1962 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team

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]

1962 Lamar Tech Cardinals football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
1962 record7–3 (4–3 LSC)
Head coach
  • James B. Higgins (10th season)
CaptainHarold Mayo
Home stadiumGreenie Stadium
(Capacity: 8,500)
1962 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Texas A&I $ 6 0 1  9 0 1
Southwest Texas State 6 1 0  8 2 0
Sam Houston State 4 2 1  5 3 1
Lamar Tech 4 3 0  7 3 0
East Texas State 3 3 1  5 4 1
Sul Ross 2 5 0  4 6 0
Stephen F. Austin 1 6 0  1 9 0
Howard Payne 0 6 1  1 8 1
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 15Mexico Polytechical Institute*W 34–65,000
September 22at Northeast Louisiana*W 14–05,800
September 29Abilene Christian*
  • Greenie Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 13–67,500
October 6at Stephen F. AustinNacogdoches, TXW 27–127,500
October 13at Sul Ross
W 28–141,500
October 20at Southwest Texas StateSan Marcos, TXL 20–137,500
October 27Howard PayneBrownwood, TXW 21–103,000
November 3Texas A&I
  • Greenie Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 0–78,300
November 10at East Texas StateW 28–69,500
December 7Sam Houston State
  • Greenie Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 7–238,000
  • *Non-conference game

[2][3][4]

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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