1964 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team

1964 Lamar Tech Cardinals football
Southland champion
Conference Southland Conference
1964 record 6–3–1 (3–0–1 Southland)
Head coach Vernon Glass (2nd year)
Home stadium Cardinal Stadium
(Capacity: 17,500)
1964 Southland Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Lamar Tech $ 3 0 1     6 3 1
Arkansas State 2 0 2     7 0 2
Trinity (TX) 2 2 0     3 7 0
Abilene Christian 1 3 0     5 5 0
Arlington State 0 3 1     3 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
  • Lamar record includes Pecan Bowl loss.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 Lamar Tech Cardinals football season was the program's first season in the new on–campus Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium. The Cardinals and the Southland Conference competed at the NCAA College Division level in 1964. Winning the Southland Conference championship with a 3–0–1 conference record and a 6–3–1 overall record, the Cardinals played in the inaugural Pecan Bowl losing to Northern Iowa by the score of 19–17.[1]

Honors and recognitions

Vernon Glass was named NCAA College Division Coach of the Year for the season.[2]

Schedule

[3] [4] [5]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 19 East Central* Cardinal StadiumBeaumont, TX   W 210   13,567
September 26 Abilene Christian Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   W 143   14,381
October 3 at Trinity (TX) San Antonio, TX   W 147   2,026
October 17 at San Diego Marines* San Diego, CA L 2833   5,000
October 24 Texas A&I* Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   L 1213   12,256
October 31 Arlington State Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   W 177   11,021
November 7 New Mexico State* Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   W 2114   11,252
November 14 at Arkansas State Indian StadiumJonesboro, AR   T 77   4,400
November 21 at SW Missouri* Briggs StadiumSpringfield, MO   W 147    
December 12 vs. State College of Iowa* Shotwell StadiumAbilene, TX (Pecan Bowl)   L 1719   7,500
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

  1. "Iowa Team Tops Lamar Tech, 19-17". New York Times. December 13, 1964. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  2. "University Dedicates Coach Vernon Glass Field of Champions". September 22, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2016. Glass was also the NCAA College Division Coach of the Year in 1964 and 1965, and he was recognized by the Texas Sports Writers Association as Junior College Coach of the Year in 1959 while he was at Del Mar College.
  3. "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  4. "Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  5. David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
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