Frontier Football History

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The Frontier Conference was originally called the Montana Small College Conference from 1934 to 1936 and then rebranded in 1936 as the Montana Collegiate Conference. The conference was rebranded again in 1967 as the Frontier Conference.
 
YEAR SCHOOL
1934 No conference football champion
1935 Montana State Normal College (now Montana Western)
1936 Montana School of Mines (now Montana Tech)/ Montana State Normal College (now Montana Western) 
1937 Billings Polytechnic Institute( now Rocky Mountain College)
1938 Billings Polytechnic Institute (now Rocky Mountain College)
1939 Montana School of Mines (now Montana Tech)
1940 Carroll College
1941 Carroll College
1942 No Games, World War II
1943 No Games, World War II
1944 No Games, World War II
1945 No Games, World War II
1946 Montana State Normal College (now Montana Western) was the only school to resume football
1947 Montana State Normal College (now Montana Western)
1948 Eastern Montana Normal College (now MSU Billings)
1949 Western Montana College (now Montana Western)
1950 Carroll College
1951 Carroll College
1952 Carroll College
1953 Carroll College
1954 Carroll College
1955 Rocky Mountain College
1956 Rocky Mountain College
1957 Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings)
1958 Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings)
1959 Carroll College/Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings)
1960 Eastern Montana College (now MSU-Billings)/Rocky Mountain College
1961 Western Montana College (now Montana Western)
1962 Western Montana College (now Montana Western)
1963 Western Montana College (now Montana Western)
1964 Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings)
1965 Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings)
1966 Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings)
1967 Western Montana College (now Montana Western)
1968 Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings)
1969 Western Montana College (now Montana Western)
1970 Montana Tech
1971 Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings)
1972 Carroll College/Montana Tech
1973 Carroll College
1974 Carroll College
1975 Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings)
1976 Carroll College
1977 Western Montana College (now Montana Western)
1978 Carroll College
1979 Montana Tech
1980 Carroll College/Western Montana College (now Montana Western)
1981 Carroll College
1982 Carroll College/Western Montana College (now Montana Western)
1983 Montana Tech
1984 Rocky Mountain College
1985 Carroll College
1986 Carroll College
1987 Carroll College
1988 Carroll College
1989 Carroll College
1990 Carroll College
1991 Rocky Mountain College
1992 Montana Tech
1993 Carroll College/Western Montana College (now Montana Western)
1994 Western Montana College (now Montana Western)
1995 Western Montana College (now Montana Western)
1996 Montana Tech
1997 Montana Tech
1998 Rocky Mountain Collegee
1999 Rocky Mountain College
2000 Carroll College
2001 Carroll College
2002 Carroll College/Montana Western, Both schools received NAIA playoff bids
2003 Carroll College
2004 Carroll College/Montana Tech/Montana Western
2005 Carroll College 
2006 Carroll College
2007 Carroll College
2008 Carroll College
2009 Carroll College
2010 Carroll College 
2011 Carroll College
2012 Montana Tech/Southern Oregon
2013 Carroll College
2014 Carroll College
2015 Montana Tech
2016 Montana Tech
2017 Southern Oregon
2018 Rocky Mountain College
2019 College of Idaho
2020-21 Carroll College*, College of Idaho, Eastern Oregon (Covid-19 Spring Season, five teams competed) *received NAIA playoff bid
2021 College of Idaho, Montana Western*, Rocky Mountain College. *received NAIA playoff bid
2022 *Carroll College and College of Idaho, *received NAIA playoff bid
2023 Montana Western
2024 Montana Western

Frontier Conference National Champions
YEAR SCHOOL
2002 Carroll College
2003 Carroll College
2004 Carroll College
2005 Carroll College
2007 Carroll College
2010 Carroll College
2014 Southern Oregon University

Frontier Conference NAIA Football Championship Series Appearances (Since 1971)
YEAR SCHOOL
1971 Montana Tech
1978 Carroll
1985 Carroll
1986 Carroll
1987 Carroll
1988 Carroll
1989 Carroll
1992 Montana Tech
1993 Carroll
1995 Montana Western
1996 Carroll, Montana Tech
1997 Montana Tech, Montana Western
1998 Rocky Mountain
1999 Rocky Mountain
2000 Carroll
2001 Carroll
2002 Carroll, Montana Western
2003 Carroll
2004 Carroll, Montana Tech
2005 Carroll, Montana Tech
2006 Carroll, MSU-Northern
2007 Carroll
2008 Carroll
2009 Carroll
2010 Carroll
2011 Carroll
2012 Montana Tech, Southern Oregon
2013 Carroll, Rocky Mountain
2014 Carroll, Southern Oregon
2015 Montana Tech, Southern Oregon
2016 Eastern Oregon, Montana Tech
2017 Southern Oregon
2018 Rocky Mountain
2019 College of Idaho
2020 Carroll
2021 Montana Western
2022 Carroll
2023 College of Idaho, Montana Tech, Montana Western
2024 Montana Tech, Montana Western