1968 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

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

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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
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 167:30 p.m.at No. 7 Texas A&I
L 21–54[10][11]
November 23Sul Ross
  • Pritchett Field
  • Huntsville, TX
W 41–6[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[13]

References

  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. ^ Tagliabue, Emil (November 16, 1968). "A&I To Go Against Bearkats Tonight". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Corpus Christi, Texas. p. 5C. Retrieved January 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Javelinas romp past Sam Houston, 54–21". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 17, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Sul Ross ralls to Sam Houston". The Odessa American. November 24, 1968. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "1968 Football Schedule". Sam Houston State University. Retrieved January 20, 2023.


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