Missouri Valley Football Conference

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Missouri Valley Football Conference

Established	1985
Past Names	Gateway Football Conference
Classification	FCS
National Titles
Commissioner	Patty Viverito
Members	9
Sports Fielded	Football
States	Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota
Headquarters	St. Louis, MO
Website	Missouri Valley Football Conference

The Missouri Valley Football Conference enters its 24th season in 2008. In June 2008, presidents of the nine-member Gateway Football Conference and the 10-member Missouri Valley Conference approved a re branding initiative that changes the football conference name from the Gateway Football Conference to the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

The original Gateway Conference was founded as a women's athletics organization in August, 1982. The Gateway football division was born on August 21, 1985. In July of 1992, the league assumed its new name - Gateway Football Conference - as the women's programs realigned with their men's counterparts in their respective conferences, with most of the schools realigning in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Then 2008 name change represents the second name change for the football league, which begins its 24th season this fall. Initially, the conference competed as the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (1985-91) and the Gateway Football Conference (1992-2007).