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1979 Lamar Cardinals football team

1979 Lamar Cardinals football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record6–3–2 (3–2 Southland)
Head coach
Home stadiumCardinal Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
McNeese State $ 5 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
UT 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at Baylor*
L 7–2025,000[2]
September 15at Western Kentucky*
W 58–2714,600[3]
September 22Louisiana Tech
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 19–1717,600[4]
October 6West Texas State*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
T 12–1217,250[5]
October 13McNeese State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX (rivalry)
L 25–34[6]
October 20Southwestern Louisiana
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX (rivalry)
W 21–17[7]
October 27at Arkansas State
W 20–1010,212[8]
November 3at Northeast Louisiana*
W 21–79,300[9]
November 10Northwestern State*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 28–13[10]
November 17at Texas–Arlington
L 37–477,296[11]
November 23at UNLV*
T 24–2419,818[12]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "Baylor Bears bite upstart Lamar, 20–7". The Paris News. September 9, 1979. Retrieved October 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Lamar pummels Western". Messenger-Inquirer. September 16, 1979. Retrieved October 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Lamar upsets La. Tech". The Daily Advertiser. September 23, 1979. Retrieved July 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "WTSU, Lamar end up in tie". The Tyler Courier-Times. October 7, 1979. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lamar loses". The Monitor. October 14, 1979. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Super(Lamar)men strike down USL, 21–17". The Orange Leader. October 21, 1979. Retrieved October 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "ASU turns over a victory to Lamar at homecoming". The Commercial Appeal. October 28, 1979. Retrieved October 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Lamar passes Northeast". The Shreveport Times. November 4, 1979. p. 4D. Retrieved January 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Seniors bid adieu in LU home finale". The Orange Leader. November 11, 1979. Retrieved September 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Mavs survive Lamar passing attack, win 47–37". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 18, 1979. p. 5B. Retrieved January 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Lamar pulls UNLV tie". The Roswell Daily Record. November 25, 1979. Retrieved October 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "1979 Lamar Cardinals Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
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