# Texas Eastern Conference

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The '''Texas Eastern Conference''' ('''TEC''') is a [junior college](/source/junior_college) [athletic conference](/source/athletic_conference) with member schools located in [Texas](/source/Texas). The conference was founded in 1958 with four charter members: [Kilgore College](/source/Kilgore_College), [Paris Junior College](/source/Paris_Junior_College), [Texarkana College](/source/Texarkana_College), and [Tyler Junior College](/source/Tyler_Junior_College).<ref>{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Ted |title=Allen's Alley; Junior College Loops Make Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kilgore-news-herald/149126407/ |newspaper=[Kilgore News Herald](/source/Kilgore_News_Herald) |location=[Kilgore, Texas](/source/Kilgore%2C_Texas) |date=May 4, 1958 |page=2 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) {{Open access}} }}</ref> Kilgore joined after having been a member of the [Longhorn Conference](/source/Longhorn_Conference) and then briefly aligned with the [Pioneer Conference](/source/Pioneer_Conference_(junior_college)). Henderson County Junior College—now known as [Trinity Valley Community College](/source/Trinity_Valley_Community_College)—was added to the conference in late 1959, in time to compete in the [basketball](/source/basketball) season that winter.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=HCJC Joins TEC |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tyler-morning-telegraph/151069106/ |newspaper=[Tyler Morning Telegraph](/source/Tyler_Morning_Telegraph) |location=[Tyler, Texas](/source/Tyler%2C_Texas) |date=January 1, 1960 |page=2, section 3 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) {{Open access}} }}</ref> [Lon Morris College](/source/Lon_Morris_College), which did not have a football team, joined as the TEC's sixth member just after the new year in 1960, also in time for the basketball season.<ref>{{cite news |last=Owens |first=Mack |title=Lon Morris Joins TEC |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tyler-morning-telegraph/151070063/ |newspaper=[Tyler Morning Telegraph](/source/Tyler_Morning_Telegraph) |location=[Tyler, Texas](/source/Tyler%2C_Texas) |date=January 6, 1960 |page=1, section 2 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) {{Open access}} }}</ref> Jacksonville Baptist College—now known as [Jacksonville College](/source/Jacksonville_College)—joined as the TEC's seventh member in the fall of 1960.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Vernon Harton to Pilot Jacksonville Cage Crew |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times/151070933/ |newspaper=[The Shreveport Times](/source/The_Times_(Shreveport%2C_Louisiana)) |location=[Shreveport, Louisiana](/source/Shreveport%2C_Louisiana) |date=August 7, 1960 |page=6D |access-date=July 10, 2024 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) {{Open access}} }}</ref>

In 1964, the Texas Junior College Football Federation  (TJCFF)—now known as the [Southwest Junior College Football Conference](/source/Southwest_Junior_College_Football_Conference) (SWJCFC)—was formed to sponsor only [football](/source/junior_college_football). All four members of the TEC that still had a football program—Henderson County, Kilgore, Texarkana, and Tyler—joined the TJCFF, but remained TEC members for all other sports.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=9 Texas Junior Colleges Form New Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-caller-times/148195531/ |newspaper=[Corpus Christi Caller-Times](/source/Corpus_Christi_Caller-Times) |location=[Corpus Christi, Texas](/source/Corpus_Christi%2C_Texas) |agency=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) |date=December 14, 1963 |page=6A |access-date=May 27, 2024 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) {{Open access}} }}</ref>

==Yearly football standings==
{| cellpadding="5"
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1958 Texas Eastern Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1959 Texas Eastern Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1960 Texas Eastern Conference football standings}}
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|valign="top" width=25em|{{1961 Texas Eastern Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1962 Texas Eastern Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1963 Texas Eastern Conference football standings}}
|}

==References==
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Category:NJCAA conferences
Category:College sports in Texas
Category:Sports leagues established in 1958
Category:1958 establishments in Texas

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