1966 East Texas State Lions football team
American college football season
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The 1966 East Texas State Lions football team represented East Texas State University in the 1966 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Ernest Hawkins, who was in his third season at East Texas State. The Lions played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. With a 5–3–2 record, the Lions won the Lone Star Conference championship, the first of four under Hawkins. Tailback Curtis Guyton was named All-American, the first black player in program history to be named All-American.
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Record5–3–2 (4–1–2 LSC)
Headcoach
- Ernest Hawkins (3rd season)
HomestadiumMemorial Stadium
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LSC champion | |
| Conference | Lone Star Conference |
| Record | 5–3–2 (4–1–2 LSC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Texas State $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Texas State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sul Ross | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard Payne | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&I | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McMurry | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | 2:00 p.m. | at Abilene Christian* | L 0–7 | 6,500 | [1][2] | |
| September 24 | 2:00 p.m. | Texas Lutheran* | W 42–0 | [3] | ||
| October 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Arlington State* |
| L 10–27 | [4] | |
| October 8 | 6:00 p.m. | McMurry |
| W 17–11 | [5] | |
| October 15 | 2:00 p.m. | at Texas A&I |
| W 25–24 | [6] | |
| October 22 | 2:00 p.m. | at Sul Ross |
| T 14–14 | [7] | |
| October 29 | 2:00 p.m. | Howard Payne |
| W 10–7 | [8] | |
| November 4 | 6:00 p.m. | at Sam Houston State |
| W 17–13 | [9] | |
| November 12 | 2:00 p.m. | Southwest Texas State |
| T 14–14 | [10] | |
| November 19 | 2:00 p.m. | at Stephen F. Austin |
| L 7–24 | [11] | |
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Postseason awards
All-Americans
- Curtis Guyton, halfback, Third Team
Lone Star Conference superlatives
- Coach of The Year: Ernest Hawkins
All-Lone Star Conference
LSC First Team
- Curtis Guyton, halfback
LSC Second Team
- Charles Froneberger, center
- Bill Garner, defensive end
- David McKay, safety
- Mike Venable, linebacker
- Sam Walton, offensive tackle
- Ronald Zwernemann, offensive tackle
LSC Honorable Mention
- Tommy Briscoe, offensive guard
- Leo Rhodes, offensive guard
- Tim Smith, defensive tackle