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led the effort to create an intercollegiate football league to improve the process in which the state championship was awarded. The conference began competition on
October 13, 1894 with games between
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after legislation was passed to prevent its use of graduate student-athletes. The league was subsequently reorganized without
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claimed the championship in 1906. After the 1907 season, the Aggies, St. John's and
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of 90 yards, with no one in pursuit, appeared a very doubtful one." Maryland finished the season by beating
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The impetus for the formation of the MIFA was a controversial game on
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conference with a membership composed of schools located primarily in the state of
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that "a decision by which the M.A.C. were allowed to score the only
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List of
Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association standings
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456:Football in Baltimore: History and Memorabilia
531:Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association
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67:All of the members were universities, except
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17:Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association
342:List of defunct college football conferences
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84:Saint John's College
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213:Football champions
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