1986 East Texas State Lions football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Record2–9 (1–5 LSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(capacity: 10,000)
Seasons
← 1985
1987 →
1986 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Texas State $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 8 Texas A&I 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. T–10 Abilene Christian 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Eastern New Mexico 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Angelo State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
East Texas State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Howard Payne 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

The 1986 East Texas State Lions football team represented East Texas State University—now known as Texas A&M University–Commerce—as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 1986 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach Eddie Vowell, the Lions compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the LSC. 1986 was only the second losing season for the program in 20 years. East Texas State played home games at Memorial Stadium in Commerce, Texas.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 4Livingston*
W 9–25,000
September 13Southern Arkansas*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
L 10–212,173
September 27at No. 2 (I-AA) Arkansas State*
L 0–4416,889[1]
October 4at Tennessee State*
L 6–15
October 11at Southwestern Oklahoma State*
L 9–195,000
October 18No. 2 Texas A&I
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
L 0–421,700
October 25at West Texas State
L 19–495,415
November 1Eastern New Mexico
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
L 6–215,000
November 8at No. T–8 Abilene Christian
L 12–207,500
November 15Angelo State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
L 16–431,850
November 22at Howard Payne
W 42–161,500

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Postseason awards

All-Americans

All-Lone Star Conference

LSC First Team

LSC Second Team

LSC Honorable Mention

References

  1. ^ "Ark. St. 44, ETSU 0". The Paris News. September 28, 1986. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Final 1986 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "Lion Football History" (Press release). Texas A&M University Commerce Department of Athletics. December 12, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  4. ^ "A&M-Commerce Football Award History" (Press release). Texas A&M University Commerce Department of Athletics. December 12, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
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