FCS Conference Belt The Gateway Football Belt

The Gateway Football Belt

A companion lineage restricted to Gateway Football: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two Gateway Football members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in Gateway Football at the time. Western Illinois caught it but left Gateway Football — since this belt only passes among Gateway Football members, it reverted back to Illinois State on November 16, 2007.

16Reigns
26Belt Games
5Programs
Longest Reign
Illinois State — 18 yrs, 304 days
November 16, 2007 – present
Most Defenses, One Reign
Southern Illinois — 5
starting October 2, 2004
Most Reigns, All-Time
Southern Illinois — 6 separate reigns
5 Gateway Football programs have held it
#TeamReignLength Def.Won itLost it
1 Southern Illinois October 4, 2003 – November 15, 2003 42 days 3 Established it (first game on record) lost to Northern Iowa
2 Northern Iowa November 15, 2003 – October 2, 2004 322 days 0 beat Southern Illinois lost to Southern Illinois
3 Southern Illinois October 2, 2004 – October 15, 2005 1 yr, 13 days 5 beat Northern Iowa lost to Illinois State
4 Illinois State October 15, 2005 – October 29, 2005 14 days 1 beat Southern Illinois lost to Western Illinois
5 Western Illinois October 29, 2005 – October 7, 2006 343 days 1 beat Illinois State lost to Southern Illinois
6 Southern Illinois October 7, 2006 – October 14, 2006 7 days 0 beat Western Illinois lost to Illinois State
7 Illinois State October 14, 2006 – October 28, 2006 14 days 1 beat Southern Illinois lost to Youngstown State
8 Youngstown State October 28, 2006 – October 6, 2007 343 days 2 beat Illinois State lost to Southern Illinois
9 Southern Illinois October 6, 2007 – October 13, 2007 7 days 0 beat Youngstown State lost to Northern Iowa
10 Northern Iowa October 13, 2007 – November 10, 2007 28 days 3 beat Southern Illinois vacated — left Gateway Football
11 Southern Illinois November 11, 2007 – November 11, 2007 0 days 0 reverted after Northern Iowa left Gateway Football vacated — left Gateway Football
12 Youngstown State November 12, 2007 – November 12, 2007 0 days 0 reverted after Southern Illinois left Gateway Football vacated — left Gateway Football
13 Illinois State November 13, 2007 – November 13, 2007 0 days 0 reverted after Youngstown State left Gateway Football vacated — left Gateway Football
14 Southern Illinois November 14, 2007 – November 14, 2007 0 days 0 reverted after Illinois State left Gateway Football vacated — left Gateway Football
15 Western Illinois November 15, 2007 – November 15, 2007 0 days 0 reverted after Southern Illinois left Gateway Football vacated — left Gateway Football
16 Illinois State November 16, 2007 – Present 18 yrs, 304 days 0 reverted after Western Illinois left Gateway Football — present —

No reigns match “.”

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