1962 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team

1962 Lamar Tech Cardinals football
Conference	Lone Star Conference
1962 record	7–3 (4–3 Lone Star)
Head coach	James B. Higgins (10th year)
Home stadium	Greenie Stadium (Capacity: 8,500)

1962 Lone Star Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Texas A&I $	9	–	0	–	1			6	–	0	–	1
Southwest Texas State	8	–	2	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Sam Houston State	5	–	3	–	1			4	–	2	–	1
Lamar Tech	7	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
East Texas State	5	–	4	–	1			3	–	3	–	1
Sul Ross	4	–	6	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Stephen F. Austin	1	–	9	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Howard Payne	1	–	8	–	1			0	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1962 Lamar Tech Cardinals football season was the final season as a member of the Lone Star Conference. The Cardinals competed at the NCAA College Division level in 1962. The 1962 season was also the tenth and final season with James B. Higgins as the Cardinals' head football coach. Higgins remained at Lamar as athletic director. Higgins was named NCAA College Division Coach of the Year for Region VII following the season.^[1]

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15		Mexico Polytechical Institute*		Greenie Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 34–6	5,000
September 22		at Northeast Louisiana*		Brown Stadium • Monroe, LA		W 14–0	5,800
September 29		Abilene Christian*		Greenie Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 13–6	7,500
October 6		at Stephen F. Austin		Nacogdoches, TX		W 27–12	7,500
October 13		at Sul Ross		Jackson Field • Alpine, TX		W 28–14	1,500
October 20		at Texas State		San Marcos, TX		L 20–13	7,500
October 27		Howard Payne		Brownwood, TX		W 21–10	3,000
November 3		Texas A&I		Greenie Stadium • Beaumont, TX		L 0–7	8,300
November 10		at East Texas State		Memorial Stadium • Commerce, TX		W 28–6	9,500
December 7		Sam Houston State		Greenie Stadium • Beaumont, TX		L 7–23	8,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

1. "Cardinal Hall of Honor - J.B. Higgins, Jr.". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
2. "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
3. "Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
4. David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved April 2, 2016.