> <td>1920 </td> <td>1921 </td> <td>Private<br />(<a href="/wiki/Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)" title="Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)">DOC</a>) </td> <td>Independent </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sooner_Athletic_Conference" title="Sooner Athletic Conference">Sooner Athletic Conference</a><br />(1978–1998) </td> <td>N/A<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_University" title="Southwestern University">Southwestern University</a></b> </td> <td>Southwestern<br />SU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Texas" title="Georgetown, Texas">Georgetown, Texas</a> </td> <td>1840 </td> <td>1915 </td> <td>1917 </td> <td>Private<br />(<a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">Methodist</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA)</a><br />(1909–1927)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Conference" title="Texas Conference">Texas Conference</a><br />(1927–1956)<br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_State_Conference&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Big State Conference (page does not exist)">Big State Conference</a><br />(1956–1983)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Independent<br />(1983–1994) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Collegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference">Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC)</a><br />(1994–2025)<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Southern_Athletic_Association" title="Southern Athletic Association">SAA</a> in 2025–26)</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The MVIAA split into the Big 6 (still operating legally as the MVIAA) and the MVC in 1928 with Oklahoma joining the former and Oklahoma State the latter.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Big 8 upon Oklahoma A&M's arrival</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Closed in 1998</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Concurrent membership with both the SWC and the TIAA from 1915 to 1917</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference_football_individual_awards" title="Southwest Conference football individual awards">Southwest Conference football individual awards</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_basketball"><span id="Men.27s_basketball"></span>Men's basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Men's basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament">Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball">Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_W._St._Clair" title="James W. St. Clair">James W. St. Clair</a> (1938–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Stewart_(American_football)" title="Jimmy Stewart (American football)">James H. Stewart</a> (1945–1950)</li> <li>Howard Grubbs (1950–1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Speegle" title="Cliff Speegle">Cliff Speegle</a> (1973–1982)</li> <li>Fred Jacoby (1982–1993)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_J._Hatchell" title="Steven J. Hatchell">Steven J. Hatchell</a> (1993–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Kyle Kallander</a> (1995–1996)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_champions">Conference champions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Conference champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Southwest_Conference_champions" title="List of Southwest Conference champions">List of Southwest Conference champions</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_facilities">Conference facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Conference facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is a listing of the conference facilities as of the 1995–96 school year, the conference's last. Capacities and venue names are also current for 1995–96. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th>School </th> <th>Football stadium </th> <th>Capacity </th> <th>Basketball arena </th> <th>Capacity </th> <th>Baseball Stadium </th> <th>Capacity </th></tr> <tr> <td>Baylor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Casey_Stadium" title="Floyd Casey Stadium">Floyd Casey Stadium</a> </td> <td>50,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ferrell_Center" title="Ferrell Center">Ferrell Center</a> </td> <td>10,084 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baylor_Ballpark" title="Baylor Ballpark">Old Baylor Ballpark</a> </td> <td>1,500 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Houston </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a> </td> <td>56,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fertitta_Center" title="Fertitta Center">Hofheinz Pavilion</a> </td> <td>9,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Schroeder_Park" title="Schroeder Park">Cougar Park</a> </td> <td>4,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rice </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rice_Stadium_(Rice_University)" title="Rice Stadium (Rice University)">Rice Stadium</a> </td> <td>70,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tudor_Fieldhouse" title="Tudor Fieldhouse">Autry Court</a> </td> <td>5,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reckling_Park" title="Reckling Park">Cameron Field</a> </td> <td>1,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>SMU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Cotton Bowl (stadium)">Cotton Bowl</a> / <a href="/wiki/Texas_Stadium" title="Texas Stadium">Texas Stadium</a> </td> <td>68,000 / 65,675 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moody_Coliseum" title="Moody Coliseum">Moody Coliseum</a> </td> <td>9,000 </td> <td><i>No team</i> </td> <td>Morrison-Bell Field (program ended in 1980) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Texas </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darrell_K_Royal%E2%80%93Texas_Memorial_Stadium" title="Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium">Texas Memorial Stadium</a> </td> <td>77,500 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Erwin_Center" title="Frank Erwin Center">Frank Erwin Center</a> </td> <td>16,300 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UFCU_Disch%E2%80%93Falk_Field" title="UFCU Disch–Falk Field">Disch–Falk Field</a> </td> <td>6,649 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Texas A&M </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Field" title="Kyle Field">Kyle Field</a> </td> <td>70,210 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._Rollie_White_Coliseum" title="G. Rollie White Coliseum">G. Rollie White Coliseum</a> </td> <td>7,800 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olsen_Field_at_Blue_Bell_Park" title="Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park">Olsen Field</a> </td> <td>6,100 </td></tr> <tr> <td>TCU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amon_G._Carter_Stadium" title="Amon G. Carter Stadium">Amon G. Carter Stadium</a> </td> <td>44,008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Schollmaier_Arena" title="Schollmaier Arena">Daniel–Meyer Coliseum</a> </td> <td>7,200 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lupton_Stadium" title="Lupton Stadium">TCU Diamond</a> </td> <td>1,500 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Texas Tech </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jones_AT%26T_Stadium" title="Jones AT&T Stadium">Jones Stadium</a> </td> <td>50,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lubbock_Municipal_Coliseum" title="Lubbock Municipal Coliseum">Lubbock Municipal Coliseum</a> </td> <td>8,344 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Law_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Dan Law Field">Dan Law Field</a> </td> <td>5,500 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co. <a href="/wiki/ASIN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ASIN (identifier)">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007E7BKQ">B0007E7BKQ</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Football%2C+Texas+Style%3A+An+Illustrated+History+of+the+Southwest+Conference&rft.place=Garden+City%2C+N.Y.&rft.pub=Doubleday+%26+Co&rft.date=1964&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB0007E7BKQ%23id-name%3DASIN&rft.aulast=Tips&rft.aufirst=Kern&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthwest+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPennington1987" class="citation book cs1">Pennington, Richard (1987). <i>Breaking the Ice: The Racial Integration of Southwest Conference Football</i>. Jefferson, N.C.: MacFarland & Co. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89950-295-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-89950-295-4"><bdi>0-89950-295-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Breaking+the+Ice%3A+The+Racial+Integration+of+Southwest+Conference+Football&rft.place=Jefferson%2C+N.C.&rft.pub=MacFarland+%26+Co&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=0-89950-295-4&rft.aulast=Pennington&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthwest+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Conference&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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season (page does not exist)">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1920_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1920 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1921_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1921 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1925_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1925 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1926_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1927_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1927 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1929_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1930_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1930 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1931_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1931 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1932_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1932 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1933_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1933 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1934</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=1950_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_Southwest_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 Southwest Conference football season (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><a 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