Missouri Southern Lions football


The Missouri Southern Lions football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Missouri Southern State University located in the U.S. state of Missouri. The team competes in the NCAA Division II and are members of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. The team plays its home games at the 7,000 seat Fred G. Hughes Stadium in Joplin, Missouri. Jeff Sims became the Lions' head coach on November 11, 2018, replacing Denver Johnson, who resigned after three consecutive losing seasons.

History

The Lions football program began in 1968. Their first head coach was Jim Johnson. Under coach Jim Frazier the Lions won the 1972 NAIA Division II football championship.

Conferences

From its inaugural season in 1968 until 1975, Missouri Southern played as an independent program. In 1976, it joined the Central States Intercollegiate Conference in which the school won one conference championships before leaving to play as an NCAA Division II member of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1989, where the Lions have since remained a member and have won one conference championship.

Championships

National championship seasons

Conference championship seasons

All-time record vs. current MIAA teams

Official record against all current MIAA opponents as of the end of the 2015 season:

Notable former players

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