The Uni Watch
Fans (Sports Aesthetics) Facebook page will be posting a minimum of 1 NCAA Football Team
(Division I) a day to celebrate the 150 years of College Football. The teams
will begin with the oldest team in their respective conference (Big Ten =
Oldest Conference) until all the teams are listed. The team helmets will go
back to the early 1960’s and their current logo will be used.
The North Alabama Lions football
team represents the University of North Alabama (UNA) in the NCAA Division I
Atlantic Sun Conference for all sports except football, where they are
transitioning to the Football Championship Subdivision competing as an
Independent for the 2018 season, then as a member of the Atlantic
Sun-affiliated Big South Conference beginning in 2019. UNA plays its home games
at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama. They are currently coached by
Chris Willis. UNA was a member of Division II from 1972 to 2017.
The Lions are distinguished as the only team to win three
consecutive football national championships in NCAA Division II. UNA's 27
consecutive weeks at No. 1 in the Division II polls also comprise the longest
stretch of consecutive No. 1 rankings in football in NCAA history on any level.
UNA is the last Division II team to beat a Division I-A (FBS) team, defeating
Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana) on October 11, 1997. In 2016, UNA won
their fourth consecutive Gulf South Conference championship — a conference
record.
All-Time Record: 473-279-16 (.626)
Special thanks to:
Conference: FCS Independent
Team: North Alabama Lions
Founded: 1912
2000-Present
2018 - Honor the 1968 Team Known As Florence State University
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