1957 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team

The 1957 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Lamar State College of Technology—now known Lamar University–as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 1957 NCAA College Division football season. Led by fifth-year head coach James B. Higgins, the Cardinals compiled an overall record of 8–0–2 with a mark of 5–0–2 in conference play, winning the LSC title.

1957 Lamar Tech Cardinals football
LSC champion
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Record8–0–2 (5–0–2 LSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGreenie Stadium
(capacity: 8,500)
1957 Lone Star Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lamar Tech $ 5 0 28 0 2
East Texas State 6 1 08 1 0
Stephen F. Austin 5 2 06 4 0
Sam Houston State 3 3 13 5 1
Southwest Texas State 3 4 04 6 0
Texas A&I 2 4 15 5 1
Howard Payne 2 5 03 6 0
Sul Ross 0 7 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 14at Louisiana College*
W 35–20
September 21at Northwestern State*
W 20–10
September 28Southwestern Louisiana*W 36–20
October 5Stephen F. Austin
  • Greenie Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 27–12
October 12at East Texas StateW 7–6
October 19at Sam Houston StateT 7–7[1]
October 26Howard Payne
  • Greenie Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 18–13
November 2Southwest Texas State
  • Greenie Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 33–20[2]
November 9at Texas A&IT 13–13
November 16Sul Ross
  • Greenie Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 67–19
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Sam Houston wins". Waco Tribune-Herald. October 20, 1957. Retrieved January 5, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Bobcats felled by Tech, 33–20". The Austin American. November 3, 1957. Retrieved March 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  4. "Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  5. David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
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