1979 Lamar Cardinals football team

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1979 Lamar Cardinals football
Lamar Cards wordmark.png
Conference Southland Conference
1979 record 6–3–2 (3–2 Southland)
Head coach Larry Kennan (1st year)
Home stadium Cardinal Stadium
(Capacity: 17,500)
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
Texas–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.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A 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 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

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 8 at Baylor* Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX   L 7–20   25,000
September 15 at Western Kentucky* L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY   W 58–27    
September 22 Louisiana Tech Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   W 19–17   17,600
October 6 West Texas State* Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX T 12–12   17,250
October 13 McNeese State Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   L 25–34    
October 20 Southwestern Louisiana Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   W 21–17    
October 27 at Arkansas State Indian Stadium • Jonesboro, AR   W 20–10    
November 3 at Northeast Louisiana* Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA   W 21–7    
November 10 Northwestern State* Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   W 28–13    
November 17 at Texas–Arlington Cravens Stadium • Arlington, TX   L 37–47    
November 23 at UNLV* Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NV   T 24–24    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

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