Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference

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The Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference was a short-lived intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1972 to 1977. 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

Champions

Standings

1972 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
C. W. Post $300  630
Wagner 210  730
Hofstra 120  560
Merchant Marine 030  540
  • $ Conference champion
1973 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
C. W. Post $500  1010
Hofstra 410  830
Fordham 220  640
Merchant Marine 120  550
Seton Hall 020  340
Saint Peter's 020  090
Wagner 030  450
  • $ Conference champion
1974 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
C. W. Post $400  640
Merchant Marine 310  630
Seton Hall 210  720
Wagner 220  531
Fordham 031  351
Hofstra 041  191
  • $ Conference champion
1975 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
C. W. Post $400  910
Merchant Marine 410  720
Wagner 320  621
Fordham 121  351
Hofstra 140  360
Seton Hall 041  271
  • $ Conference champion
1976 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
C. W. Post $300  820
Merchant Marine 410  810
Hofstra 230  440
Seton Hall 121  352
Fordham 121  531
Wagner 140  271
  • $ Conference champion
1977 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Fordham $300  820
C. W. Post 300  531
Hofstra 320  630
Wagner 140  270
Merchant Marine 120  360
Seton Hall 030  350
  • $ Conference champion

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References

  1. Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference, 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 .