2012 Lamar Cardinals football team

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2012 Lamar Cardinals football
Lamar Cardinals wordmark.svg
Conference Southland Conference
2012 record4–8 (1–6 SLC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLarry Kueck (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Bradley (1st season)
Home stadium Provost Umphrey Stadium
(capacity: 16,000)
Seasons
←  2011
2013  →
2012 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 8 Central Arkansas +^  6 –1   9 –3  
No. 5 Sam Houston State +^  6 –1   11 –4  
Southeastern Louisiana  5 –2   5 –6  
McNeese State  4 –3   7 –4  
Stephen F. Austin  4 –3   5 –6  
Northwestern State  2 –5   4 –7  
Lamar  1 –6   4 –8  
Nicholls State  0 –7   1 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals were led by third-year head coach Ray Woodard and played their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 1–6 in Southland play to finish in seventh place.

Contents

Media

All Cardinals football games will be broadcast on KLVI AM 560 as part of the Lamar Cardinals Radio Network. At least 3 games, including 2 road games, will be broadcast on Fox 4 KBTV as the Cardinals complete the third year of a five-year deal granting exclusive broadcast rights to select Cardinals games to KBTV. [1] SLC TV could cover 1 or 2 games minimum in addition to the KBTV games. Cardinals SLC TV games will air locally on KUIL-LD.

Before the season

2012 recruits

Lamar signed 21 players on national letter of intent day. Four additional college recruits signed on previously, in December 2011, to bring the recruiting class to 25-members strong. On May 11, Lamar gained another player from Tyler Jr. College to bring the squad up to 26 new members. In June Lamar gained 4 transfers, 2 from Oklahoma State and 2 from various junior colleges. Because 3 of the 4 redshirted last season and the fourth was a JC transfer, all 4 will be eligible to play in the 2012 season. It brings the Lamar recruiting class up t 30 for 2012. Recruits are listed here. Player profiles for each recruit are available at the signing day link below. [2]

2nd Crawfish Bowl

The 2nd Annual Red-White Crayfish Bowl was held Saturday, May 17 at 7 PM. The team was divided into a red and white team, and 4 12-minute quarters were played.

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The Crawfish Bowl would need overtime to decide the winner. Both the red and white teams struggled to move the ball in different ways. The Red team only netted 6 yards rushing on 18 attempts. The white team pounded out 58-yards rushing with just one person, the returning medical redshirted DePauldrick Garrett. On the other hand, the white team owned the skies as they outgained the red team 155 to 79. Due to an imbalance in the number of quarterbacks, Caleb Berry would play for both teams. He would leave the game as the leading passer going 15-for-25 for 138 yards. Counterpart Jeremy Johnson would go 7-for-17 for 55 yards, but he also had 1 interception. Mossakowski had the fewest passing yards, with only 41 yards passing, but he also had the only touchdown.

The Red team had a chance to even the game up, but Mike Venson fumbled the ball on second down to secure the win for the white squad.

Defense dominated the game on both sides of the ball. Joe Viator, of the white team, led all players with 8 tackles. James Washington had five tackles and one sack for the white team, and Marcus Malbrough wasn't far behind with 4 tackles, 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, and a quarterback hurry.

For the red squad Adren Dorsey led the team with two sacks. Keinon Peterson had six tackles, and Eric Arnold and Mark Murrill each had a sack.

There was only one scoring opportunity prior to the fourth quarter. Berry completed a pair of passes to Payton Ploch and one to Kyle hildreth to move the ball to the white teams 23-yard line. After the drive stalled Juventino Sanchez would try a 43-yard field goal which ended short. The red-team again drove deep into white territory on the final drive of regulation, but Sanchez missed a 42-yard field goal to end regulation.

Perhaps the highlight of the night came from Punter Kolin Kahler played for both teams and was on the field 13 times. He averaged 42.4 yards per punt for the white team and 40-yards per punt for the red-team. His longest punt came in at 56 yards, and 3 of the punts forced the opposing team to start inside the 20.

Roster

2012 Lamar Cardinals football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 12Caleb Berry Redshirt.svg  So
QB 5Ryan MossakowskiJr
QB xDillon Barrett Redshirt.svg  Fr
QB xMatt BergeronFr
RB 8Mike Venson Redshirt.svg  Jr
RB 14DePauldrick Garrett Redshirt.svg  Jr
RB 22Desmond RichardsFr
RB 27Caleb HarmonJr
RB xDarrell HarrisFr
TE 24Jacob HannaJr
TE 47P. J. Henderson Redshirt.svg  Jr
TE 80Cory SotoJr
TE 88Payden McVeaSo
WR 82 Reggie Begelton Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR xGarrett DrakeFr
WR 86Jordan EdwardsJr
WR xKelechi Ejekam Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 3Barry FordJr
WR 83VanLawrance FranksSr
WR 25Gratian GladneyFr
WR 20Michael HandyFr
WR 13Kye HildrethJr
WR 11Kevin Johnson Redshirt.svg  So
WR 84Jayce NelsonFr
WR 15Oluwajimi OyefosoJr
WR xZach SonnierFr
WR 38Jesse SparksSo
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 5Marcus MalbroughSr
DE 57Jeremy KirtJr
DE 93Jesse DicksonJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
PK 31Juventino SanchezSr
PK 39Justin StoutJr
PK 46Alex BallFr
PK, P 25Kollin KahlerJr
DS 43Chris MaikranzJr
DS 48Lawson Hartwick Redshirt.svg  So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Allen Johnson (Texas A&M–Commerce)
    Asst. Head Coach/Secondary
  • Bill Bradley (Texas)
    Defensive Coordinator
  • Larry Kueck (Stephen F. Austin)
    Offensive Coordinator
  • Carey Bailey (Tennessee)
    Defensive Line
  • Kevin Barbay (Lamar)
    Wide Receivers
  • James Brown (Texas)
    Running Backs
  • Craig McGallion (Houston)
    Recruiting Coordinator/Linebackers
  • Dennis McKnight (Drake)
    Offensive Line/Special Teams
  • Marcus Carver (Army)
    Graduate Asst. Coach/Defensive Line
  • Chuck Langston (Oklahoma)
    Director of Football Operations
  • Brett Ramsey (Lamar)
    Graduate Asst. Coach/Tight Ends

[4]

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 pmat Louisiana–Lafayette *
Rajun Cajuns Network/ESPN3 L 0–4025,803
September 87:00 pm Prairie View A&M *
W 31–015,367
September 1511:00 pmat Hawaiʻi *
 KBTV L 2–5431,442
September 227:00 pm Langston *
  • Provost Umphrey Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
KBTV/ESPN3W 31–012,383
September 293:00 pm Southeastern Louisiana
  • Provost Umphrey Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
 SLC TV L 21–318,426
October 66:00 pmat Northwestern State
KBTV/ESPN3L 23–308,357
October 133:00 pm McMurry *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Provost Umphrey Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 52–2113,452
October 206:00 pmat No. 19 Central Arkansas
L 14–249,374
October 273:00 pmNo. 5 Sam Houston State
  • Provost Umphrey Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
SLC TVL 7–569,042
November 36:00 pmat Stephen F. Austin
L 26–404,421
November 103:00 pm Nicholls State
  • Provost Umphrey Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 34–248,043
November 177:00 pmat McNeese State
L 0–3511,235

Game summaries

Louisiana-Lafayette

The Cardinals will open the season with an older rival in Louisiana as they meet the Ragin' Cajuns. The Rajin' Cajuns have dominated the series against the Cardinals 21-12 and are on a current 3 game winning streak against the Cardinals. [5] The two schools compete for the Sabine Shoe trophy.

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Prairie View A&M

The Cardinals open up their home slate with their first ever contest against fellow Texas University Prairie View A&M.

Prairie View A&M at Lamar
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Hawaiʻi

The Cardinals return to FBS country for their first ever contest against the Warriors.

Lamar at Hawaiʻi
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Langston

The final tuneup before conference play will feature the first ever meeting between the Langston Lions and Lamar.

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  • Date: September 22
  • Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium
    Beaumont, TX
  • Game start: 7:00 pm CST
  • Elapsed time: 2:53
  • Game attendance: 12,383
  • Game weather: 86 °F (30 °C), Clear, winds 2 mph
  • Referee: Ross Smith
  • TV announcers (KBTV/ESPN3): Charlie Jellin, Nick Canizales, and James Ware
Sources:

Southeastern Louisiana

The Cardinals open conference play against the Lions. The Cardinals currently own a 3-1 advantage in the series [6]

Southeastern Louisiana at Lamar
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•Lions7710731
Cardinals077721
  • Date: September 29
  • Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium
    Beaumont, TX
  • Game start: 3:05 pm CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:05
  • Game attendance: 8,426
  • Game weather: 76 °F (24 °C), Mostly Cloudy, winds E at 2 mph
  • Referee: Buddy Gingras
  • TV announcers (SLC TV): Randy McIlvoy, Shea Walker, and Brooke Bentley
Sources:

Northwestern State

Despite a 5-3 advantage in the overall series, the Cardinals will be seeking to prove they can compete with the Demons in this 2012 contest. The Demons won the revival game of this series in 2011 and have won 3 of the last 4. [7]

Lamar at Northwestern State
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Cardinals0710623
•Demons10731030
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: Harry Turpin Stadium
    Natchitoches, LA
  • Game start: 6:00 pm CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:21
  • Game attendance: 8,357
  • Referee: Ken Ray
  • TV announcers (KBTV/ESPN3): Charlie Jellin, Nick Canizales, and James Ware
Sources:

McMurry

The Cardinals return home for homecoming on October 20. It will be the final non-conference tilt of the year (not counting the playoffs) and they will celebrate homecoming in this contest against the War Hawks, who are celebrating their first year in the Division 2 level. It will be the third meeting between the Cardinals and War Hawks, with the previous two having come in 1953 and 1954. Currently the series is split 1-1. [8]

McMurry at Lamar
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•Cardinals102114752
  • Date: October 13
  • Location: Homer Bryce Stadium
    Nacogdoches, TX
  • Game start: 7:05 PM CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:11
  • Game attendance: 13,452
  • Game weather: 76 °F (24 °C), Cloudy, winds SSE 12 mph
  • Referee: Brian Alos
  • TV announcers (Lamarcardinals.com): Harold Mann and Bo Brown
Sources:

Central Arkansas

The Cardinals head to Conway, Arkansas for the second match against their SLC rival, the Bears. Currently Central Arkansas leads the series 1-0. [9]

Lamar at #17 Central Arkansas
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  • Date: October 20
  • Location: Estes Stadium
    Conway, AR
  • Game start: 6:00 PM CST
  • Elapsed time: 2:35
  • Game attendance: 9,374
  • Referee: Buddy Gingras
  • TV announcers (UCA Gameday): Justin Acri
Sources:

Sam Houston State

The 19th meeting between the Cardinals and the Bearkats gives Sam Houston State back-to-back games in the state of Texas. The Bearkats own a 10-7-1 series advantage with most of the success having occurred in recent years, having won 7 of the last 8 meetings. [10]

Sam Houston State at Lamar
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Bearkats0
Cardinals0
  • Date: October 27
  • Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium
    Beaumont, TX
  • TV announcers (SLC TV): Randy McIlvoy, Shea Walker, and Brooke Bentley
Sources:

Stephen F. Austin

The Lumberjacks have won four consecutive against the Cardinals and five of the last six meetings, but overall the Cardinals lead the series 18-10-2. [11]

Lamar at Stephen F. Austin
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Nicholls State

The Cardinals and the Colonels go head-to-head in their 5th contest for the Cardinals final home game of the season. Currently the Cardinals lead the Colonels 3-1. [12]

Nicholls State at Lamar
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Demons0
Lumberjacks0
  • Date: November 10
  • Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium
    Beaumont, TX
  • TV announcers (Lamarcardinals.com): Harold Mann and Bo Brown
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McNeese State

This Cardinals end the 2012 regular season by returning to Lake Charles to face the Cowboys. Overall this will be the 27th meeting between the two schools. The Cowboys lead the overall series 18-7-1, and the Cowboys have won 8 of the last 9 matches. [13]

Lamar at McNeese State
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Cowboys0
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