1962 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football team

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1962 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football
Conference Lone Star Conference
Record8–2 (6–1 LSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumEvans Field
Seasons
  1961
1963  
1962 Lone Star Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas A&I $ 6 0 19 0 1
Southwest Texas State 6 1 08 2 0
Sam Houston State 4 2 15 3 1
Lamar Tech 4 3 07 3 0
East Texas State 3 3 15 4 1
Sul Ross 2 5 04 6 0
Stephen F. Austin 1 6 01 9 0
Howard Payne 0 6 11 8 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1962 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Southwest Texas State College (now known as Texas State University) during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). In their fifth year under head coach Milton Jowers, the team compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15 Texas Lutheran *
W 25–75,000 [1]
September 22at Tarleton State * Stephenville, TX W 29–0 [2]
September 29 Sul Ross
  • Evans Field
  • San Marcos, TX
W 34–144,000 [3]
October 6at McMurry *L 6–14 [4]
October 13 Stephen F. Austin
  • Evans Field
  • San Marcos, TX
W 40–74,500 [5]
October 20at Lamar Tech W 20–13 [6]
October 27at Sam Houston State
W 21–20 [7]
November 3 East Texas State
  • Evans Field
  • San Marcos, TX
W 36–87,000 [8]
November 10at Howard Payne
W 61–15 [9]
November 17 Texas A&I
  • Evans Field
  • San Marcos, TX
L 7–2811,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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