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Western Football Conference (United States)

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Association
  
NCAA

Region
  
Pacific coast

Division
  
II

The Western Football Conference was an NCAA Division II scholarship-awarding football conference that existed from 1982 to 1993.

Among its member schools were (from 1982–1992 unless otherwise noted):

  • Santa Clara University
  • Cal Poly SLO
  • Cal State Northridge
  • California Lutheran University (1985–1989)
  • Sacramento State (1985–1992)
  • Southern Utah (1986–1992)
  • Portland State
  • Cal Poly Pomona (1982)

    • Its founding, and only commissioner was Vic Buccola who had been the athletic director at Cal Poly from 1973 to 1981. He then became a founder and commissioner of American West Conference.

    The WFC folded in part because of a new NCAA rule that prohibited member institutions who competed at the Division I (D-I) level in other sports to compete at the Division II (D-II) level in football. Of the eight member schools:

  • Four (Cal Poly SLO, Sacramento State, Southern Utah, and Portland State) are currently members of the Division I FCS Big Sky Conference.
  • One (California Lutheran) is a member of the Division III Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC).
  • And three have dropped football as a varsity sport - Cal Poly Pomona in 1983, Santa Clara in 1993, and Cal State Northridge in 2001 (following a brief stint in the Big Sky). In all other sports, Cal Poly Pomona is currently a member of the Division II California Collegiate Athletic Association, Santa Clara is a member of the Division I West Coast Conference, and Cal State Northridge is a member of the Division I Big West Conference.

    • The WFC Scholar Athlete of the Year Award was named for Santa Clara's coach Pat Malley. Its recipients include:

  • 1987: Tracy Morris Downs, M.D.—Cal Lutheran

    • References

    Western Football Conference (United States) Wikipedia
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