1964 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team

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1964 Lamar Tech Cardinals football
Southland champion
ConferenceSouthland Conference
1964 record6–3–1 (3–0–1 Southland)
Head coach
Home stadiumCardinal Stadium
(Capacity: 17,500)
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Southland Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 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

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 competed in the 1964 NCAA College Division football season as part of the Southland Conference. 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]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 19East Central*
W 21–013,567
September 26Abilene Christian
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, Texas
W 14–314,381
October 3at Trinity (TX)San Antonio, TexasW 14–72,026
October 17at San Diego Marines*San DiegoL 28–335,000
October 24Texas A&I*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, Texas
L 12–1312,256
October 31Arlington State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, Texas
W 17–711,021
November 7New Mexico State*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, Texas
W 21–1411,252
November 14at Arkansas State
T 7–74,400
November 21at SW Missouri State*
W 14–7
December 12vs. State College of Iowa*
L 17–197,500
  • *Non-conference game

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. Archived from the original on 2015-11-10. 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. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
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