What is the Missouri Valley Conference?
Q: What is the Missouri Valley Conference?
A: The Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) is a college sports conference in the United States that sponsors many sports, but has not played football since the 1984 season.
Q: When was the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association formed?
A: The Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) was formed in 1907 by several schools in the Midwestern United States.
Q: What happened to the MVIAA in 1928?
A: In 1928, the MVIAA split into two leagues. One league, made up mostly of large schools, kept the MVIAA name and years later became the Big Eight Conference. The smaller schools formed the MVC. Both groups claimed a 1907 founding date, and shared a common history up to 1928.
Q: What happened to the Big Eight Conference?
A: In 1996,the Big Eight merged with several schools from the collapsing Southwest Conference to form today's Big 12 Conference. This merger did not include any of Big Eight's history or legacy.
Q: Who now claims any of MVIAA's history?
A: Because of this merger between Big Eight and Southwest Conferences, only MVC now has a claim to any of MVIAAs history.
Q: How long has it been since MVC played football?
A: It has been since 1984 season since MVC last played football.
