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1968 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

The 1968 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State College (now known as Sam Houston State University) as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 1968 NAIA football season. Led by first-year head coach Tom Page, the Bearkats compiled an overall record of 5–4–1 with a mark of 3–3–1 in conference play, and finished fourth in the LSC. After he served as an assistant coach for the Bearkats for a decade, Page was promoted to head coach in December 1967 after Paul Pierce resigned to take a full-time faculty position.[1]

1968 Sam Houston State Bearkats football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Record5–4–1 (3–3–1 LSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumPritchett Field
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2/6 Texas A&I $^ 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
East Texas State 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
McMurry 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Sam Houston State 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Southwest Texas State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Sul Ross 2 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Howard Payne 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Stephen F. Austin 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Tarleton State * 0 – 0 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Angelo State * 0 – 0 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
    * – did not complete for conference title
Rankings from NAIA poll and AP small college poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 21Southwestern State (OK)*
W 7–0[2]
September 28Tarleton State*
  • Pritchett Field
  • Huntsville, TX
W 28–7[3]
October 5at Troy State*
L 19–37[4]
October 12at Howard PayneBrownwood, TXT 14–14[5]
October 19at McMurry
L 7–10[6]
October 26Southwest Texas State
  • Pritchett Field
  • Huntsville, TX
L 15–31[7]
November 2at Stephen F. Austin
W 30–28[8]
November 9East Texas State
  • Pritchett Field
  • Huntsville, TX
W 24–21[9]
November 16at No. 7 Texas A&I
L 21–54[10]
November 23Sul Ross
  • Pritchett Field
  • Huntsville, TX
W 41–6[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References edit

  1. ^ "Sam Houston takes Page for Pierce". The Eagle. December 7, 1967. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Sam Houston nips Southwestern, 7–0". San Angelo Standard-Times. September 22, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Sam Houston tops Texans". Abilene Reporter-News. September 29, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Troy buries Sam Houston State, 37–19". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 6, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "HPC, 'Kats tie, 14–14". Brownwood Bulletin. October 13, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Indians hold off Bearkats, 10–7". The Abilene Reporter-News. October 20, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "SWTS triumphs over SHSC, 31–15". The Marshall News Messenger. October 27, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Late Bearcat TD slips Sam Houston by SFA". The Shreveport Times. November 3, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Sam Houston trips Lions from LSC lead". The Paris News. November 10, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Javelinas romp past Sam Houston, 54–21". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 17, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Sul Ross ralls to Sam Houston". The Odessa American. November 24, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "1968 Football Schedule". Sam Houston State University. Retrieved January 20, 2023.


 

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