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	Gateway Football Conference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gateway Football Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern United States.
		The league was formed from the remnant football schools of the old Missouri Valley when it stopped sponsoring its hybrid 1-A/1-AA football league in 1985.
		After Eastern Illinois joined the Ohio Valley Conference for football in 1995, Youngstown State joined in 1997 and was followed by Western Kentucky in 2001.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gateway_Football_Conference (301 words)

	I-AA Football History
		Division I football became part of the A-10 with the formation of the Atlantic 10 Football Conference in 1997, which was (and still is) comprised of members of the former "Yankee Conference".
		In July of 1992, The Gateway Conference disbanded and became the Gateway Football Conference, an NCAA Division I-AA football conference.
		The MAAC Football League is a Division I-AA league, which keeps costs to a minimum through a series of innovative conference rules involving travel squad size, length of the practice season, and a limited number of full-time coaches.
	www.petespoll.com /iaahistory.html (2428 words)

	Gateway Football - News - Missouri Valley Conference
		The Gateway Conference had 11 players named to The Sports Network FCS All-America team, as announced by the organization Monday. Six players from the league earned first-team honors. In all, 78
		Four Gateway Conference teams are ranked in the season-ending top-25 polls. Youngstown State is the league's highest-ranked team (No. 4), while this marks the second-straight year and third in the
		The Walter Payton and Buck Buchanan Awards were announced Thursday, Dec. 14, and the Gateway Conference was well represented in the voting. RB Arkee Whitlock finished third in the Payton balloting,
	www.gatewayfootball.org (250 words)

	Gateway looking at SDSU and NDSU - SiouxSports.com Forums
		Gateway Football Conference commissioner Patty Viverito said Wednesday night that her league has requested institutional information from SDSU and North Dakota State as it studies potential expansion in the near future.
		The Gateway is preparing for the possible departure of Western Kentucky, which is considering a move to Division I-A football beginning next fall.
		If another Gateway team were to leave (in the next 5 years), and NDSU and SDSU were members of the Gateway, it would not be beyond the realm of possibility that UND could move after a stint in the GWFC.
	siouxsports.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=7162 (1936 words)

	Hilltopper Football \| Head Coach David Elson
		Thomas was a first-team all-conference selection for the second year in a row as four other Toppers joined him, while six other individuals earned second-team or honorable mention recognition.
		Thirteen players were honored on the Gateway Conference’s postseason all-league teams, the second-highest total in the conference, while the Toppers placed a Gateway-high five individuals on the All-Newcomer Team.
		In 2002, the Hilltoppers led the Gateway Football Conference in the regular season in rush, pass, pass efficiency, total and scoring defense, becoming just the second team in league history to allow fewer than 10 points per contest in GFC games.
	www.coachelson.com /coachelson.htm (1472 words)

	AP Wire \| 10/26/2006 \| Gateway Conference eyes the Dakotas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		SIOUX FALLS, S.D. The Gateway Football Conference has requested information from South Dakota State University and North Dakota State University in preparation for possible expansion, said Patty Viverito, the league's commissioner.
		Conference member Western Kentucky is considering a move to Division I-A football, which would leave the Gateway Football Conference with seven members.
		Other current members of the Gateway Football Conference are Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri State, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, Western Illinois and Youngstown State.
	www.fortwayne.com /mld/newssentinel/sports/15856976.htm (293 words)

	Gateway Football Conference News
		The Gateway's Arkee Whitlock, Marcus Mason and Dre Dokes represent the league on the AFCA squad.
		The coaches in each district are responsible for ranking the top players in their respective districts prior to a conference call between the district chairmen and the committee chairman on which the team is chosen.
		One of three Gateway finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award, given to the nation's top FCS coach, Jon Heacock is this year's Gateway Coach of the Year.
	www.thegatewayconnection.com /coranto/newsarticles.shtml (6427 words)

	College Sporting News
		Gateway champion Northern Iowa is joined by at-large participant Western Kentucky.
		A Gateway Conference team has reached the semifinals in three of the past four years, including a Youngstown State national title in 1997.
		That marked only the second time in league history that five Gateway Conference teams were in the Top 25 the same week (Sept. 20, 1999).
	www.collegesportingnews.com /article.asp?articleid=9968 (2642 words)

	Western Kentucky Football To Leave OVC: Will seek membership in Gateway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Gateway is one of just four conferences to send six teams (two each year) to the 1-AA national championship playoffs over the course of the past three seasons, winning 12 games and losing only five times - by far the best record of any conference in playoff action over that span of time.
		And, Gateway schools demonstrated the kind of dominance they enjoy last fall, winning 30 of 42 non-conference (71.4%), including a 22-7 mark (76%) in action with other 1-AA teams.
		The Gateway has also made tremendous strides in obtaining television coverage for its institutions, coordinating its own five-game, in-house TV that features all members at least once.
	www.wku.edu /news/releases/june/gateway.html (444 words)

	Southern-Connection.Com - Your Connection to Georgia Southern Sports
		Team pairings were determined by geographic proximity, with the exception that teams from the same conference were not paired during the first round.
		Other conference champions hosting first-round games include Patriot League champion Lehigh University (10-0), the only undefeated team in Division I and McNeese State University, which was the Southland Football Conference champion.
		Conferences receiving automatic-qualifying berths were the Atlantic 10 Conference, Big Sky Conference, Gateway Football Conference, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference and Southland Football Conference.
	www.southern-connection.com /archives/2001/football/playoffs01.htm (667 words)

	College Sporting News
		This week’s Gateway Conference telecast can be seen live in a total of nearly 18 million homes on Fox Sports Net Midwest, Fox Sports Net Ohio, Fox Sports Net Chicago and Fox Sports Net Southwest.
		Two Gateway teams have been ranked in the top 10 during the same week (in the regular season) 51 times in league history, including twice this year.
		The Gateway Conference posted two wins against the I-A Mid-American Conference this past Saturday as Northern Iowa (42-39) defeated Ball State and Indiana State (21-14) won at Eastern Michigan.
	www.collegesportingnews.com /article.asp?articleid=5341 (2002 words)

	Gateway Football Conference Announces Preseason Poll, Teams - Pigskin Heaven Forums
		Southern Illinois has won or shared two-straight Gateway Conference titles, and the Salukis are picked to win a third-straight in 2005.
		If they do it, the Salukis will be the first Gateway team to win three-straight conference titles since UNI accomplished the feat by winning or sharing seven-straight titles from 1990 through 1996.
		The Salukis received 18 of 32 first-place tallies and 237 total points in the poll, and they were followed closely by Western Kentucky (223 points and nine first-place votes) and UNI (206/5).
	www.pigskinheaven.com /forums/showthread.php?t=13698 (179 words)

	YSUsports.com- Penguins Tabbed Second, Mays and Burley Selected
		St. Louis, Mo. -- The Youngstown State football team was picked second behind 2001 Gateway Football Conference Champion Northern Iowa in the conference preseason balloting by coaches, Sports Information Directors and selected media representatives, the league announced on Thursday.
		Representing YSU on the preseason all-conference team are senior tailback P.J. Mays and senior kick return specialist Jerald Burley.
		Mays was the 2001 Gateway Football Conference Offensive Player of the Year and Burley was a 2001 first-team all-conference pick.
	www.ysu.edu /sports/football/2002/gateway.htm (384 words)

	YSUsports.com- Penguins Open Gateway Season at Western Kentucky
		The No. 11 Youngstown State football team plays their first road game of the season this Saturday when the Penguins travel to Bowling Green, Ky., to play at Western Kentucky.
		YSU begins its sixth season of play in the Gateway on Saturday and enters its league opener with a 5-0 record all-time in Gateway campaign openers.
		YSU is 5-0 in contests that have opened its Gateway Football Conference campaigns.
	www.ysu.edu /sports/football/2002/wku1.htm (1391 words)

	Football wins Gateway Conference All-Academic Award ::
		It is based on the average student-athlete grade-point average for the academic year.
		The calculations include GPAs of all student-athletes in the Gateway who compete, practice or receive athletic aid during the academic year.
		Saluki linebacker Tony Rinella and the Western Illinois duo of lineman Perry Cox and kicker Justin Langan represented the Gateway Conference on the 2004 CoSIDA ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District V Team.
	siusalukis.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/080905aac.html (292 words)

	Daily Egyptian: 03/18/97: Dawgs gain new football conference rival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Three-time national champion Youngstown State University is joining the ranks of the Gateway Football Conference, and Patty Viverito could not be happier.
		Viverito, Gateway Football Conference commissioner, announced Thursday the arrival of Youngstown State University, which will begin competing in the 1997 season.
		Prior to its merger with the Gateway, YSU was independent in terms of conference affiliation.
	www.dailyegyptian.com /spring97/031897/dawgs.html (553 words)

	Division I-AA Selection Announcement - NCAA Sports.com
		The Tribe, which captured the Atlantic 10 Conference automatic berth, last postseason appearance was in 2001.
		The Eagles, who have won six I-AA football championships, are making their 15th tournament appearance and were the other co-champion from the Southern Conference.
		Eight conferences received automatic-qualifying berths: the Atlantic 10 Conference, Big Sky Conference, Gateway Football Conference, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference and Southland Football Conference.
	www.ncaasports.com /football/mens/story/7912561 (629 words)

	Football - Athletics - Missouri State University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The award goes to the outstanding football player based on athletic performance, scholarship, leadership and character, and is selected from within the athletics department.
		A Gateway Player of the Week twice as a junior, he was consistently nominated for selection to the league award in each of his last two years.
		The Gateway is the premier league in Division I-AA, soon to become the NCAA Division I Championship Subdivision.
	www.missouristatebears.com /13950.htm (7227 words)

	Gateway Football: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Gateway Football Conference's first season was in 1985, and Missouri State defeated Southern Illinois, 40-28, on Sept.
		Since the league's inception, a total of nine different members have played in the conference, with Eastern Illinois (now in the Ohio Valley Conference) the only team to leave the Gateway.
		Below are links, in Adobe Acrobat, to a statistical history of the Gateway Football Conference.
	gateway.sportsinfosystems.com /history.html (94 words)

	Championship Selections Announced - NCAA Sports.com
		The Pirates, which captured the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference automatic berth, are making their fourth appearance and looking for their first victory.
		The Bobcats, who are making their first appearance in the I-AA football championships, were co-champions from the Southland Conference along with Nicholls State University.
		Eastern Washington University (7-4) was the winner of the automatic bid from the Big Sky Conference and Northern Iowa was the Gateway Football Conference champion.
	www.ncaasports.com /football/mens/story/9053609 (591 words)

	Hilltopper Football \| Western Kentucky University
		In a 7-2 vote (with one abstention), the board accepted a proposal to elevate football from the NCAA Division I-AA classification to Division I-A status.
		The first year WKU will be eligible to participate for the Sun Belt Conference championship and a berth in a bowl game is 2009.
		Bowling Green, Ky. — A total of 10 Western Kentucky University players were named to the all-Gateway Football Conference teams announced Tuesday, led by first-team selections Curtis Hamilton and Marion Rumph.
	www.coachelson.com (511 words)

	The Northern Iowan - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This year, the Panthers are looking for back-to-back Gateway titles for the first time since 1996, when it completed a string of seven consecutive league titles.
		The Youngstown State Penguins are picked to finish second in the conference according to a poll conducted by league coaches, media, and sports information directors.
		The conference championship was the Penguins’ first since winning the Ohio Valley Conference championship in 1987.
	fp.uni.edu /northia/article2.asp?ID=5119&SECTION=4 (673 words)

	2002 NCAA DIVISION I-AA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD ANNOUNCED (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Huskies are making their first tournament appearance and are the automatic qualifier from the Atlantic 10 Conference after finishing in a tie with the University of Maine.
		In all, five conferences had to use a tie-breaking system to determine its automatic entry into the tournament.
		The other team that finished in a tie during the regular season and earned its' conference's automatic bid was Fordham University (9-2) from the Patriot League.
	www.ncaa.org /releases/champselections/2002/2002112401sl.htm (589 words)

	Gateway Conference - College Football Betting
		The Gateway Conference began sponsoring football on August 21, 1985.
		In July of 1992, it became the Gateway Football Conference, an NCAA Division I-AA football conference.
		Then, in 2000, the GFC extended an invitation to Western Kentucky which brought the league up to its current level of eight members.
	www.instantactionsports.com /sportsbook/ncaa-football/gateway-history.html (246 words)

	Gateway Gators - Gateway High School - Monroeville PA
		Gateway gained 460 of its 467 yards on the ground and limited Kiski (4-5, 2-3) to 51 yards on offense.
		This was the worst defeat in the series since the Indians won, 48-0, in 1994, and the worst defeat for Coach Terry Smith since he became head coach in 2002.
		One certainty is that if they make the playoffs they will not have a home playoff game because at best they will finish with a 5-4 record, which will be in the bottom 8 teams of the 16 team playoff field.
	www.gatewaygators.com (1249 words)

	Gateway Media Day Wrap-Up
		This conference is the hardest in the country.”
		Stuart Williams who was a Preseason-All Gateway selection is part of an offensive line that has started a number of games together.
		Bret Ingalls brings a wealth of offensive experience and is a former member of this conference.
	web.indstate.edu /athletics/football/07-27-04.html (1167 words)

	I-AA College Football: Welcome to I-AA.org, the worldwide leader in I-AA College Football official news!
		UNI has been tabbed to win the 2006 Gateway Football Conference title in a poll conducted by league coaches, media and sports information directors.
		After sharing the crown with Southern Illinois and Youngstown State and then reaching the I-AA title game in 2005, UNI is looking for back-to-back Gateway titles for the first time since 1996, when it completed a string of seven-consecutive league titles.
		The Panthers received 22 of 32 first-place tallies and a total of 239 points in the poll, and they were followed by Youngstown State (208 points and seven first-place votes) and Illinois State (190/2).
	www.i-aa.org /article.asp?articleid=79752 (279 words)

	Great West Football Conference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great West Football Conference is a NCAA Division I-AA college athletic conference.
		Mary's College (CA) was slated to join the conference but then dropped football prior to the 2004 season.
		Cal Poly won the conference title in 2004 and tied with UC Davis for the title in 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_West_Football_Conference (255 words)

	2003 NCAA DIVISION I-AA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD ANNOUNCED (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		INDIANAPOLIS---The field of 16 teams competing for the 2003 Division I-AA Football Championship was announced today by the NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee.
		The Terriers, who captured the Southern Conference crown, last postseason appearance was in 1991 when they qualified for the Division II playoffs.
		Jacksonville State University (8-3), which is making its first postseason appearance since it won the Division II national championship in 1992, is the automatic winner from the Ohio Valley Conference.
	www.ncaa.org /releases/champselections/2003112301sl.htm (592 words)

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