1979 Lamar Cardinals football team

1979 Lamar Cardinals football
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	6–3–2 (3–2 Southland)
Head coach	Larry Kennan (1st season)
Home stadium	Cardinal Stadium (capacity: 17,500)
Seasons ←  1978 1980  →

1979 Southland Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
McNeese State $	5	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Texas–Arlington	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Lamar	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	2
Arkansas State	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Louisiana Tech	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Louisiana Tech record includes one win by forfeit.

The 1979 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar finished the 1979 season with a 6–3–2 overall record and a 3–2 conference record. The 1979 season marked Larry Kennan's first season as Lamar's head football coach. The season also marked higher attendance at Cardinal Stadium. The second and fourth highest attended games were recorded in the season with 17,600 attending the game against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and 17,250 attending the game against the West Texas State Buffaloes. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at Baylor *	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	L 7–20	25,000
September 15	at Western Kentucky *	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	W 58–27	14,600
September 22	Louisiana Tech	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	W 19–17	17,600	[2]
October 6	West Texas State *	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	T 12–12	17,250	[3]
October 13	McNeese State	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX (rivalry)	L 25–34		[4]
October 20	Southwestern Louisiana	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX (Sabine Shoe)	W 21–17
October 27	at Arkansas State	Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR	W 20–10
November 3	at Northeast Louisiana *	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	W 21–7	9,300	[5]
November 10	Northwestern State *	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	W 28–13
November 17	at Texas–Arlington	Cravens Stadium Arlington, TX	L 37–47	7,296	[6]
November 23	at UNLV *	Las Vegas Silver Bowl Whitney, NV	T 24–24	19,818
*Non-conference game

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References

1. "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
2. "Lamar upsets La. Tech". The Daily Advertiser. September 23, 1979. Retrieved July 1, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "WTSU, Lamar end up in tie". The Tyler Courier-Times. October 7, 1979. Retrieved May 2, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Lamar loses". The Monitor. October 14, 1979. Retrieved March 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Lamar passes Northeast". The Shreveport Times. November 4, 1979. p. 4D. Retrieved January 29, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Mavs survive Lamar passing attack, win 47–37". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 18, 1979. p. 5B. Retrieved January 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
7. "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
8. David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.