Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association

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The Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association (NIAA) was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1928 to 1942. The league comprised public state colleges in the state of Nebraska. [1] After the NIAA folded in 1942, most of the league's members re-joined the Nebraska College Conference.

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  1. Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine , College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 30, 2015.