The Missouri Southern Lions college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II, and represents Missouri Southern State University in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA).
The Lions play their home games at Fred G. Hughes Stadium in Joplin, Missouri since 1975.
[1] Since their inaugural season, Missouri Southern has appeared in one NAIA Division II National Championship Game, and one NCAA Division II playoffs.
[2][3] For the 1968–75 seasons, Missouri Southern competed as a NAIA independent, unaffiliated with a conference.
In 1989 the Lions joined the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association, later renamed the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, and the NCAA Division II ranks.