1966 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team

1966 Lamar Tech Cardinals football
Southland co–champion
Conference	Southland Conference
1966 record	6–4 (3–1 Southland)
Head coach	Vernon Glass (4th year)
Home stadium	Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 17,500)

1966 Southland Conference football standings
	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
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 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 Cardinals competed at the NCAA College Division level in 1966. 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

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 17		at Western Michigan*		Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI		L 14–16	14,000
September 24		Southwest Missouri*		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 55–12	15,643
October 2		at Southwestern Louisiana*		Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA		L 14–16	10,200
October 15		Abilene Christian		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 42–16	12,832
October 22		McNeese State*		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 10–7	12,121
October 29		at Arkansas State		Jonesboro, AR		W 17–0	9,242
November 5		at Trinity		San Antonio, TX		L 14–23	2,384
November 12		Louisiana Tech*		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 21–16	10,691
November 19		Arlington State		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 27–7	11,417
November 26		at Quantico Marines*		Butler Stadium[4] • Quantico, VA		L 26–30	3,000 est.
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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. "Quantico Football 1964 thru 1972" (PDF). Quantico Marine Athletes Reunion Group. p. 26. Retrieved March 25, 2016.