Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association

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The Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association was an American college athletic conference that operated primarily in the Southwestern United States during the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf college athletic conference
defunct college athletic conference
abbreviation Border Conference
alsoKnownAs Border Conference
competitionLevel major college football
conferenceType NCAA conference
country United States
dissolutionReason realignment of member schools into other conferences
dissolved 1962
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association
hadMember Arizona State University
Hardin–Simmons University
New Mexico A&M College
Northern Arizona University
Texas Mines
Texas Tech University
University of Arizona
University of New Mexico
University of Texas at El Paso
West Texas State Teachers College
historicalSignificance early major college athletic conference in the American Southwest
inception 1931
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
Mountain Time Zone
memberOf NCAA University Division football
linked to: NCAA football
notableFormerMember Arizona State Sun Devils football
New Mexico Lobos football
linked to: New Mexico Lobos

Texas Tech Red Raiders football
UTEP Miners football
operatedInPeriod mid-20th century
region Southwestern United States
sport college athletics
sportSponsored American football
baseball
men's basketball
successor Western Athletic Conference

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Border Conference alsoKnownAs Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association