The team competes in the Division II and is a member of the Lone Star Conference.

By the time that TIAA folded, the "Fighting Javelinas" had won two football championships.

One highlight of this period included a football game that pitted the Javelinas against the Aggies of Texas A&M at Kyle Field in College Station.

The next year, the Javelinas won their first outright Alamo Conference football championship.

One year later, the Javelinas played in the 1994 NCAA Division II National Football Championship, only to lose to the University of North Alabama 16–10.

Steinke and Ron Harms are both in the College Football Hall of Fame.