1966 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team

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1966 Lamar Tech Cardinals football
Southland co–champion
ConferenceSouthland Conference
1966 record6–4 (3–1 Southland)
Head coach
Home stadiumCardinal Stadium
(Capacity: 17,500)
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 Southland Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arlington State + 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Lamar Tech + 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
No. 6 Arkansas State 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Trinity (TX) 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Abilene Christian 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team represented the Lamar State College of Technology in the 1966 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. The team finished the season with a 6–4 overall record and a 3–1 conference record sharing the conference championship with Arlington State (now University of Texas at Arlington.

Schedule[]

[1] [2] [3]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Western Michigan*
L 14–1614,000
September 24Southwest Missouri State*
W 55–1215,643
October 2at Southwestern Louisiana*
L 14–1610,200
October 15Abilene Christian
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, Texas
W 42–1612,832
October 22McNeese State*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, Texas
W 10–712,121
October 29at Arkansas State
W 17–09,242
November 5at Trinity (TX)
L 14–232,384
November 12Louisiana Tech*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, Texas
W 21–1610,691[4]
November 19Arlington State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, Texas
W 27–711,417[5]
November 26at Quantico Marines*
L 26–303,000 est.
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  3. ^ David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  4. ^ "Lamar Tech triumphs". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 13, 1966. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Lamar lashes Rebs, earns SLC title tie". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 20, 1966. p. 7B. Retrieved January 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Quantico Football 1964 thru 1972" (PDF). Quantico Marine Athletes Reunion Group. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 9, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
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