1977 Lamar Cardinals football team
The 1977 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar finished the 1977 season with a 2–9 overall record and a 1–4 conference record. One highlight for the season was that the game against the Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns was the fifth-highest-attended game in the history of the stadium, with 17,222 fans in attendance.[1]
| 1977 Lamar Cardinals football | |
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 2–9 (1–4 Southland) |
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| Home stadium | Cardinal Stadium (capacity: 17,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Arlington | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 10 | Northeast Louisiana* | W 21–7 | [2] | ||
| September 17 | Southwestern Louisiana |
| L 6–10 | 17,222 | |
| September 24 | at Long Beach State* | L 7–21 | 5,444 | ||
| October 1 | at Southern Illinois* | L 5–9 | |||
| October 8 | Arkansas State |
| L 6–10 | [3] | |
| October 15 | at Northwestern State* | L 0–43 | |||
| October 22 | West Texas State* |
| L 9–27 | 3,000 | [4] |
| October 29 | at Drake* | L 21–43 | |||
| November 5 | Louisiana Tech |
| L 6–23 | 7,129 | [5] |
| November 12 | at McNeese State | W 35–7 | [6] | ||
| November 19 | at Texas–Arlington | L 7–14 | 1,756 | [7] | |
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References
- "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. p. 10. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- "Cardinals take win". The Daily Advertiser. September 11, 1977. p. 36. Retrieved May 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Lamar loses". San Antonio Express-News. October 9, 1977. Retrieved October 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "West Texas State bombs Lamar, 27–9". The Odessa American. October 23, 1977. Retrieved May 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Louisiana Tech up 23–6". The El Paso Times. November 6, 1977. Retrieved June 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Lamar 35, McNeese State 7". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 13, 1977. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Mavs hold off Lamar". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 20, 1977. p. 8F. Retrieved May 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- 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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