1976 Lamar Cardinals football team

The 1976 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Led by first-year head coach Bob Frederick, the Cardinals compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 0–5 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the Southland. Lamar played home games at Cardinal Stadium in Beaumont, Texas.

1976 Lamar Cardinals football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record2–9 (0–5 Southland)
Head coach
  • Bob Frederick (1st season)
Home stadiumCardinal Stadium
(capacity: 17,500)
1976 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
McNeese State $ 4 1 010 2 0
Southwestern Louisiana 4 1 07 4 0
Texas–Arlington 3 2 05 6 0
Louisiana Tech 2 3 06 5 0
Arkansas State 2 3 05 6 0
Lamar 0 5 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Southwestern Louisiana forfeited 2 non-conference season wins.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11Northwestern State*W 17–6
September 18at Northeast Louisiana*L 6–16[1]
September 25at New Mexico State*
W 21–17
October 2at Southern Illinois*L 7–19
October 9at Southwestern Louisiana
L 9–34
October 16at Louisiana TechL 7–3712,327[2]
October 23Long Beach State*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 10–217,098[3]
October 30at Arkansas StateL 0–317,000[4]
November 6at West Texas State*L 6–21
November 13McNeese State
L 0–27[5]
November 20Texas–Arlington
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 14–341,800[6]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Northeast dumps Lamar". The Shreveport Times. September 19, 1976. p. 4D. Retrieved January 28, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Tech provides bitter pill for Lamar". The Port Arthur News. October 17, 1976. Retrieved June 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Long Beach State Beats Lamar". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 24, 1976. p. III-14. Retrieved March 16, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  4. "Arkansas State overwhelms fumbling Redbirds, 31–0". The Port Arthur News. October 31, 1976. Retrieved October 9, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "McNeese State blanks Lamar". The Tyler Courier-Times. November 14, 1976. Retrieved March 3, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Mavs win, but bowl bid's out". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 21, 1976. p. 9F. 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.


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