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The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a College Athletic Conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I-AA for football and Division I for all other sports. There are currently nine football members and eleven members for basketball and other sports.

Member schools

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Year Joined
Austin Peay State University Clarksville, Tennessee 1927 Public 9,192 1962
Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Illinois 1895 Public 11,651 1996
Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, Kentucky 1874 Public 16,183 1948
Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, Alabama 1883 Public 9,110 2003
Morehead State University Morehead, Kentucky 1922 Public 9,509 1948
Murray State University Murray, Kentucky 1922 Public 10,128 1948
Samford University Birmingham, Alabama 1842 Private/Baptist 4,440 2003
Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, Missouri 1873 Public 9,615 1991
Tennessee State University Nashville, Tennessee 1912 Public 8,748 1986
Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, Tennessee 1912 Public 9,217 1949
University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, Tennessee 1901 Public 5,810 1992

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Former members, with the years of their membership, include the University of Evansville (1948-1952), the University of Louisville (1948-1949), Marshall University (1949-1952), Western Kentucky University (1948-1982, 1999-2001), East Tennessee State University (1957-1979), Youngstown State University (1980-1988), the University of Akron (1979-1987), and Middle Tennessee State University (1952-1998).

Note: Middle Tennessee State apparently did not withdraw from its previous conference affiliation, the Volunteer State Athletic Conference, until 1957.

Football conference champions

SeasonChampionConference Record
1948Murray State3-1-0
1949Evansville3-1-1
1950Murray State5-0-1
1951Murray State5-1-0
1952Tennessee Tech4-1-0
Western Kentucky4-1-0
1953Tennessee Tech5-0-0
1954Eastern Kentucky5-0-0
1955Tennessee Tech5-0-0
1956Middle Tennessee State5-0-0
1957Middle Tennessee State5-0-0
1958Middle Tennessee State5-1-0
Tennessee Tech5-1-0
1959Middle Tennessee State5-0-1
Tennessee Tech5-0-1
1960Tennessee Tech6-0-0
1961Tennessee Tech6-0-0
1962East Tennessee State4-2-0
1963Western Kentucky7-0-0
1964Middle Tennessee State6-1-0
1965Middle Tennessee State7-0-0
1966Morehead State6-1-0
1967Eastern Kentucky5-0-2
1968Eastern Kentucky7-0-0
1969East Tennessee State6-0-1
1970Western Kentucky5-1-1
1971Western Kentucky5-2-0
1972Tennessee Tech7-0-0
1973Western Kentucky7-0-0
1974Eastern Kentucky6-1-0
1975Tennessee Tech6-1-0
Western Kentucky6-1-0
1976Eastern Kentucky6-1-0
1977Austin Peay State6-1-0
1978Western Kentucky6-0-0
1979Murray State6-0-0
1980Western Kentucky6-1-0
1981Eastern Kentucky8-0-0
1982Eastern Kentucky7-0-0
1983Eastern Kentucky6-1-0
1984Eastern Kentucky6-1-0
1985Middle Tennessee State7-0-0
1986Murray State5-2-0
1987Eastern Kentucky5-1-0
Youngstown State5-1-0
1988Eastern Kentucky6-0-0
1989Middle Tennessee State6-0-0
1990Eastern Kentucky5-1-0
Middle Tennessee State5-1-0
1991Eastern Kentucky7-0-0
1992Middle Tennessee State8-0-0
1993Eastern Kentucky8-0-0
1994Eastern Kentucky8-0-0
1995Murray State8-0-0
1996Murray State8-0-0
1997Eastern Kentucky7-0-0
1998Tennessee State6-1
1999Tennessee State7-0
2000Western Kentucky7-0
2001Eastern Illinois6-1
2002Eastern Illinois5-1
Murray State5-1
2003Jacksonville State7-1
2004Jacksonville State7-1
2005Eastern Illinois8-0

Men's basketball conference champions

SeasonRegular Season ChampionTournament Champion
1949Western Kentucky (8-2)Western Kentucky
1950Western Kentucky (8-0)Eastern Kentucky
1951Murray State (9-3)Murray State
1952Western Kentucky (9-1)Western Kentucky
1953Eastern Kentucky (9-1)Western Kentucky
1954Western Kentucky (9-1)Western Kentucky
1955Western Kentucky (8-2)Eastern Kentucky
1956Morehead St/Tennessee Tech/Western Kentucky (7-3)N/A
1957Morehead St/Western Kentucky (9-1)N/A
1958Tennessee Tech (8-2)N/A
1959Eastern Kentucky (10-2)N/A
1960Western Kentucky (10-2)N/A
1961Morehead St/Western Kentucky/Eastern Kentucky (9-3)N/A
1962Western Kentucky (11-1)N/A
1963Tennessee Tech/Morehead St (8-4)N/A
1964Murray State (11-3)Murray State
1965Eastern Kentucky (13-1)Western Kentucky
1966Western Kentucky (14-0)Western Kentucky
1967Western Kentucky (13-1)Tennessee Tech
1968East Tennessee/Murray St (11-3)N/A
1969Murray St/Morehead St (11-3)N/A
1970Western Kentucky (14-0)N/A
1971Western Kentucky (12-2)N/A
1972Eastern Kentucky/Morehead St/Western Kentucky (9-5)N/A
1973Austin Peay (11-3)N/A
1974Austin Peay/Morehead St (10-4)N/A
1975Middle Tennessee (12-2)Middle Tennessee
1976Western Kentucky (11-3)Western Kentucky
1977Austin Peay (13-1)Middle Tennessee
1978Middle Tennessee/East Tennessee (10-4)Western Kentucky
1979Eastern Kentucky (9-3)Eastern Kentucky
1980Western Kentucky/Murray St (10-2)Western Kentucky
1981Western Kentucky (12-2)Western Kentucky
1982Murray St/Western Kentucky (13-3)Middle Tennessee
1983Murray State (11-3)Morehead State
1984Morehead State (12-2)Morehead State
1985Tennessee Tech (11-3)Middle Tennessee
1986Akron/Middle Tennessee (10-4)Akron
1987Middle Tennessee (11-3)Austin Peay
1988Murray State (13-1)Murray State
1989Middle Tennessee/Murray St (10-2)Middle Tennessee
1990Murray State (10-2)Murray State
1991Murray State (10-2)Murray State
1992Murray State (11-3)Murray State
1993Tennessee State (13-3)Tennessee State
1994Murray State (15-1)Tennessee State
1995Murray St/Tennessee St(11-5)Murray State
1996Murray State (12-4)Austin Peay
1997Murray St/Austin Peay (12-6)Murray State
1998Murray State (16-2)Murray State
1999Murray State (16-2)Murray State
2000Southeast Missouri/Murray St (14-4)Southeast Missouri
2001Tennessee Tech (13-3)Eastern Illinois
2002Tennessee Tech (15-1)Murray State
2003Austin Peay/Morehead St (13-3)Austin Peay
2004Austin Peay (16-0)Murray State
2005Tennessee Tech (12-4)Eastern Kentucky
2006Murray State (17-3)Murray State

Conference facilities

School Football stadium Stadium capacity Basketball arena Arena capacity
Austin Peay Governors Stadium 10,000 Dunn Center 9,000
Eastern Illinois O'Brien Stadium 10,000 Lantz Arena 5,300
Eastern Kentucky Roy Kidd Stadium 22,000 McBrayer Arena 6,300
Jacksonville State Paul Snow Stadium 15,000 Pete Mathews Coliseum 5,800
Morehead State Jayne Stadium 10,000 Ellis Johnson Arena 6,500
Murray State Roy Stewart Stadium 16,800 Regional Special Events Center 8,602
Samford Seibert Stadium 6,700 Seibert Hall 4,240
Southeast Missouri Houck Stadium 11,015 Show Me Center 6,972
UT-Martin Graham Stadium 8,000 Skyhawk Arena 7,000
Tennessee State LP Field 68,000 Gentry Complex 10,500
Tennessee Tech Tucker Stadium 16,500 Eblen Center 10,152

Notes

Morehead State's football team competes in the Pioneer League.

External link

College athletics conferences | 1948 establishments

 

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