1986 Lamar Cardinals football team
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| 1986 record | 2–9 (0–5 Southland) |
| Head coach | Ray Alborn (1st year) |
| Home stadium | Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 17,500) |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #2 Arkansas State $^ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1986 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1986 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 1986 season with a 2–9 overall record and a 0–5 conference record. The season marked the first year with Ray Alborn as Lamar Cardinals head football coach. The 1986 season was also the Cardinals' last season as a member of the Southland Conference in football until the 2010 season. Lamar joined the non–football American South Conference as a charter member along with fellow SLC members, Louisiana Tech and Arkansas State and three other universities.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | |||
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| September 6 | at Rice* | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | L 14–28 | ||||||
| September 20 | at Sam Houston State* | Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX | L 13–24 | ||||||
| September 27 | at Stephen F. Austin* | Homer Bryce Stadium • Nacogdoches, TX | L 25–38 | ||||||
| October 4 | Texas A&I* | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | L 10–35 | ||||||
| October 11 | at Northeast Louisiana | Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA | L 21–22 | ||||||
| October 18 | Southwest Texas State* | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | W 3–17 | ||||||
| October 25 | North Texas | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | L 13–33 | ||||||
| November 1 | Louisiana Tech | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | L 20–39 | ||||||
| November 8 | Central State (OK)* | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | W 47–23 | ||||||
| November 15 | at Arkansas State | Indian Stadium • Jonesboro, AR | L 7–56 | ||||||
| November 23 | at McNeese State | Cowboy Stadium • Lake Charles, LA | L 7–38 | ||||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. |
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