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NCAA Division I First Round, L 13–16 vs. Northern Iowa | |
Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 7–5 (6–3 Southland) |
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Offensive coordinator | Dan Dodd (2nd season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread |
Co-defensive coordinator | Troy Douglas (2nd season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Cam Clark (1st season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Provost Umphrey Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Nicholls +^ | 7 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar ^ | 6 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Arkansas | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana | 4 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 2 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Baptist | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals were led by second-year head coach Mike Schultz and played their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium. They played as a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 6–3 in Southland play to finish in third place. They received an at-large berth to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa.
All Lamar games will be broadcast on KLVI, also known as News Talk 560.
In fourth year of an agreement (third year for football) with ESPN, live video of all home games (except those picked up by Southland Conference TV agreements) will be streamed on ESPN3. [1]
On July 12, 2018, the Southland announced their Preseason All-Conference Teams, with the Cardinals placing one player on the second team. [2]
On July 19, 2018, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Cardinals predicted to finish in tenth place. [3]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Sam Houston State | 187 (10) |
2 | Nicholls State | 173 (6) |
3 | Central Arkansas | 170 (5) |
4 | McNeese State | 159 (1) |
5 | Southeastern Louisiana | 119 |
6 | Stephen F. Austin | 90 |
7 | Abilene Christian | 89 |
8 | Northwestern State | 86 |
9 | Incarnate Word | 53 |
10 | Lamar | 52 |
11 | Houston Baptist | 32 |
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | Kentucky Christian * | ESPN3 | W 70–7 | 7,056 | |
September 8 | 3:00 p.m. | at Texas Tech * | FSN | L 0–77 | 52,126 | |
September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | Northwestern State |
| ESPN+ | L 48–49 | 6,021 |
September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | Southeastern Louisiana ![]() |
| ESPN3 | L 24–30 | 8,017 |
September 29 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 15 Nicholls State | ELVN/CST/SLC Digital | L 27–50 | 8,044 | |
October 13 | 3:00 p.m. | Incarnate Word |
| ESPN+/MYTX | W 27–21 | 6,113 |
October 20 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 14 Sam Houston State |
| ESPN+/MYTX | W 41–23 | 7,227 |
October 27 | 3:00 p.m. | at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN+ | W 24–17 | 6,321 | |
November 3 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 19 Central Arkansas | ELVN/CST/SLC Digital | W 38–24 | 10,874 | |
November 10 | 3:00 p.m. | Houston Baptist |
| ESPN+/MYTX | W 38–9 | 8,028 |
November 17 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 22 McNeese State | ESPN3 | W 21–17 | 11,532 | |
November 24 | 4:00 p.m. | at Northern Iowa * | ESPN3 | L 13–16 | 4,082 | |
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Source: [28]
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Name | Position | Season at Lamar | |
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Mike Schultz | Head coach | 2nd | |
Dan Dodd | Offensive coordinator and Quarterbacks coach | 2nd | |
Troy Douglas | Co-Defensive Coordinator and Cornerbacks coach | 2nd | |
Todd Ivicic | Special Teams and Defensive line coach | 2nd | |
Cam Clark | Co-Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers coach | 2nd | |
Eric Buchanan | Safeties coach | 2nd | |
Bill Bleil | Offensive line coach | 1st | |
Bobby Dodd | Tight ends coach | 2nd | |
Adrian Madise | Wide receivers coach | 1st | |
Bret Grant | Quality Control coach - Defense/Football Operations | 1st | |
Carson Earp | Quality Control coach - Offense | 1st | |
Jordan Hopkins | Quality Control Coach - Defense | 1st | |
Chad Reiniger | Quality Control Coach - Special Teams | 1st | |
Matt Oubre | Quality Control Coach - Offense | 1st | |
Craig McGallion | Director of Operations | 1st | |
Daniel Darcy | Strength and Conditioning coordinator | 3rd | |
Reference: [27] |
Source: [29]
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS FCS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV |
Lamar University is entering its fourth season in partnership with ESPN3, and the third year for LU football. All six of the Cardinals' home games in 2018 will be televised on either ESPN3 or ESPN+.