1961 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team

The 1961 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team competed at the NCAA College Division level as a member of the Lone Star Conference. The Cardinals finished the season with an 8–2–1 record overall and a 4–2–1 conference record. The team finished the season playing in the Tangerine Bowl against Middle Tennessee winning 21–14.

1961 Lamar Tech Cardinals football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
1961 record8–2–1 (4–2–1 Lone Star)
Head coach
  • James B. Higgins (9th season)
Home stadiumGreenie Stadium
(Capacity: 8,500)
1961 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Sam Houston State $ 7 0 0  8 1 0
Texas A&I 5 2 0  7 2 0
Lamar Tech 4 2 1  8 2 1
Howard Payne 4 3 0  4 5 0
East Texas State 3 4 0  4 6 0
Southwest Texas State 2 4 1  4 5 1
Sul Ross 1 6 0  3 7 0
Stephen F. Austin 1 6 0  1 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

[1] [2] [3]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 23Northeast Louisiana State*W 38–347,100
September 30at Abilene Christian*W 25–1010,000
October 7Stephen F. Austin
  • Greenie Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 34–227,600
October 14Sul Ross
  • Greenie Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 34–07,200
October 21Southwest Texas StateSan Marcos, TXT 7–74,500
October 28Howard Payne
  • Greenie Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 33–139,000
November 4at Texas A&IL 7–86,500
November 11East Texas State
  • Greenie Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 14–77,000
November 18Sam Houston StateL 7–97,300
December 2at Mexico Polytechical Institute*Mexico City, MexicoW 62–2220,000
December 29vs. Middle Tennessee*W 21–14
  • *Non-conference game

References

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