Editing Border Conference (section)

==History==
===Chronological timeline===
* 1931 – The Border Conference (also known as the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association) was founded. Charter members included the [[University of Arizona]], [[Northern Arizona University|Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff]] (now Northern Arizona University), [[Arizona State University|Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe]] (now Arizona State University), the [[University of New Mexico]] and [[New Mexico State University|New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts]] (now New Mexico State University), beginning the 1931–32 academic year.
* 1932 – [[Texas Tech University|Texas Technological College]] (now Texas Tech University) joined the Border in the 1932–33 academic year.
* 1935 – The [[University of Texas at El Paso|College of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Texas]] (now the University of Texas at El Paso) joined the Border in the 1935–36 academic year.
* 1941 – [[Hardin–Simmons University]] and [[West Texas A&M University|West Texas State Teachers College]] (now West Texas A&M University) joined the Border in the 1941–42 academic year.
* 1952 – New Mexico left the Border to join the [[Skyline Conference (1938–1962)|Skyline Conference (a.k.a. the Mountain States Conference)]] after the 1951–52 academic year.
* 1953 – Northern Arizona left the Border to join the [[Frontier Conference (1940–1962)|New Mexico Conference]] after the 1952–53 academic year.
* 1957 – Texas Tech left the Border to join the [[Southwest Conference]] after the 1956–57 academic year.
* 1957 - Border Conference considers expanding into [[California]] with [[Fresno State]], [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]], [[San Diego State University]], and [[San Jose State University]] considered.
* 1959 - Border Conference considers expanding by adding [[Abilene Christian University]] and [[Trinity University (Texas)|Trinity University]].
* 1960 - Border Conference considers expanding again by adding Abilene Christian University, University of New Mexico, [[University of North Texas]], Trinity University, [[University of Tulsa]], and [[Wichita State University]].
* 1962 – The Border ceased operations as an athletic conference after the 1962–63 academic year; as many schools left to find new conference homes, beginning the 1963–64 academic year: Arizona and Arizona State to the [[Western Athletic Conference]] (WAC); while Hardin–Simmons, New Mexico State, UTEP and West Texas A&M began to compete as Independents.