2019 Lamar Cardinals football team
The 2019 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals were led by third-year head coach Mike Schultz and played their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium. The Cardinals played a twelve game regular season schedule in 2019. The schedule included three non-conference and nine conference games.
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Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 4–8 (2–7 Southland) |
Head coach |
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Co-offensive coordinator | Bill Bliel (1st season) |
Co-offensive coordinator | Larry Edmondson (1st season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Troy Douglas (3rd season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Cam Clark (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Provost Umphrey Stadium (capacity: 16,000) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Nicholls +^ | 7 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Central Arkansas +^ | 7 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Southeastern Louisiana ^ | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 6 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State | 5 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 3 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 3 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Baptist | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 2 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TV and radio media
All Lamar games were broadcast on KLVI, also known as News Talk 560.
Preseason
Preseason poll
The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Cardinals were picked to finish in fifth place.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Nicholls | 200 (20) |
2 | Central Arkansas | 154 |
3 | Incarnate Word | 150 (1) |
4 | Sam Houston State | 146 |
5 | Lamar | 123 |
6 | McNeese State | 114 |
7 | Abilene Christian | 112 (1) |
8 | Southeastern Louisiana | 71 |
9 | Stephen F. Austin | 63 |
10 | Northwestern State | 56 |
11 | Houston Baptist | 21 |
Preseason All–Southland Teams
The Cardinals placed three players on the preseason all–Southland teams.[2]
Defense 1st team Daniel Crosley – DL |
Offense 2nd team Myles Wanza – RB Elvin Martinez – PK
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Bethel (TN)* | ESPN3 | W 65–16 | 7,298 | |
September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Mississippi Valley State* |
| ESPN+ | W 23–20 OT | 7,285 |
September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 16 (FBS) Texas A&M* | ESPNU/ESPN2 | L 3–62 | 97,195 | |
September 21 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 21 Southeastern Louisiana | ESPN+ | L 34–45 | 6,352 | |
September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin |
| ESPN+ | L 17–24 | 9,218 |
October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | Abilene Christian |
| ESPN3 | W 27–24 | 6,016 |
October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Sam Houston State | ESPN+ | W 20–17 3OT | 4,047 | |
October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | at Incarnate Word | ESPN3 | L 17–35 | 3,048 | |
November 2 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 10 Central Arkansas |
| ESPN+ | L 17–45 | 5,913 |
November 9 | 6:00 p.m. | at Northwestern State | CST/ESPN+ | L 13–34 | 5,122 | |
November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at Houston Baptist | ESPN3 | L 26–31 | 2,126 | |
November 23 | 3:00 p.m. | McNeese State |
| ESPN3 | L 3–27 | 7,307 |
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Game summaries
Bethel (TN)
See also Bethel Wildcats
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Mississippi Valley State
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At Texas A&M
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At Southeastern Louisiana
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Stephen F. Austin
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Abilene Christian
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At Sam Houston State
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At Incarnate Word
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Central Arkansas
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At Northwestern State
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At Houston Baptist
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McNeese State
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Ranking movements
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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 | ||||||||||
Coaches | RV | RV | RV | — |
References
- "Nicholls Voted to Top Spot in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- "Southland Announces 2019 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- "2019 Football Schedule". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- "Big Red Releases 2019 Schedule". Lamar University Athletics. January 15, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- "2019 Lamar Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- "Lamar Cardinals Schedule - 2019". ESPN. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- "SOUTHLAND TV SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST FOUR WEEKS". Southland Conference. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.