1961 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team
1961 Lamar Tech Cardinals football | |
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Tangerine Bowl, W 21–14 vs. Middle Tennessee State | |
Conference | Lone Star Conference |
1961 record | 8–2–1 (4–2–1 Lone Star) |
Head coach | James B. Higgins (9th year) |
Home stadium |
Greenie Stadium (Capacity: 8,500) |
1961 Lone Star Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State $ | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&I | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar Tech | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard Payne | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Texas State | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwest Texas State | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sul Ross | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 23 | Northeast Louisiana* | Greenie Stadium • Beaumont, TX | W 38–34 | 7,100 | |||||
September 30 | at Abilene Christian* | Shotwell Stadium • Abilene, TX | W 25–10 | 10,000 | |||||
October 7 | Stephen F. Austin | Greenie Stadium • Beaumont, TX | W 34–22 | 7,600 | |||||
October 14 | Sul Ross | Greenie Stadium • Beaumont, TX | W 34–0 | 7,200 | |||||
October 21 | Texas State | San Marcos, TX | T 7–7 | 4,500 | |||||
October 28 | Howard Payne | Greenie Stadium • Beaumont, TX | W 33–13 | 9,000 | |||||
November 4 | at Texas A&I | Javelina Stadium • Kingsville, TX | L 7–8 | 6,500 | |||||
November 11 | East Texas State | Greenie Stadium • Beaumont, TX | W 14–7 | 7,000 | |||||
November 18 | Sam Houston State | Pritchett Field • Huntsville, TX | L 7–9 | 7,300 | |||||
December 2 | at Mexico Polytechical Institute* | Mexico City, Mexico | W 62–22 | 20,000 | |||||
December 29 | vs. Middle Tennessee State* | Orlando Stadium • Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl) | W 21–14 | ||||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. |
References
- ↑ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
- ↑ David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
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