Gulf Star
A former conference: six schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 1984. 1986 champion: Sam Houston.
1986 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | Rank | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sam Houston State | 3–1 | 8–3 | 11 | champion, playoff | |
 Nicholls State | 2–2 | 10–3 | 12 | playoff | |
 Northwestern State | 2–2 | 5–5–1 | |||
 Southwest Texas State | 2–2 | 4–7 | |||
 Stephen F. Austin | 1–3 | 5–6 |
In the template’s own order, its tiebreakers applied. Rank: NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll. Standings: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): 1986 Gulf Star Conference football standings (license).
Against other conferences, 1986
Gulf Star teams are 1–1 outside the conference.
- FBS teams1–1
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from the FBS count together.
Champions
Most titles
| Sam Houston | 2 | last 1986 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 1 | last 1985 |
| Nicholls | 1 | last 1984 |
| Northwestern State | 1 | last 1984 |
By year
| 1986 | Sam Houston |
| 1985 | Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin (shared) |
| 1984 | Nicholls, Northwestern State (shared) |
Conference titles as each program’s Wikipedia infobox lists them (CC BY-SA), shared titles counted for every co-champion; the conference’s earlier names count as the same conference.
Schools
Every school and its years (6)
Members
- Nicholls 1984–1986
- Northwestern State 1984–1986
- Sam Houston 1986
- Stephen F. Austin 1986
- Texas State 1984–1986
- SE Louisiana 1984–1985
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1984; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Northwestern State | Left for Southland Conference | Source | |
| 1987 | Sam Houston | Left for Southland Conference | Source | |
| 1987 | Stephen F. Austin | Left for Southland Conference | Source | |
| 1987 | Texas State | Left for Southland Conference | Source |
Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 13 team-seasons from 1984. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.