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The 1950 Florence State Lions football team represented Florence State Teacher's College—now known as the University of North Alabama—as a member of the Alabama Intercollegiate Conference (AIC) during the 1950 college football season.
Despite little change on the football end of things, Florence State University would undergo a big change. On December 27, 1973, the Board of Trustees voted to change the name to University of North Alabama. This change would come into effect on August 15, just one month before the beginning of the football season.
From June 12th to 15th, the Gulf South Conference summer meeting was held in Birmingham, Alabama.During the meeting, several topics were discussed. Due to multiple schools in the league holding dual membership in both the NCAA and NAIA, a recommendation was brought forward that any school must accept an invitation to any NCAA postseason tourney.
The TimesDaily was founded in 1889 as The Florence Times and published its first edition on July 4, 1890. A sister paper, The Tri-Cities Daily , was founded in 1907. [ 4 ] The merger of these two newspapers in 1967, [ 5 ] which published for a time as The Florence Times—Tri-Cities Daily , gives The TimesDaily its distinctive name.
[24] [25] The following season, the Crimson Tide won their second consecutive BCS National Championship Game by a final score of 42–14 over Notre Dame. [26] In their latest bowl appearance, Alabama defeated Ohio State in the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship. [27]
Bank Independent Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium complex by the University of North Alabama that is being constructed in Florence, Alabama to replace Braly Stadium and Mike D. Lane Field for athletic events by the 2026–2027 academic year. [3] It will consist of a separate football and baseball field.
The Lions played their home games at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence Alabama. Led by sixth-year coach Bobby Wallace, the Lions finished the regular season with an undefeated 10–0 record, won the GSC title, and advanced to the NCAA Division II playoffs.
Tom Braly Municipal Stadium is a 14,215-seat stadium in Florence, Alabama. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the University of North Alabama North Alabama Lions and the Florence High School Falcons. [3] It also hosted the NCAA Division II Football Championship games from 1986 to 2013, which were broadcast on ESPN.