Twin River Collegiate Conference

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The Twin River Collegiate Conference was a short-lived intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1976 to 1978. The league had members in the state of Minnesota. [1]

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  1. Twin River Collegiate Conference, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 28, 2015.