Skyline Conference
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- See Skyline Conference (New York) for the Division III conference
The Skyline Conference, also known as the Mountain States Conference, was a college athletic conference based in the western United States. The league was established in 1938 with seven charter members (see below) and dissolved in 1962 after four of its members left to form the Western Athletic Conference and one other (Montana) left for the Big Sky Conference.
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[edit] Charter Members
- Brigham Young University - Now in the Mountain West Conference
- University of Colorado, left in 1948 - Now in the Big 12 Conference
- Colorado State University - Now in the Mountain West Conference
- University of Denver, Dropped football in 1961. Now in the Sun Belt Conference for most sports including men's basketball
- University of Utah - Now in the Mountain West Conference
- Utah State University - Now in the Western Athletic Conference
- University of Wyoming - Now in the Mountain West Conference
[edit] Other Members
- University of Montana, 1948-1962, joined from the Pacific Coast Conference, now a member of the Big Sky Conference.
- University of New Mexico, 1951-1962, joined from the Border Conference, now a member of the Mountain West Conference.
[edit] Football champions
- 1938 Utah
- 1939 Colorado
- 1940 Utah
- 1941 Utah
- 1942 Colorado and Utah
- 1943 Colorado
- 1944 Colorado
- 1945 Denver
- 1946 Denver and Utah State
- 1947 Utah
- 1948 Utah
- 1949 Wyoming
- 1950 Wyoming
- 1951 Utah
- 1952 Utah
- 1953 Utah
- 1954 Denver
- 1955 Colorado State
- 1956 Wyoming
- 1957 Utah
- 1958 Wyoming
- 1959 Wyoming
- 1960 Wyoming and Utah State
- 1961 Wyoming and Utah State
