The 1964 East Texas State Lions football team represented East Texas State College—now known as
Texas A&M University–Commerce—as a member of the
Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the
1964 NAIA football season
The 1964 NAIA football season was the ninth season of college football sponsored by the NAIA. The season was played from August to December 1964, culminating in the ninth annual NAIA Football National Championship, played this year at ARC Stadiu ...
. Led by first-year head coach
Ernest Hawkins, the Lions compiled an overall record of 2–7 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the LSC. Hawkins had taken over the program after the sudden death of
Jules V. Sikes
Jules Verne Sikes (October 22, 1904 – May 20, 1964) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was a graduate of Texas A&M University where he was a three-sport star, lettering three years each in baseball, basketba ...
in the spring of 1964. The team their home games at
Memorial Stadium in
Commerce, Texas.
Schedule
Postseason awards
All-Americans
* Fred Polser, Defensive Tackle, Second Team
All-Lone Star Conference
LSC First Team
* Fred Polser, Defensive Tackle
LSC Second Team
* Charles Neuman, Offensive Line
LSC Honorable Mention
* John Stooksberry, Quarterback
* Gayhart Jeanis, Safety
References
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Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football seasons
East Texas State Lions football
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...