Eastern Football Conference (1965–1974)

The Eastern Football Conference was an NCAA intercollegiate athletic football conference that existed from 1965 to 1974. The league's membership was centered in the Northeastern United States.[1] A separate NCAA Division II conference with the same name existed from 1997 to 2000.

## Members

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Team  | Location  | Joined  | Last season  | Conference joined

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Bridgeport Purple Knights | Bridgeport, Connecticut | 1965  | 1971  | NCAA College Division independent
Central Connecticut Blue Devils | New Britain, Connecticut | 1965  | 1974  | NCAA Division II independent
Glassboro State Profs | Glassboro, New Jersey | 1965  | 1974  | New Jersey State Athletic Conference
Monclair State Indians | Montclair, New Jersey | 1965  | 1974  | New Jersey State Athletic Conference
Southern Connecticut State Owls | New Haven, Connecticut | 1965  | 1974  | NCAA Division II independent
Trenton State Lions | Trenton, New Jersey | 1965  | 1968  | New Jersey State Athletic Conference

## Champions

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* 1965 – Southern Connecticut State
* 1966 – Southern Connecticut State
* 1967 – Central Connecticut State & Southern Connecticut State
* 1968 – Southern Connecticut State
* 1969 – Bridgeport
* 1970 – Montclair State & Southern Connecticut State
* 1971 – Bridgeport
* 1972 – Central Connecticut State & Glassboro State
* 1973 – Central Connecticut State
* 1974 – Central Connecticut State

## Yearly standings

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1965 Eastern Football Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Southern Connecticut State $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Central Connecticut State | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Montclair State | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Bridgeport | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Trenton State | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Glassboro State | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1966 Eastern Football Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Southern Connecticut State $  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Bridgeport | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Central Connecticut State | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Trenton State | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Montclair State | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Glassboro State | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

1967 Eastern Football Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Central Connecticut State \+  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Southern Connecticut State \+  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Bridgeport | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Montclair State | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Glassboro State | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Trenton State | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

1968 Eastern Football Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Southern Connecticut State $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Central Connecticut State | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Bridgeport | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Trenton State | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Glassboro State | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Montclair State | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1969 Eastern Football Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Bridgeport $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Montclair State | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Glassboro State | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Central Connecticut State | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Southern Connecticut State | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1970 Eastern Football Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Montclair State \+  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Southern Connecticut State \+  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Central Connecticut State | 2  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Bridgeport | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Glassboro State | 0  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1

* \+ - Conference co-champions

1971 Eastern Football Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Bridgeport $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 0
Montclair State | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Southern Connecticut State | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Central Connecticut State | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Glassboro State | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1972 Eastern Football Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Glassboro State \+  | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Central Connecticut State \+  | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Montclair State | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Southern Connecticut State | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

1973 Eastern Football Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Central Connecticut State $  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Southern Connecticut State | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Montclair State | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Glassboro State | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1974 Eastern Football Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Central Connecticut State $  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 1
Glassboro State | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 1
Montclair State | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 1
Southern Connecticut State | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

## See also

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* List of defunct college football conferences

## References

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1. ^ Eastern Football Conference (1965-1974) Archived 2015-09-07 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 23, 2015.

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