1962 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team

1962 Lamar Tech Cardinals football
Conference Lone Star Conference
1962 record 7–3 (4–3 Lone Star)
Head coach James B. Higgins (10th year)
Home stadium Greenie Stadium
(Capacity: 8,500)
1962 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Texas A&I $ 9 0 1     6 0 1
Southwest Texas State 8 2 0     6 1 0
Sam Houston State 5 3 1     4 2 1
Lamar Tech 7 3 0     4 3 0
East Texas State 5 4 1     3 3 1
Sul Ross 4 6 0     2 5 0
Stephen F. Austin 1 9 0     1 6 0
Howard Payne 1 8 1     0 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1962 Lamar Tech Cardinals football season was the final season as a member of the Lone Star Conference. The Cardinals competed at the NCAA College Division level in 1962. The 1962 season was also the tenth and final season with James B. Higgins as the Cardinals' head football coach. Higgins remained at Lamar as athletic director. Higgins was named NCAA College Division Coach of the Year for Region VII following the season.[1]

Schedule

[2] [3] [4]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 15 Mexico Polytechical Institute* Greenie Stadium • Beaumont, TX   W 346   5,000
September 22 at Northeast Louisiana* Brown StadiumMonroe, LA   W 140   5,800
September 29 Abilene Christian* Greenie Stadium • Beaumont, TX   W 136   7,500
October 6 at Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, TX W 2712   7,500
October 13 at Sul Ross Jackson Field • Alpine, TX   W 2814   1,500
October 20 at Texas State San Marcos, TX   L 2013   7,500
October 27 Howard Payne Brownwood, TX   W 2110   3,000
November 3 Texas A&I Greenie Stadium • Beaumont, TX   L 07   8,300
November 10 at East Texas State Memorial StadiumCommerce, TX   W 286   9,500
December 7 Sam Houston State Greenie Stadium • Beaumont, TX   L 723   8,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

  1. "Cardinal Hall of Honor - J.B. Higgins, Jr.". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  2. "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  3. "Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  4. David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
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