Top seniors included Mark Clinton, Gilbert Crispin, Quincy Sands, Ben Youngkin and Mike Torres.
That team was a bootleg in overtime away from making his first NAIA playoff appearance, where senior linebacker Chris Michelson missed a tackle as the sidelines warned him of the play.
They ended going to the NCCAA Championship where Adam Warner had his best long-snapping game in his career as the team punted often losing 54–14 to Gardner Webb.
Notable contributions in the season came from Scout Team All-Americans, Daniel Clay and Chad Cox.
[4] Lambert spent time as a Defensive Analyst at Eastern Michigan prior to taking the job at Concordia.