Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Last updated
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
FoundedMay 8, 1909
Ceased1932
No. of teams7 (foundation, 1909)
Region Texas

The Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA) was a college sports association that operated from 1909 to 1932. All of its members were located in the US state of Texas.

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History

Founded in 1909 by Southwestern University, Austin College, Texas Christian University, Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor University and Trinity University the TIAA had a changing set of members that spun off into the Southwest Conference, Lone Star Conference and the Texas Conference. The league had been formed to rid college athletics of objectionable elements like gambling and place them entirely under the control of the schools. At first the league worked well, but soon the disparity in the sizes of the schools became an issue. The large state schools, with bigger stadiums and crowds, began to refuse to travel to the smaller schools and insisted on playing that at home. [1]

This battle between the large and small schools led to the first big change in 1914, when Texas, A&M, Baylor and Southwestern left to form the Southwest Conference, with some considering themselves to be members of both. After two seasons, Southwestern left the Southwest conference and returned to the TIAA. The conferences became completely separate in 1917. In 1922, TIAA expanded by including North Texas. [2] In 1923, TCU left to join the Southwest Conference and in 1924, Rice followed suit.

In 1925, the TIAA was split between members who wanted to allow freshmen and transfers to play and schools that did not. This fault line also separated the teachers colleges that had joined over the years and the church-sponsored schools that had been founders. In May 1925, those that wanted to allow them to play—Trinity, Simmons University (now Hardin–Simmons University), Austin College, Howard Payne, and Southwestern—left to form the Texas Conference, but they agreed to play out the fall 1925 football season within the TIAA. Play within the Texas Conference began with the 1926 basketball season. The five departing schools were all church supported and agreed to ally themselves "along denominational lines." [2] [3]

By 1930, the TIAA had expanded back to 11 members. This included teachers colleges such as Sul Ross, West Texas, East Texas, North Texas, Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, and Southwest Texas as well as Abilene Christian College, Daniel Baker, Texas A&I and McMurry. But in May 1931, five TIAA schools joined together to form the Lone Star Conference. These were Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, East Texas, Southwest Texas and North Texas. [4] [2] As a result, the conference was dissolved in 1932. Many of the members became independents and eventually wound up in the short-lived Alamo Conference.

Championships

Football

Record
YearChampionConferenceOverallHead coach
1909 Texas A&M 4–0–17–0–1 Charley Moran
1910 Texas A&M 5–08–1 Charley Moran
1911 Texas 3–05–2 Dave Allerdice
1912 Texas A&M 4–08–1 Charley Moran
1913 Texas 4–07–1 Dave Allerdice
1914 Texas 4–08–0 Dave Allerdice
1915 Baylor (Vacated)4–07–1 Charles Mosley
1916 Baylor 6–19–1 Charles Mosley
1917 Texas A&M 5–08–0 Dana X. Bible
1918 Texas 4–09–0 William Juneau
1919 Texas A&M 7–010–0 Dana X. Bible
1920 TCU 3–09–1 William L. Driver
1921 Rice [5] 3–04–4–1 Philip Arbuckle
1922 Austin 6–2 Raymond Morehart, Dave Pena, & Charles Robertson
1923 Austin [6] 4–0–17–2–1 Pete Cawthon
1924 Howard Payne 5–07–2 T. B. Amis
1925 Southwestern (TX) 4–0–15–3–1 Charles M. Edens
1926 Daniel Baker [7] 4–07–2–1 Shorty Ransom
1927 McMurry [8] 3–0–24–1–2 Randolph M. Medley
1928 Daniel Baker [9] 4–05–3–2 Herman Clark
1929 Southwest Texas State [10] 4–0–26–1–2 Oscar W. Strahan
1930 Sam Houston State [11] 5–09–1 J. W. Jones
1931 North Texas State Teachers [12] 4–0 (Eastern Division)8–3 Jack Sisco
1932 Texas A&I 3–06–2 Bud McCallum

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