Led by first-year head coach Mickey Andrews, the Lions compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 3–6 in conference play, tying for seventh place in the GSC.
He brought previous members of his coaching staff at Livingston to join him in Florence.
With the recent move to the Gulf South Conference and the construction of Flowers Hall, it seemed that Florence State athletics was about to grow.
Along with this, issues were beginning to arise about sharing Braly with high school teams.
[22] With these sentiments, the FSU Alumni Association led by Harlon Hill began to create plans and fundraise for the stadium.
The proposed stadium would be built west of the Florence State campus and have a capacity of 20,000.
It would be fifty years later in 2024 when the university broke ground on Braly's replacement, Bank Independent Stadium.