1963 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team

The 1963 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented Hardin–Simmons University as an independent during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. In its first and only season under head coach Floyd Huggins, the team compiled a 2–6–1 record.[1] The Cowboys game against Arlington State scheduled for November 23 at Memorial Stadium was canceled in deference to the assassination of John F. Kennedy which occurred the previous day at Dallas.[2]

1963 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football
ConferenceIndependent
1963 record2–6–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPublic Schools Stadium
1963 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
East Carolina   –    9 –1 –0
Abilene Christian   –    8 –1 –0
Northeastern   –    8 –1 –0
Wheaton (IL)   –    8 –1 –0
Santa Clara   –    6 –3 –0
Howard (AL)   –    5 –3 –1
Cortland   –    4 –3 –0
Lamar Tech   –    5 –4 –0
Parsons   –    5 –4 –0
Drake   –    4 –4 –0
Hawaii   –    5 –5 –0
Northern Michigan   –    4 –4 –1
Wabash   –    4 –4 –1
Tampa   –    4 –5 –1
Southern Illinois   –    4 –5 –0
UC Riverside   –    4 –5 –0
UC Santa Barbara   –    4 –5 –0
Chattanooga   –    4 –6 –0
La Verne   –    3 –5 –0
Lake Forest   –    2 –4 –1
Hardin–Simmons   –    2 –6 –1
Eastern Michigan   –    2 –6 –0
Rose Poly   –    2 –6 –0
Union (NY)   –    2 –6 –0
Cal Poly Pomona   –    2 –7 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    1 –6 –0
Arlington State   –    1 –8 –0

From 1960 to 1963, the Hardin–Simmons football program compiled a combined record of 3–35–1 and was outscored by a total of 999 to 313. In January 1964, the university trustees ordered the elimination of the university football program. The chairman of the board said the move was necessitated by "financial difficulties and losses" in the athletic program.[3] The school did not field another football team for 27 years.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 21at Stephen F. AustinNacogdoches, TXW 16–6
September 28at Southwestern Louisiana
L 6–16
October 5Abilene Christian
L 7–21
October 12at Wichita
L 12–26
October 26at New Mexico State
W 41–6
November 2at McMurry
  • Public Schools Stadium
  • Abilene, TX
L 7–21
November 9at Trinity (TX)San Antonio, TXT 0–0
November 16at North Texas State
L 12–18
November 23Arlington State
No Contest[2]
November 30Howard Payne
  • Public Schools Stadium
  • Abilene, TX
L 7–16

References
  1. "2007 Cowboy Football Media Guide" (PDF). Hardin-Simmons University. pp. 69, 75. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  2. "NTSU, Arlington State call off football games". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 23, 1963. p. 3-1. Retrieved January 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "H-SU Drops Grid Sport". The Abilene Reporter-News. January 10, 1964. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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