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Gulf States Conference

Field	Value
name	Gulf States Conference
founded	1948
dissolved	1971
teams	11 total
region	Gulf South

The Gulf States Conference (GSC) was an intercollegiate athletic football conference that existed from 1948 to 1971. The league had members in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Many of the league's members from Louisiana joined after the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference disbanded after the 1947 season.

Member schools

Final members

Institution	Nickname	Location	Founded	Type	Joined	Left	Current
conference
Louisiana Tech University	Bulldogs	Ruston, Louisiana	1894	Public	1948	1971	C-USA
(Sun Belt by 2027)
(NCAA Division I)
McNeese State University	Cowboys	Lake Charles, Louisiana	1939	Public	1952	1971	Southland
(NCAA Division I)
Nicholls State University	Colonels	Thibodaux, Louisiana	1948	Public	1965	1971	Southland
(NCAA Division I)
Northeast Louisiana University	Indians	Monroe, Louisiana	1931	Public	1953	1971	Sun Belt
(NCAA Division I)
Northwestern State University	Demons	Natchitoches, Louisiana	1884	Public	1948	1971	Southland
(NCAA Division I)
Southeastern Louisiana University	Lions	Hammond, Louisiana	1925	Public	1948	1971	Southland
(NCAA Division I)
University of Southwestern Louisiana	Bulldogs	Lafayette, Louisiana	1898	Public	1948	1971	Sun Belt
(NCAA Division I)

;Notes:

Other members

Institution	Nickname	Location	Founded	Type	Joined	Left	Current
conference
Centenary College of Louisiana	Gentlemen	Shreveport, Louisiana	1825	Private	1948	1954	SCAC
(NCAA Division III)
Louisiana College	Wildcats	Pineville, Louisiana	1906	Private	1948	1956	RRAC
(NAIA)
Loyola University New Orleans	Wolfpack	New Orleans, Louisiana	1904	Private	1948	1952	SSAC
(NAIA)
Mississippi Southern College	Southerners	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	1910	Public	1948	1952	Sun Belt
(NCAA Division I)
Spring Hill College	Badgers	Mobile, Alabama	1830	Private	1948	1954	SIAC
(NCAA Division II)

;Notes:

Football champions

1948 – Mississippi Southern
1949 – Louisiana Tech
1950 – Mississippi Southern
1951 – Mississippi Southern
1952 – Louisiana Tech, Southeastern Louisiana, and Southwestern Louisiana
1953 – Louisiana Tech, Northwestern State, and Southeastern Louisiana
1954 – Southeastern Louisiana
1955 – Louisiana Tech
1956 – Southeastern Louisiana
1957 – Louisiana Tech, McNeese State, and Northwestern State
1958 – Louisiana Tech and Northwestern State
1959 – Louisiana Tech
1960 – Louisiana Tech and
1961 – McNeese State and Southeastern Louisiana
1962 – Northwestern State
1963 – McNeese State
1964 – Louisiana Tech
1965 – McNeese State and
1966 – Northwestern State
1967 – McNeese State
1968 – Southwestern Louisiana
1969 – Louisiana Tech
1970 – Southwestern Louisiana

Membership timeline

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id:bg value:white id:Full value:rgb(0.742,0.727,0.852) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports id:FullxF value:rgb(0.551,0.824,0.777) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football id:AssocF value:rgb(0.98,0.5,0.445) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.5,0.691,0.824) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in some sports, but not all (consider identifying in legend or a footnote) id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference where OtherC1 has already been used, to distinguish the two

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bar:1 color:Full from:1948 till:1954 text:Centenary (La.) (1948–1954)

bar:2 color:Full from:1948 till:1956 text:Louisiana College (1948–1956)

bar:3 color:Full from:1948 till:1971 text:Louisiana Tech (1948–1971)

bar:4 color:Full from:1948 till:1952 text:Loyola (La.) (1948–1952)

bar:5 color:Full from:1948 till:1952 text:Mississippi Southern (1948–1952)

bar:6 color:Full from:1948 till:1971 text:Northwestern State (1948–1971)

bar:7 color:Full from:1948 till:1971 text:Southeastern Louisiana (1948–1971)

bar:8 color:Full from:1948 till:1971 text:Southwestern Louisiana (1948–1971)

bar:9 color:Full from:1948 till:1954 text:Spring Hill (1948–1954)

bar:10 color:Full from:1952 till:1971 text:McNeese State (1952–1971)

bar:11 color:Full from:1953 till:1971 text:Northeast Louisiana (1953–1971)

bar:12 color:Full from:1965 till:1971 text:Nicholls State (1965–1971)

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References

"Gulf States Conference". College Football Data Warehouse.
"Gulf States Conference. Records, 1948–1971, n.d.". library.louisiana.edu.

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