Western Interstate University Football Association
The Western Interstate University Football Association (WIUFA) was one of the first intercollegiate athletic conferences in the United States, existing from 1892 to 1897.
Formation, history and evolution
The football teams from the Universities of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska formed the conference and competed against each other annually. Early WIUFA play led to the famous rivalry between Kansas and Missouri, and racial tension surrounding the participation of Iowa's Frank Kinney Holbrook in the 1896 game between Iowa and Missouri ended up preventing what may have become a long-standing rivalry between the two schools.[1][2]
All four members of the WIUFA would later be among the original members of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA), which was formed in 1907. Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska stayed with the MVIAA as it evolved over the decades into the Big Eight Conference, which existed through the 1995 season. Beginning in 1996, the members of the Big 8 joined with four schools of the former Southwest Conference to form the new Big 12 Conference.
Record-keeping discrepancies
For every year of the conference's existence, except 1896, there was at least one disagreement as to the final score of a game between member schools. However, in no cases is the final outcome of any game disputed.[3]
Seasons
1892 season
Standings
| 1892 Western Interstate football standings |
|
Conf |
|
|
Overall |
| Team |
W |
|
L |
|
T |
|
|
W |
|
L |
|
T |
| Kansas |
3 |
– |
0 |
– |
0 |
|
|
7 |
– |
1 |
– |
0 |
| Nebraska |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
|
|
2 |
– |
2 |
– |
1 |
| Missouri |
1 |
– |
2 |
– |
0 |
|
|
1 |
– |
2 |
– |
0 |
| Iowa |
0 |
– |
2 |
– |
1 |
|
|
3 |
– |
2 |
– |
1 |
|
|
1893 season
Standings
| 1893 Western Interstate football standings |
|
Conf |
|
|
Overall |
| Team |
W |
|
L |
|
T |
|
|
W |
|
L |
|
T |
| Missouri |
2 |
– |
1 |
– |
0 |
|
|
4 |
– |
3 |
– |
0 |
| Kansas |
2 |
– |
1 |
– |
0 |
|
|
2 |
– |
5 |
– |
0 |
| Nebraska |
1 |
– |
2 |
– |
0 |
|
|
3 |
– |
2 |
– |
1 |
| Iowa |
1 |
– |
2 |
– |
0 |
|
|
3 |
– |
4 |
– |
0 |
|
|
1894 season
Standings
| 1894 Western Interstate football standings |
|
Conf |
|
|
Overall |
| Team |
W |
|
L |
|
T |
|
|
W |
|
L |
|
T |
| Nebraska |
2 |
– |
1 |
– |
0 |
|
|
6 |
– |
2 |
– |
0 |
| Missouri |
2 |
– |
1 |
– |
0 |
|
|
4 |
– |
3 |
– |
0 |
| Kansas |
1 |
– |
2 |
– |
0 |
|
|
2 |
– |
3 |
– |
1 |
| Iowa |
1 |
– |
2 |
– |
0 |
|
|
4 |
– |
4 |
– |
1 |
|
|
1895 season
Standings
| 1895 Western Interstate football standings |
|
Conf |
|
|
Overall |
| Team |
W |
|
L |
|
T |
|
|
W |
|
L |
|
T |
| Nebraska |
2 |
– |
1 |
– |
0 |
|
|
6 |
– |
3 |
– |
0 |
| Kansas |
2 |
– |
1 |
– |
0 |
|
|
6 |
– |
1 |
– |
0 |
| Missouri |
2 |
– |
1 |
– |
0 |
|
|
7 |
– |
1 |
– |
0 |
| Iowa |
0 |
– |
3 |
– |
0 |
|
|
2 |
– |
5 |
– |
0 |
|
|
1896 season
Standings
| 1896 Western Interstate football standings |
|
Conf |
|
|
Overall |
| Team |
W |
|
L |
|
T |
|
|
W |
|
L |
|
T |
| Iowa |
2 |
– |
0 |
– |
1 |
|
|
7 |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
| Kansas |
2 |
– |
1 |
– |
0 |
|
|
7 |
– |
3 |
– |
0 |
| Nebraska |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
|
|
6 |
– |
3 |
– |
1 |
| Missouri |
0 |
– |
3 |
– |
0 |
|
|
7 |
– |
5 |
– |
0 |
|
|
1897 season
Standings
| 1897 Western Interstate football standings |
|
Conf |
|
|
Overall |
| Team |
W |
|
L |
|
T |
|
|
W |
|
L |
|
T |
| Nebraska |
3 |
– |
0 |
– |
0 |
|
|
5 |
– |
1 |
– |
0 |
| Kansas |
2 |
– |
1 |
– |
0 |
|
|
8 |
– |
2 |
– |
0 |
| Iowa |
0 |
– |
2 |
– |
0 |
|
|
4 |
– |
4 |
– |
0 |
| Missouri |
0 |
– |
2 |
– |
0 |
|
|
5 |
– |
6 |
– |
0 |
|
|
References