OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE

'Ohio Valley Conference'

Ohio Valley Conference

'Data'
Classification NCAA Division I FCS
Established 1948
Members 11
Sports fielded 17 (8 men’s, 9 women’s)
Region Midwest and South
States 5 – Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky,
Missouri, Tennessee
Headquarters Brentwood, Tennessee
Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher
'Locations'

The 'Ohio Valley Conference' (OVC) is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS; formerly known as Division I-AA), the lower of two levels of Division I football competition. The OVC has 11 members, 10 of which (as of the 2007 season) compete in football in the conference; the 11th, Morehead State, competes in the Pioneer Football League.

Contents
Member schools
Departing members
Former members
Football conference champions
Men's basketball conference champions
Conference facilities
Notes
External link

Member schools


InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentYear Joined
Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, Tennessee1927Public9,1921962
Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois1895Public11,6511996
Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky1874Public16,1831948
Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonville, Alabama1883Public9,1102003
Morehead State UniversityMorehead, Kentucky1922Public9,5091948
Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky1922Public10,1281948
Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama1842Private/Baptist4,4402003
Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri1873Public9,6151991
Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Tennessee1912Public8,7481986
Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Tennessee1912Public9,2171949
University of Tennessee at MartinMartin, Tennessee1901Public5,8101992

;Teams

★ Austin Peay Governors and Lady Govs

★ Eastern Illinois Panthers

★ Eastern Kentucky Colonels and Lady Colonels

★ Jacksonville State Gamecocks

★ Morehead State Eagles

★ Murray State Racers and Lady Racers

★ Samford Bulldogs

★ Southeast Missouri Redhawks

★ Tennessee State Tigers and Lady Tigers

★ Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

★ Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks
Departing members


★ Samford University (Southern Conference), July 1, 2008[1]
Former members


★ Youngstown State University (Gateway Football Conference) 1981-(1987 Football)1992

Football conference champions


SeasonChampionRecord
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
2006Tennessee-Martin6-1
Eastern Illinois7-1

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
2007Austin Peay (16-4)Eastern Kentucky


★ List of Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament venues

Conference facilities


SchoolFootball stadiumCapacityBasketball arenaCapacity
Austin PeayGovernors Stadium10,000Dunn Center9,000
Eastern IllinoisO'Brien Stadium10,000Lantz Arena5,300
Eastern KentuckyRoy Kidd Stadium22,000Alumni Coliseum6,300
Jacksonville StatePaul Snow Stadium15,000Pete Mathews Coliseum5,800
Morehead StateJayne Stadium10,000Ellis Johnson Arena6,500
Murray StateRoy Stewart Stadium16,800Regional Special Events Center8,602
SamfordSeibert Stadium6,700Thomas E. and Marla H. Corts Arena5,000
Southeast MissouriHouck Stadium11,015Show Me Center6,972
UT-MartinGraham Stadium8,000Skyhawk Arena7,000
Tennessee StateLP Field68,000Gentry Complex10,500
Tennessee TechTucker Stadium16,500Eblen Center10,152

Notes


Morehead State's football team competes in the Pioneer Football League, a Division I FCS football-only conference whose members choose not to offer athletic scholarships for football.
Austin Peay's football team competed in the Pioneer League for the 2001-2005 seasons, then became an independent for the 2006 season, and will begin football participation in the Ohio Valley Conference once again, starting in 2007.

External link



★ Official Internet site of the Ohio Valley Conference

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