1975 North Alabama Lions football team

The 1975 North Alabama Lions football team represented the University of North Alabama as a member of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) during the 1975 NAIA Division I football season. Led by third-year head coach Mickey Andrews, the Lions compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, finishing sixth in the GSC. North Alabama played home game at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 15–28	8,300	[1]
September 13	Livingston	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL (rivalry)	L 7–14	7,500	[2]
October 4	Delta State	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	L 9–21	7,500	[3]
October 11	at Alabama A&M*	Milton Frank Stadium Huntsville, AL	W 48–29	6,800	[4]
October 18	Austin Peay*	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	W 23–6	3,000	[5]
October 25	at Troy State	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	W 49–26	9,000	[6]
November 1	Mississippi College	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	W 41–14	4,000	[7]
November 8	at Nicholls State	John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA	L 28–27	7,500	[8]
November 15	at Tennessee–Martin	Pacer Stadium Martin, TN	W 30–20	5,000	[9]
November 22	Jacksonville State	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	W 21–14	5,000	[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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The annual spring intrasquad matchup took place on Tuesday, April 1st, at Braly Stadium. The game saw the team split into both Gold and Purple squads. The Golds, led by Steve Clark and Jerry Mizell, defeated the Purples 26-21.^[14]

The game also saw honorary head coaches for both teams: Miss UNA Susie Vaughan for the Purple team and Miss Alabama Pam Long for the Gold team.^[15]

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 NCAA Division II-only schools of the league brought forth the idea to create a committee to look at the possibility of moving the conference up to Division I.^[16]

Other decisions made during the meeting were to forbid exchanging football film with non-conference teams and to reduce football rosters from 55 to 50 players.^[17]

On July 4th, it was announced that Northwestern State would be leaving the GSC to join the Southland Conference. The school listed poor attendance for conference games and the proposed plan to reduce Division II scholarship limits from 70 to 55. They believed this would give nearby Division I schools a recruiting advantage.^[18]

The Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches' poll on August 3. The poll still includes Northwestern State despite their departure from the conference in July. ^[19]