1978 Lamar Cardinals football team
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| Louisiana Tech + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Arlington | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southland Conference. NCAA Division I split into Division I-A, the current Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and Division I-AA, the current Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), for football in 1978. Lamar and the Southland Conference opted to compete at the Division I-A level. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar finished the 1978 season with a 2–8–1 overall record and a 0–5 conference record. The 1978 season marked Bob Frederick's final season as Lamar's head football coach.
Schedule
September 11at Northwestern State*
L 17–21 September 16Southern Illinois*
L 20–22 September 23Stephen F. Austin*
- Cardinal Stadium
- Beaumont, TX
W 23–16 September 30at Southwestern Louisiana*
L 16–23 October 7Northeast Louisiana*
- Cardinal Stadium
- Beaumont, TX
T 17–17 October 14at West Texas State*
L 16–55 October 21Texas–Arlington
- Cardinal Stadium
- Beaumont, TX
L 17–37 November 4at Louisiana Tech
L 3–40 November 11McNeese State
- Cardinal Stadium
- Beaumont, TX
L 23–24 November 18at Arkansas State
L 3–6 November 25Long Beach State*
- Cardinal Stadium
- Beaumont, TX
W 36–31
References
- ^ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- ^ David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 27, 2016.