 In 2001, the Lions posted their last winning season and last win over a ranked team until 2013, and their last appearance in the Division II top 25 until 2014.The team appeared for the first time on national television in 2007, and made its second such appearance on CBS Sports Network's Division II National Football Game of the Week in 2012, when it played Midwestern State University in the Lone Star Classic Football Festival at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington for the second year in a row.Former Kentucky and Baylor head coach Guy Morriss coached the Lions between 2009 and 2012.