Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference

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The Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference was an American intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1972 to 1984. The league had members in the state of New York. [1] [2]

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Members

InstitutionLocationNicknameFoundedJoinedLeftConference
joined
Wagner College Staten Island, New York Seahawks 188319721977 D-III independent

Football champions

Football standings

1972 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
C. W. Post $ 3 0 06 3 0
Wagner 2 1 07 3 0
Hofstra 1 2 05 6 0
Merchant Marine 0 3 05 4 0
  • $ Conference champion
1973 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
C. W. Post $ 5 0 010 1 0
Hofstra 4 1 08 3 0
Fordham 2 2 06 4 0
Merchant Marine 1 2 05 5 0
Seton Hall 0 2 03 4 0
Saint Peter's 0 2 00 9 0
Wagner 0 3 04 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
1974 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
C. W. Post $ 4 0 06 4 0
Merchant Marine 3 1 06 3 0
Seton Hall 2 1 07 2 0
Wagner 2 2 05 3 1
Fordham 0 3 13 5 1
Hofstra 0 4 11 9 1
  • $ Conference champion
1975 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
C. W. Post $ 4 0 09 1 0
Merchant Marine 4 1 07 2 0
Wagner 3 2 06 2 1
Fordham 1 2 13 5 1
Hofstra 1 4 03 6 0
Seton Hall 0 4 12 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
1976 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
C. W. Post $ 3 0 08 2 0
Merchant Marine 4 1 08 1 0
Hofstra 2 3 04 4 0
Seton Hall 1 2 13 5 2
Fordham 1 2 15 3 1
Wagner 1 4 02 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
1977 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Fordham $ 3 0 08 2 0
C. W. Post 3 0 05 3 1
Hofstra 3 2 06 3 0
Merchant Marine 1 2 03 6 0
Wagner 1 4 02 7 0
Seton Hall 0 3 03 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
1978 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Pace $ 5 0 06 2 0
Brooklyn 3 2 05 4 0
Iona 2 2 05 4 0
Saint Peter's 2 2 05 4 0
St. John's 2 3 05 5 0
Marist 0 5 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1979 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Pace $ 5 0 07 1 1
St. John's 4 1 04 5 1
Iona 3 2 06 4 0
Marist 1 4 03 5 0
Saint Peter's 1 4 01 6 0
Brooklyn 1 4 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1980 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Pace $ 5 0 06 3 0
Iona 3 1 16 4 1
Saint Peter's 3 1 14 4 1
Marist 2 3 02 7 0
St. John's 1 4 03 7 0
Brooklyn 0 5 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
1981 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
St. John's $ 4 0 08 2 0
Pace 3 1 05 5 0
Brooklyn 2 2 04 6 0
Marist 1 3 02 7 0
Saint Peter's 0 4 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1982 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
St. John's $ 4 0 09 1 0
Pace 3 1 05 4 0
Marist 2 2 02 7 0
Brooklyn 1 3 03 7 0
Saint Peter's 0 4 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1983 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
St. John's $ 4 0 09 1 0
Marist 3 1 03 6 0
Pace 2 2 05 4 0
Saint Peter's 1 3 01 7 0
Brooklyn 0 4 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
1984 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
St. John's $ 3 0 07 2 0
Pace 1 2 03 5 0
Marist 1 2 02 7 0
Brooklyn 1 2 02 8 0
Saint Peter's 0 0 00 1 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Saint Peter's cancelled the remainder of their season after their first game.

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References

  1. Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine , College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 26, 2015.
  2. Travers, Bill (August 17, 1972). "Met College Grid Conference Formed". New York Daily News . New York, New York. p. 115. Retrieved October 3, 2019 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .