1987 Lamar Cardinals football team

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1987 Lamar Cardinals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–8
Head coach
Home stadium Cardinal Stadium
Seasons
←  1986
1988  →
1987 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Georgia Southern ^  – 9 –4 –0
No. 8 James Madison ^  – 9 –3 –0
No. 12 Arkansas State ^  – 8 –4 –1
No. 11 Western Kentucky ^  – 7 –4 –0
Villanova  – 6 –4 –0
Northeastern  – 6 –5 –0
Nicholls State  – 5 –5 –1
William & Mary  – 5 –6 –0
Towson State  – 4 –6 –0
Tennessee State  – 3 –7 –1
Lamar  – 3 –8 –0
Louisiana Tech  – 3 –8 –0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1987 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season as an NCAA Division I-AA independent. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar finished the 1987 season with a 3–8 overall record. The season marked the first year competing as an independent. Lamar left the Southland Conference to join the non–football American South Conference as a charter member along with fellow former SLC members, Louisiana Tech and Arkansas State and three other universities.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5at Rice
L 30–3412,500 [1]
September 12at Northern Illinois
W 39–3522,184 [2]
September 19at Texas Tech
L 14–4327,795 [3]
September 26 Stephen F. Austin
W 28–26 [4]
October 3at No. T–3 (D-II) Texas A&I
L 14–43 [5]
October 10No. 2 Northeast Louisiana
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 48–28 [6]
October 17at UTEP
L 14–3849,481 [7]
October 24 Sam Houston State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 21–347,014 [8]
October 31 Southwest Texas State
L 19–279,160 [9]
November 14No. 10 Arkansas State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 20–34 [10]
November 21at McNeese State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX (rivalry)
L 36–443,259 [11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ "Rice beats Lamar in last 15 seconds, 34–30". Abilene Reporter-News. September 6, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Lamar's 4th-quarter rally stuns Northern Illinois". Chicago Tribune. September 13, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Gray, Texas Tech steamroll Lamar, 43–14". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 20, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Smith's passing leads Lamar over SFA". The Orange Leader. September 27, 1987. Retrieved February 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "A&I rolls past Lamar". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 4, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Lamar bombs Indians". The Orange Leader. October 11, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "UTEP comeback nails Lamar". The El Paso Times. October 18, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Sam Houston drops Lamar". The El Paso Times. October 25, 1987. Retrieved December 17, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "SWT nails Lamar for 2nd victory". Austin American-Statesman. November 1, 1987. Retrieved March 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Indians knock off Lamar". The Commercial Appeal. November 15, 1987. Retrieved October 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "McNeese finally wins". Abbeville Meridional. November 22, 1987. Retrieved March 4, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 109–110. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
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