Eastern Football Conference (1965–1974)

The Eastern Football Conference was an NCAA intercollegiate athletic football conference that existed from 1965 to 1974. The league's membership was centered in the Northeastern United States.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/champions.php?conid=49 Eastern Football Conference (1965-1974)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907061834/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/champions.php?conid=49 |date=2015-09-07 }}, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 23, 2015. A separate NCAA Division II conference with the same name existed from 1997 to 2000.

Members

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Team

!Location

!Joined

!Last season

!Conference joined

Bridgeport Purple Knights

|Bridgeport, Connecticut

|1965

|1971

|NCAA College Division independent

Central Connecticut Blue Devils

|New Britain, Connecticut

|1965

|1974

|NCAA Division II independent

Glassboro State Profs

|Glassboro, New Jersey

|1965

|1974

|New Jersey State Athletic Conference

Monclair State Indians

|Montclair, New Jersey

|1965

|1974

|New Jersey State Athletic Conference

Southern Connecticut State Owls

|New Haven, Connecticut

|1965

|1974

|NCAA Division II independent

Trenton State Lions

|Trenton, New Jersey

|1965

|1968

|New Jersey State Athletic Conference

Champions

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  • 1965 – {{cfb link|year=1965|team=Southern Connecticut State Owls|title=Southern Connecticut State}}
  • 1966 – {{cfb link|year=1966|team=Southern Connecticut State Owls|title=Southern Connecticut State}}
  • 1967 – {{cfb link|year=1967|team=Central Connecticut State Blue Devils|title=Central Connecticut State}} & {{cfb link|year=1967|team=Southern Connecticut State Owls|title=Southern Connecticut State}}
  • 1968 – {{cfb link|year=1968|team=Southern Connecticut State Owls|title=Southern Connecticut State}}
  • 1969 – {{cfb link|year=1969|team=Bridgeport Purple Knights|title=Bridgeport}}
  • 1970 – {{cfb link|year=1970|team=Montclair State Indians|title=Montclair State}} & {{cfb link|year=1970|team=Southern Connecticut State Owls|title=Southern Connecticut State}}
  • 1971 – {{cfb link|year=1971|team=Bridgeport Purple Knights|title=Bridgeport}}
  • 1972 – {{cfb link|year=1972|team=Central Connecticut State Blue Devils|title=Central Connecticut State}} & {{cfb link|year=1972|team=Glassboro State Profs|title=Glassboro State}}
  • 1973 – {{cfb link|year=1973|team=Central Connecticut State Blue Devils|title=Central Connecticut State}}
  • 1974 – {{cfb link|year=1974|team=Central Connecticut State Blue Devils|title=Central Connecticut State}}

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Yearly standings

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|valign="top" width=25em|{{1965 Eastern Football Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1966 Eastern Football Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1967 Eastern Football Conference football standings}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1968 Eastern Football Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1969 Eastern Football Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Eastern Football Conference football standings}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1971 Eastern Football Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1972 Eastern Football Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1973 Eastern Football Conference football standings}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1974 Eastern Football Conference football standings}}

See also

References