1977 Lamar Cardinals football team

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1977 Lamar Cardinals football
Conference Southland Conference
Record2–9 (1–4 Southland)
Head coach
Home stadium Cardinal Stadium
Seasons
  1976
1978  
1977 Southland Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Louisiana Tech $ 4 0 19 1 2
Southwestern Louisiana 2 1 26 4 2
UT Arlington 3 2 05 6 0
Arkansas State 2 3 07 4 0
McNeese State 1 3 15 5 1
Lamar 1 4 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1977 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar finished the 1977 season with a 2–9 overall record and a 1–4 conference record. One highlight for the season was that the game against the Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns was the fifth-highest-attended game in the history of the stadium, with 17,222 fans in attendance. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10 Northeast Louisiana *W 21–7 [2]
September 17 Southwestern Louisiana
L 6–1017,222
September 24at Long Beach State *L 7–215,444
October 1at Southern Illinois *L 5–9
October 8 Arkansas State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 6–10 [3]
October 15at Northwestern State *L 0–43
October 22 West Texas State *
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 9–273,000 [4]
October 29at Drake *L 21–43
November 5 Louisiana Tech
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 6–237,129 [5]
November 12at McNeese State W 35–7 [6]
November 19at Texas–Arlington L 7–141,756 [7]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. p. 10. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  2. "Cardinals take win". The Daily Advertiser. September 11, 1977. p. 36. Retrieved May 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Lamar loses". San Antonio Express-News. October 9, 1977. Retrieved October 9, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "West Texas State bombs Lamar, 27–9". The Odessa American. October 23, 1977. Retrieved May 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Louisiana Tech up 23–6". The El Paso Times. November 6, 1977. Retrieved June 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Lamar 35, McNeese State 7". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 13, 1977. Retrieved March 3, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Mavs hold off Lamar". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 20, 1977. p. 8F. Retrieved May 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 27, 2016.