Lindenwood Lions football
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| First season | 1990 | ||
| Head coach |
Jed Stugart 1st year, 0–0 (–) |
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| Stadium | Harlen C. Hunter Stadium | ||
| Year built | 1976 | ||
| Seating capacity | 7,450 | ||
| Field surface | Enviroturf | ||
| Location | St. Charles, Missouri | ||
| NCAA division | Division II | ||
| Conference | MIAA | ||
| All-time record | 151–155–2 (.494) | ||
| Bowl record | 5–7 (.417) | ||
| Conference titles | 3 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 4 | ||
| Colors | Black and Gold |
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| Marching band | Golden Lion Marching Band | ||
| Outfitter | Adidas | ||
| Website | www.lindenwoodlions.com | ||
The Lindenwood Lions football team represents Lindenwood University in football. Lindenwood is a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA). The Lions were provisional members of the NCAA for the 2012 season before becoming an active member during the 2013–2014 academic year.
Lindenwood was previously a member of the NAIA and played in the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) from 1996 to 2010. The Lions play in Harlen C. Hunter Stadium on the campus of Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri, which has a seating capacity of 7,450.
Lindenwood University football began in 1990 under head coach David Schroeder. LU competed as an independent for the first four seasons. The program's first win came in the first ever football for the university on September 8, 1990 when the Lions defeated Dana College. The Lions finished the inaugural season with a record of 6–4.
Despite a 3–5–0 start to the first half of the 1991 season, a program highlight came on October 12, 1991 when Lindenwood tied 17–17 on the road in Birmingham, Alabama with NCAA Division III Alabama-Birmingham before the UAB program upgraded to NCAA Division I. Following that game, the Lions lost the following game to Benedictine College but finished the season with a three-game win streak to finish the season 5–4–1. During the next several years of the football program, bright spots began to emerge, a couple of the original players from the first team ever at the school were named to the All American team. Hoyt Gregory made all American in 1992 and two players from the original football class Steve Pinkerton and Jim Paddock were signed and drafted into professional football. This gave the program the status that it could recruit and maintain top level athletes.
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