Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference

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The Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference was a short-lived intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1946 to 1949. The league had members in Iowa and South Dakota. [1]

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  1. Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference Archived 2015-06-01 at the Wayback Machine , College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 23, 2015.
  2. "Greyhound '11' Takes Mitchell". Sioux City Journal . Sioux City, Iowa. November 12, 1946. p. 13. Retrieved November 14, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. "Dakota-Iowa Loop To Buena Vista and Western Union". Deadwood Pioneer-Times. Deadwood, South Dakota. United Press. November 12, 1947. p. 2. Retrieved November 13, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "Curtain To Fall On SD Football Saturday". Rapid City Journal . Rapid City, South Dakota. Associated Press. November 15, 1948. p. 8. Retrieved November 13, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .