1968 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team
| 1968 Sam Houston State Bearkats football | |
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| Conference | Lone Star Conference |
| Record | 5–4–1 (3–3–1 LSC) |
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| Home stadium | Pritchett Field |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 21 | Southwestern State (OK)* | W 7–0 | [2] | |
| September 28 | Tarleton State* |
| W 28–7 | [3] |
| October 5 | at Troy State* | L 19–37 | [4] | |
| October 12 | at Howard Payne | Brownwood, TX | T 14–14 | [5] |
| October 19 | at McMurry | L 7–10 | [6] | |
| October 26 | Southwest Texas State |
| L 15–31 | [7] |
| November 2 | at Stephen F. Austin |
| W 30–28 | [8] |
| November 9 | East Texas State |
| W 24–21 | [9] |
| November 16 | at No. 7 Texas A&I | L 21–54 | [10] | |
| November 23 | Sul Ross |
| W 41–6 | [11] |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Sam Houston takes Page for Pierce". The Eagle. December 7, 1967. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sam Houston nips Southwestern, 7–0". San Angelo Standard-Times. September 22, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sam Houston tops Texans". Abilene Reporter-News. September 29, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Troy buries Sam Houston State, 37–19". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 6, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "HPC, 'Kats tie, 14–14". Brownwood Bulletin. October 13, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Indians hold off Bearkats, 10–7". The Abilene Reporter-News. October 20, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SWTS triumphs over SHSC, 31–15". The Marshall News Messenger. October 27, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Late Bearcat TD slips Sam Houston by SFA". The Shreveport Times. November 3, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sam Houston trips Lions from LSC lead". The Paris News. November 10, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Javelinas romp past Sam Houston, 54–21". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 17, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sul Ross ralls to Sam Houston". The Odessa American. November 24, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1968 Football Schedule". Sam Houston State University. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
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