1985 Lamar Cardinals football team

The 1985 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA 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 1985 season with a 3–8 overall record and a 0–6 conference record. The season marked the final year with Ken Stephens as Lamar Cardinals head football coach.

1985 Lamar Cardinals football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record3–8 (0–6 Southland)
Head coach
Home stadiumCardinal Stadium
(capacity: 17,500)
1985 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Arkansas State $^ 5 –1 –09 –4 –0
No. 14 Louisiana Tech 4 –2 –08 –3 –0
McNeese State 3 –1 –26 –3 –2
Northeast Louisiana 3 –3 –06 –5 –0
North Texas State 2 –3 –14 –6 –1
Texas–Arlington 2 –3 –14 –6 –1
Lamar 0 –6 –02 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7Texas Southern*
W 32–20[1]
September 14Prairie View A&M*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 30–7[2]
September 21Southwest Texas State*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 24–21[3]
September 28at Rice*
L 28–29
October 12Northeast Louisiana
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 14–37[4]
October 19at Texas–Arlington
L 17–375,775[5]
October 26Sam Houston State*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 22–345,328[6]
November 2at No. 12 Louisiana Tech
L 22–233,200[7]
November 9at North Texas State
L 0–20[8]
November 16No. T–7 Arkansas State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 0–212,832[9]
November 23McNeese State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX (rivalry)
L 7–28[10]

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References
  1. "Lamar 32, Texas Southern 20". The Galveston Daily News. September 8, 1985. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Lamar 30, Prairie View 7". Victoria Advocate. September 15, 1985. Retrieved August 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Lamar stops Southwest Texas, 24–21". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 22, 1985. Retrieved March 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Northeast slashes Lamar". The Shreveport Times. October 13, 1985. p. 2C. Retrieved January 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. "Bates' passes carry UTA in 37–17 romp over Lamar". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 20, 1985. p. 11B. Retrieved January 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Sam Houston St. 34, Lamar 22". Wichita Falls Times. October 27, 1985. Retrieved December 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Louisiana Tech defeats Lamar". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 3, 1984. Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "NTSU blanks Lamar". The Tyler Courier-Times. November 10, 1985. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Arkansas State wins fifth straight". The Commercial Appeal. November 17, 1985. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "McNeese St. beats Lamar". The Shreveport Times. November 24, 1985. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 109–110. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  12. David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
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