1964 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team

1964 Lamar Tech Cardinals football
Southland champion
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record6–3–1 (3–0–1 Southland)
Head coach
Home stadiumCardinal Stadium
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Southland Conference football standings
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 represented Lamar State College of Technology—now known as Lamar University—as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. Led by second-year head coach Vernon Glass, the Cardinals compiled an overall record of 6–3–1 with a mark of 3–0–1 in conference play, winning the Southland title. Lamar Tech was invited to the inaugural Pecan Bowl, losing to the State College of Iowa by the score of 19–17.[1] The team played home game at the newly-opened Cardinal Stadium, located on Lamar Tech's campus in Beaumont, Texas.

Glass was named NCAA College Division Coach of the Year for the season.[2]

  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 November 10, 2015. 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.