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{| class="infobox"
!colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#000000" | <font color="#FFFFFF">'''Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference '''
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|colspan="2" align=center | [[Image:MIACSTATElogo.jpg]]
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!colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#000000" | <font color="#FFFFFF">'''Data'''
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|Classification|| [[NCAA]] [[Division III]]
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|Established || 1920
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|Members || 13
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|Sports fielded || 22 (11 men's, 11 women's)
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|Region || [[Midwestern United States]]
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|State || [[Minnesota]]
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|Headquarters || [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]
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The '''Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference''' ('''MIAC''') is an [[College Athletic Conference]] which competes in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s [[Division III]].  As the name implies, member schools are located in the state of [[Minnesota]]; also, all of the member schools are private, with all but one having a religious affiliation, and only two being non-sectarian.

== History ==
On [[March 15]], [[1920]], a formal constitution was adopted and the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was born, with Carleton College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hamline University, Macalester College, St. John's University, St. Olaf College and the University of St. Thomas. 

Concordia College-Moorhead joined the MIAC in 1921, Augsburg College in 1924 and St. Mary's University in 1926. Carleton dropped membership in 1925, rejoining in 1983. St. Olaf left in 1950, returning in 1975. [[University of Minnesota Duluth]] was a member of the MIAC from 1950 to 1975. Bethel University joined in 1978. The MIAC initiated women's competition in 1981-1982, and it was after this that the College of  St. Catherine (1983) and the College of St. Benedict (1985) joined the league.

Augsburg did not participate in intercollegiate football from 1935 through 1938. The Conference did not play sports from the fall 1943 to the spring of 1945 due to World War II. St. Mary's discontinued its football program in 1955. Macalester became an independent in football in 2002, but still retains its MIAC membership in other sports. Wrestling was dropped as a conference sponsored sport after the 2002-03 season. St. Catherine and St. Benedict, being both women's colleges, also do not sponsor football. Together with St. John's (one of only a handful of men's colleges), St. Benedict forms a joint academic institution, known commonly by the acronym CSB/SJU.

==Member schools==
{| class="wikitable"
!Institution
!Nickname
!Location
!Founded
!Affiliation
!Enrollment
|-
|[[Augsburg College]]
|Auggies
|[[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
|1869
|Private/Lutheran (ELCA)
|3,564
|-
|[[Bethel University (Minnesota)|Bethel University]]
|Royals
|[[Arden Hills, Minnesota]]
|1871
|Private/Baptist (BGC)
|2,900
|-
|[[Carleton College]]
|Knights
|[[Northfield, Minnesota]]
|1866
|Private/Non-Sectarian
|1,750
|-
|[[Concordia College, Moorhead|Concordia College]]
|Cobbers
|[[Moorhead, Minnesota]]
|1891
|Private/Lutheran (ELCA)
|2,826
|-
|[[Gustavus Adolphus College]]
|Golden Gusties
|[[St. Peter, Minnesota]]
|1862
|Private/Lutheran (ELCA)
|2,536
|-
|[[Hamline University]]
|Pipers
|[[St. Paul, Minnesota]]
|1854
|Private/Methodist (UMC)
|1,944
|-
|[[Macalester College]]
|Scots
|[[St. Paul, Minnesota]]
|1874
|Private/Non-Sectarian
|1,700
|-
|[[College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University|College of Saint Benedict]]
|Blazers
|[[St. Joseph, Minnesota]]
|1913
|Private/Catholic
|2,006
|-
|[[College of St. Catherine]]
|Wildcats
|[[St. Paul, Minnesota]]
|1905
|Private/Catholic
|4,600
|-
|[[College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University|Saint John's University]]
|Johnnies
|[[Collegeville Township, Minnesota|Collegeville, Minnesota]]
|1857
|Private/Catholic
|1,684
|-
|[[Saint Mary's University of Minnesota|St. Mary’s University]]
|Cardinals
|[[Winona, Minnesota]]
|1912
|Private/Catholic
|1,350
|-
|[[St. Olaf College]]
|Oles
|[[Northfield, Minnesota]]
|1874
|Private/Lutheran (ELCA)
|2,900
|-
|[[University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)|University of St. Thomas]]
|Tommies
|[[St. Paul, Minnesota]]
|1885
|Private/Catholic
|5,304
|}

==Sports==
Member teams compete in [[American football|football]] (men's), [[soccer]] (men's and women's), [[cross country running|cross country]] (men's and women), [[golf]] (men's and women), [[volleyball]] (women's), [[basketball]] (men's and women), [[ice hockey]] (men's and women), [[athletics (track and field)|indoor track and field]] (men's and women), [[swimming]] and [[diving]] (men's and women), [[baseball]] (men's), [[tennis]] (men's and women), [[athletics (track and field)|track and field]] (men's and women) and [[softball]] (women's). The conference no longer sponsors men's [[collegiate wrestling|wrestling]] or  men's and women's [[Nordic skiing]].

==Football trophies games==
*'''The Goat Trophy''' (Carleton College v. Saint Olaf College)
*'''The Hammer''' (Augsburg College v. Hamline University) started 2005
*'''The Holy Grail''' (St. John's University v. University of St. Thomas)
*'''The Troll''' (Concordia College v. Saint Olaf College)
*'''Wilson Brothers Cup''' (Hamline University vs. University of St. Thomas)
==Trophy games between MIAC football members and non football members==
*'''The Old Paint Bucket''' (Macalester College v. Hamline University)
*'''Book of Knowledge''' (Carleton College v. Macalester College) — since 1999
*'''Power Bowl''' (Concordia College v. Minnesota State University-Moorhead) — 1999-2007 (formerly the American Crystal Sugar Bowl — 1984-1999 — the matchup dated back to 1919) [http://www.cord.edu/dept/sports/sportsbackup/boxes/w9899boxes/powerbowl.htm]
*'''Victory Bell''' (Loras College (Iowa) vs. University of St. Thomas)

==MIAC football titles won (1920-2008)==                                

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team !! Championships !! Years  won
|-
|St. John's || 30 ||1932, 1935c, 1936c, 1938, 1953c, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1971c, 1974c, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979c, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995c, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001c, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006c, 2008
|-
|Gustavus Adolphus|| 22 || 1926, 1927, 1933, 1935c, 1936c, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952c, 1953c, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1971c, 1972, 1987 
|-
|Concordia || 18 ||1931, 1934, 1942c, 1952c, 1957, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1974c, 1978c, 1979c, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1988c, 1990c, 1995c, 2004
|-
|St. Thomas ||14 ||1922c, 1929, 1930c, 1939, 1941, 1942c, 1947c, 1948, 1949, 1956, 1973c, 1979c, 1983, 1990
|-
|St. Olaf ||6||1922c, 1923, 1930c, 1935c, 1978c, 1979c
|-
|Hamline ||5|| 1920, 1921, 1966, 1984, 1988c 
|-
|Bethel  ||4|| 2000, 2001c, 2006c, 2007
|-
|UM-Duluth*||3||1960, 1961, 1973c
|-
|Augsburg||2||1928c, 1997
|-
|Carleton||2||1924, 1992
|-
|Macalester**||2||1925, 1947c
|-
|St. Mary's***||1||1928c
|}
*c = shared championship
*''*'' No Longer a MIAC member
*''**'' No Longer competes in MIAC football
*''***'' No Longer competes in football
*No football played in 1943-1944 due to World War II

==MIAC basketball titles won or shared==
===Men's basketball titles won (1920-21 to 2008-09)===                                

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team !! Championships !! Years  won
|-
|St. Thomas || 24 ||1924, 1946c, 1949c, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1981c, 1989c, 1990, 1991c, 1992c, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006c, 2007, 2008, 2009
|-
|Hamline|| 19 || 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938c, 1939c, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949c, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1960 
|-
|Gustavus Adolphus|| 16 ||1925, 1926, 1928, 1938c, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1975c, 1988, 1991c, 1992c, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005
|-
|Augsburg ||13 ||1927, 1946c, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1975c, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1998, 1999
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|St. John's || 7 ||1969, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1993, 2001
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|Carleton ||4||1921, 1922, 1923, 2006c 
|-
|UM-Duluth*||4||1958, 1959, 1961, 1962
|-
|St. Olaf||3||1929, 1930, 1989c
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|Concordia||3||1931, 1982, 1983
|-
|Macalester ||2||1937, 1981c
|-
|St. Mary's||2||1939c, 1940
|-
|Bethel||0||
|}

*Not played 1943-44 to 1944-45
*c = shared championship
*''*'' No Longer a Member of the MIAC

===Women's basketball titles won (1981-82 to 2008-09)===      
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team !! Championships !! Years  won
|-
|St. Benedict  || 12 ||1989, 1993, 1995, 1998c, 1999, 2002c, 2003c, 2004c, 2006, 2007, 2008c, 2009
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|St. Thomas|| 11 || 1983c, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998c, 2000, 2001, 2002c , 2008c
|-
|Concordia|| 6 ||1982, 1983c, 1986c, 1987c, 1988, 1990
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|Carleton ||3 ||2003c, 2004c, 2005
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|St. Mary's || 2 ||1985, 1986c
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|Gustavus Adolphus ||1||2003c 
|-
|Bethel||1||1994
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|St. Olaf||1||1983c
|-
|Augsburg ||0||
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|Hamline ||0||
|-
|Macalester ||0||
|-
|St. Catherine ||0||
|}

*c = shared championship

==MIAC hockey titles won or shared==
===Men's hockey (1922-23 - 2008-09)===                                
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team !! Championships !! Years  won
|-
|St. Thomas||27|||1923c, 1934, 1938c, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1949, 1951c, 1952, 1953c, 1974, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993c, 1994, 1995, 1998c, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006
|-
|Gustavus Adolphus||13||1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977c, 1984, 1993c 
|-
|Macalester %||12||1923c, 1930, 1931, 1932c, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1939c, 1950c, 1951c, 1962, 1963
|-
|UM-Duluth *||9||1953c, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961
|-
|Augsburg||8||1928, 1977c, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981c, 1982, 1998c
|-
|St. John's||7||1935, 1950c, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005 
|-
|Hamline||4||1923c, 1932c, 1948, 2008 
|-
|St. Mary's||4||1929, 1964, 1965, 1988
|-
|St. Olaf||3||1938c, 1939c, 2009
|-
|Concordia||2||1981c, 1987
|-
|Bethel||1||2007
|-
|Carleton**||NA
|}

*Hockey not played 1942-43 to 1945-46
*''c'' = shared championship
*''*'' No longer a member of the MIAC
*''**'' Does not have a varsity hockey team has a club team
*''%'' No longer a hockey member - now has a club team

===Women's hockey (1998-99 - 2008-09)===                                
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team !! Championships !! Years  won
|-
|Gustavus Adolphus||8||1999c, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
|-
|St. Thomas||2||2003, 2004
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|Augsburg||2||1999c, 2000c
|-
|St. Mary's||2||1999c, 2000c
|-
|Bethel||0||
|-
|Concordia||0||
|-
|Hamline||0||
|-
|St. Benedict||0||
|-
|St. Catherine||0||
|-
|St. Olaf||0||
|-
|Carleton*||NA||
|-
|Macalester*||NA||
|}

*''c'' = shared championship
*''*'' Does not have a varsity hockey team has a club team

==Conference Facilities==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!School
!Football stadium
!Capacity
!Basketball arena
!Capacity
!Hockey arena
!Capacity
|-
|Augsburg
|[[Edor Nelson Field]]
|1,400
|[[Si Melby Hall]]
|2,200
|[[Augsburg Ice Arena]]
|800
|-
|Bethel
|[[Royal Stadium]]
|3,500
|[[Robertson Center]]
|2,000
|[[Schwan Super Rink]] [[Blaine Ice Palace]]
|1,000
|-
|Carleton
|[[Laird Stadium]]
|7,500
|[[West Gymnasium]]
|1,850
|''Non-Hockey School''
|N/A
|-
|Concordia
|[[Jake Christiansen Stadium]]
|7,000
|[[Memorial Auditorium (Concordia)|Memorial Auditorium]]
|3,500
|[[Moorhead Sports Center]]
|
|-
|Gustavus Adolphus
|[[Hollingsworth Field]]
|5,000
|[[Lund Center]]
|3,000
|[[Lund Arena]]
|1,500
|-
|Hamline
|[[Klas Field]]
|2,000
|[[Hutton Fieldhouse]]
|2,000
|[[Drake Arena]]
|600
|-
|Macalester*
|[[Macalester Stadium]]
|4,000
|[[Leonard Center]]
|1,600
|''Non-Hockey School''
|N/A
|-
|St. Benedict
|''Non-Football School''
|N/A
|[[Claire Lynch Hall]]
|1,000
|[[Torrey Arena]]
|
|-
|St. Catherine
|''Non-Football School''
|N/A
|[[Butler Center (St. Catherine)|Butler Center]]
|500
|[[Ridder Arena]]
|3,400
|-
|St. John’s
|[[Clemens Stadium]]
|7,000
|[[Sexton Arena]]
|2,964
|[[National Hockey Center]]
|5,763
|-
|St. Mary’s
|''Non-Football School''
|N/A
|[[St. Mary's Fieldhouse]]
|3,500
|[[St. Mary's Ice Arena]]
|
|-
|St. Olaf
|[[Manitou Field]]
|3,500
|[[Skogland Athletic Center]]
|3,000
|[[Northfield Ice Arena]]
|600
|-
|St. Thomas
|[[O'Shaughnessy Stadium]]
|5,025
|[[Schoenecker Arena]]
|2,200
|[[St. Thomas Ice Arena]]
|1,400
|}

''*'' plays an independent football schedule

==Executive Director of MIAC==
The Executive Director services as the conference "commissioner", the position was created in 1994.

*Carlyle Carter 1994-2005
*Dan McKane 2005- 

==External links==
*[http://www.miac-online.org/ MIAC Home Page]