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Gulf States Conference

{{Infobox sports league

| 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/champions.php?conid=70|title=Gulf States Conference|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=October 23, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072007/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/champions.php?conid=70|url-status=dead}} Many of the league's members from Louisiana joined after the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference disbanded after the 1947 season.

Member schools

=Final members=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
InstitutionNicknameLocationFoundedTypeJoinedLeftCurrent
conference
Louisiana Tech University

| Bulldogs

| Ruston, Louisiana

| 1894

| Public

| 1948

| 1971

| C-USA
{{small|(NCAA Division I)}}

McNeese State University

| Cowboys

| Lake Charles, Louisiana

| 1939

| Public

| 1952

| 1971

| Southland
{{small|(NCAA Division I)}}

Nicholls State University

| Colonels

| Thibodaux, Louisiana

| 1948

| Public

| 1965

| 1971

| Southland
{{small|(NCAA Division I)}}

Northeast Louisiana University{{efn|group=final|Currently known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe.}}

| Indians{{efn|group=final|Currently nickname is now known as the Warhawks.}}

| Monroe, Louisiana

| 1931

| Public

| 1953

| 1971

| Sun Belt
{{small|(NCAA Division I)}}

Northwestern State University

| Demons

| Natchitoches, Louisiana

| 1884

| Public

| 1948

| 1971

| Southland
{{small|(NCAA Division I)}}

Southeastern Louisiana University

| Lions

| Hammond, Louisiana

| 1925

| Public

| 1948

| 1971

| Southland
{{small|(NCAA Division I)}}

University of Southwestern Louisiana{{efn|group=final|Currently known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.}}

| Bulldogs{{efn|group=final|Currently nickname is now known as the Ragin' Cajuns.}}

| Lafayette, Louisiana

| 1898

| Public

| 1948

| 1971

| Sun Belt
{{small|(NCAA Division I)}}

{{cite web|url=https://library.louisiana.edu/collections/university-archives-manuscripts/acadiana-manuscripts-collections/manuscripts-collect-179|title=Gulf States Conference. Records, 1948–1971, n.d.|publisher=library.louisiana.edu|access-date=May 30, 2019}}

;Notes:

{{notelist|group=final}}

=Other members=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
InstitutionNicknameLocationFoundedTypeJoinedLeftCurrent
conference
Centenary College of Louisiana

| Gentlemen

| Shreveport, Louisiana

| 1825

| Private

| 1948

| 1954

| SCAC
{{small|(NCAA Division III)}}

Louisiana College{{efn|group=former|Currently known as Louisiana Christian University.}}

| Wildcats

| Pineville, Louisiana

| 1906

| Private

| 1948

| 1956

| RRAC
{{small|(NAIA)}}

Loyola University New Orleans

| Wolfpack

| New Orleans, Louisiana

| 1904

| Private

| 1948

| 1952

| SSAC
{{small|(NAIA)}}

Mississippi Southern College{{efn|group=former|Currently known as the University of Southern Mississippi.}}

| Southerners{{efn|group=former|Currently nickname is now known as the Golden Eagles.}}

| Hattiesburg, Mississippi

| 1910

| Public

| 1948

| 1952

| Sun Belt
{{small|(NCAA Division I)}}

Spring Hill College

| Badgers

| Mobile, Alabama

| 1830

| Private

| 1948

| 1954

| SIAC
{{small|(NCAA Division II)}}

;Notes:

{{notelist|group=former}}

Football champions

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=Membership timeline=

DateFormat = yyyy

ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:20

Period = from:1948 till:1971

TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal

PlotArea = right:20 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 #> to display a count on left side of graph, use "left:20" to suppress the count, use "left:20"<#

Colors =

id:barcolor value:rgb(0.99,0.7,0.7)

id:line value:black

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

PlotData=

width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s

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)

ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:2 start:1949

References

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Category:Sports organizations established in 1948

Category:Organizations disestablished in 1971