Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Association Football League

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The Penn Intercollegiate Association Football League was a pre-NCAA collegiate soccer conference for colleges across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that were not admitted at the time to the Intercollegiate Soccer Football League (ISFL), the top tier of college soccer in the United States prior to the NCAA sanctioning the sport.

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The league began play in 1915 and disbanded in 1925 as it was absorbed by the ISFL.

Members

Champions

SeasonChampionRef.
1915-16 Penn JV [1] [2]
1916-17Penn JV (2) [3]
1917-18Penn JV (3) [4]
1918Canceled due to World War I [5]
1919 Swarthmore [6]
1920Swarthmore (2) [7]
1921Swarthmore (3) [8]
1922 Lehigh [9]
1923Penn JV (4) [10]
1924 Haverford [11]
1925Swarthmore (4) [12]

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References

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  10. "Veteran Athletes Annual Banquet". (January 21, 1924). Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, p.9 col.1-2
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