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Missouri Southern State Lions football

Missouri Southern Lions football
2016 Missouri Southern Lions football team
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First season 1968 (1968)
Athletic director Jared Bruggeman
Head coach Denver Johnson
2nd year, 3–19 (.136)
Stadium Fred G. Hughes Stadium
Year built 1975
Seating capacity 7,000
Field surface SpinTurf
Location Joplin, Missouri
NCAA division Division II
Conference MIAA
Past conferences Central States Intercollegiate Conference
All-time record 231–259–7 (.472)
Claimed nat'l titles 1 (1972)
Conference titles 2 (1976, 1993)
Colors Green and Gold
         
Fight song Southern Fight Song
Mascot Roary the Lion
Marching band Lion Pride Marching Band
Outfitter Nike
Rival Pittsburg State
Website www.mssulions.com

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. Denver Johnson became the Lions' head coach on April 1, 2015, replacing Daryl Daye, who resigned after the 2014 season to take over as the defensive coordinator at Northwestern State.

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.

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.

Official record (including any NCAA imposed vacates and forfeits) against all current MIAA opponents as of the end of the 2015 season:


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