1962 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team information
American college football season
1962Lamar Tech Cardinals football
Conference
Lone Star Conference
Record
7–3 (4–3 LSC)
Head coach
James B. Higgins (10th season)
Captain
Harold Mayo
Home stadium
Greenie Stadium
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Lone Star Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 4 Texas A&I $
6
–
0
–
1
9
–
0
–
1
Southwest Texas State
6
–
1
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Sam Houston State
4
–
2
–
1
5
–
3
–
1
Lamar Tech
4
–
3
–
0
7
–
3
–
0
East Texas State
3
–
3
–
1
5
–
4
–
1
Sul Ross
2
–
5
–
0
4
–
6
–
0
Stephen F. Austin
1
–
6
–
0
1
–
9
–
0
Howard Payne
0
–
6
–
1
1
–
8
–
1
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
The 1962 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team represented Lamar State College of Technology—now known as Lamar University—as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season. Led by James B. Higgins in his tenth and final season as head coach, the Cardinals compiled an overall record of an 7–3 with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the LSC. Lamar Tech played home games at Greenie Stadium in Beaumont, Texas.
1962 was the program's final season as a member of the Lone Star Conference. Lamar Tech competed as an independent in 1963 and joined the Southland Conference in 1964. Higgins was named NCAA College Division Coach of the Year for Region VII following the season.[1] He remained at Lamar as athletic director until 1982.
^"Cardinal Hall of Honor - J.B. Higgins, Jr". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
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