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Intercollegiate American football team for Missouri Southern State University
For information on all Missouri Southern State University sports, see Missouri Southern Lions .
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 . Atiba Bradley was named the 14th head football coach in the history of Missouri Southern on February 5, 2021.
History
See also: List of Missouri Southern Lions football seasons
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 (later renamed Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) in 1989, where the Lions have since remained a member and have won one conference championship.
Championships
National championship seasons
Conference championship seasons
Playoff appearances
NCAA Division II
Missouri Southern has made one appearance in the NCAA Division II playoffs, with a combined record of 0-1.
All-time record vs. current MIAA teams
Official record (including any NCAA imposed vacates and forfeits) against all current MIAA opponents as of the end of the 2015 season:
Notable former players
Retired numbers
See also: List of NCAA football retired numbers
The Lions has retired only one number.
Missouri Southern Lions retired numbers
No.
Player
Pos.
Tenure
9 Rod Smith WR 1988–1993
Additionally, Smith was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
Other players
References
Missouri Southern State University Official Brand Guidelines "Missouri Southern State Historical Data" . College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 14, 2013.DeLassus, David (2014). "Missouri Southern State Championships" . College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
^ "Rod Smith (2009)" . footballfoundation.org . Retrieved May 13, 2024.
External links
Missouri Southern State University Academics
School of Arts & Sciences
Robert W. Plaster School of Business Administration
School of Education
School of Health Sciences Athletics
Student life
Established: 1937 – Students: 5,721 (Fall 2015)
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