1983 East Texas State Lions football team
The 1983 East Texas State Lions football team represented East Texas State University in the 1983 NCAA College Football season. They were led by head coach Ernest Hawkins, who was in his 19th season at East Texas State. The Lions played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The Lions sharing the Lone Star Conference with Southwest Texas State. It was the final LSC title under Hawkins, who retired at the end of the 1985 season.
| 1983 East Texas State Lions football | |
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LSC champion | |
| Conference | Lone Star Conference |
| 1983 record | 8–2 (6–1 LSC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Ernest Hawkins |
| Defensive coordinator | Eddie Vowell (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (capacity: 10,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Southwest Texas State +^ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Texas State + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angelo State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&I | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard Payne | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 10 | 2:00 pm | Cameron* |
| W 38–27 | ||
| September 17 | 6:00 pm | Southern Arkansas* |
| W 24–15 | ||
| September 24 | 5:00 pm | at Southeastern Louisiana |
| L 31–23 | ||
| October 8 | 6:00 pm | Sam Houston State |
| W 51–14 | ||
| October 15 | 2:00 pm | at Howard Payne |
| W 24–0 | ||
| October 22 | 2:00 pm | Abilene Christian |
| W 31–28 | ||
| October 29 | 2:00 pm | at No. 5 Southwest Texas State | No. 10 |
| L 44–21 | [1] |
| November 5 | 2:00 pm | Texas A&I | W 35–24 | |||
| November 12 | 6:00 pm | Stephen F. Austin State |
| W 23–21 | ||
| November 19 | 2:00 pm | at Angelo State |
| W 27–3 | ||
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Postseason Awards
All-Americans
- Ricky Dirks, 2nd Team, Running Back
All-Lone Star Conference
LSC Superlatives
- Coach of the year: Ernest Hawkins
- Outstanding Back of the Year: Kyle Mackey
LSC First Team
- Javier Cardenas, Tight End
- Ricky Dirks, Runinng Back
- Alan Veingrad, Offensive Tackle
LSC Second Team
- Chris Flynn, Defensive Back
- Vince Murray, Defensive Back
- Gaylon Surratt, Defensive Back
- Kyle Mackey, Quarterback [3]
References
- "SWT bounces back to level Lions". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 30, 1983. Retrieved March 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Lion Football History" (Press release). Texas A&M University Commerce Department of Athletics. December 12, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
- "A&M-Commerce Football Award History" (Press release). Texas A&M University Commerce Department of Athletics. December 12, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
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