1930 1948 2005 2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football program is established In 1930: The Southeastern Louisiana Lions football program is established as the intercollegiate American football team for Southeastern Louisiana University located in Hammond, Louisiana. See Full Story Southeastern Louisiana Lions basketball team plays its first season In 1948: The Southeastern Louisiana Lions basketball team plays its first season as …
Texas A&M Commerce Lions School History
1957 1996 2007 2009 2017 Texas A&M Commerce Lions football team wins its first NAIA national championship In 1957: The Texas A&M Commerce Lions football team wins its first NAIA national championship, defeating Pittsburg State 10-9 in the title game. See Full Story Texas A&M Commerce Lions women’s soccer joins the Lone Star Conference In 1996: The Texas A&M Commerce …
Columbia Lions School History
1900 1910 1996 2017 founding members of the Ivy League In 1900 Columbia University becomes one of the founding members of the Ivy League, a conference of eight prestigious universities in the Northeastern United States. See Full Story The Columbia Lions football team wins the first-ever Rose Bowl The 1910 Rose Bowl was the first postseason college football game in …
North Alabama Lions School History
1979 2017 2018 2021 UNA Lions win their first NCAA Division II national championship in Basketball In 1979: The UNA Lions win their first NCAA Division II national championship in Basketball. See Full Story Lions officially become a Division I football program, joining the Big South Conference In 2017: The Lions officially become a Division I football program, joining the …
Lindenwood Lions School History
1996 2009 2013 2019 Lindenwood Football First NAIA Season In 1996 Lindenwood football team competes in its first NAIA season, finishing with a 7-2 record. See Full Story Lindenwood joins MIAA In 2009 Lindenwood joins the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) in NCAA Division II. See Full Story Pierre Desir Pierre Desir Played cornerback for Lindenwood from 2009-2013. He was …
Loyola Marymount Lions School History
1955 1983 1990 Loyola Marymount Lions Basketball Team History Loyola Marymount has played in the West Coast Conference since 1955, when the Lions and Pepperdine Waves joined the hitherto Northern Californian league that included Santa Clara University, the University of San Francisco, Saint Mary’s College, and the University of Pacific. LMU has played in the WCC ever since, fostering heated …
BC Lions Team History
1953 1965 1985 1994 2000 2006 2011 Lions Team Formation 1 On January 22, 1953, the first annual meeting of the club was held. In that meeting, Arthur E. Mercer was hired as the club’s first president. Later in the year, Mercer, Bill Morgan, Bill Ralston, and Whit Matthews went back to the WlFU meetings. This time, they sold the …
Detroit Lions Team History
1934 1963 1963 1974 1989 Relocate to Detroit Despite great success on the field, poor revenues and the Great Depression threatened the Spartans’ survival. In 1934, a group led by Detroit radio executive George Richards (owner of Detroit’s powerful WJR) bought the financially struggling Spartans and moved them to Detroit and renamed the team the Detroit Lions, as a nod …
