1979 Lamar Cardinals football team
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
September 8at Baylor*
L 7–2025,000 September 15at Western Kentucky*
W 58–27 September 22Louisiana Tech
- Cardinal Stadium
- Beaumont, Texas
W 19–1717,600 October 6West Texas State*
- Cardinal Stadium
- Beaumont, Texas
T 12–1217,250 October 13McNeese State
- Cardinal Stadium
- Beaumont, Texas
L 25–34 October 20Southwestern Louisiana
- Cardinal Stadium
- Beaumont, Texas
W 21–17 October 27at Arkansas State
W 20–10 November 3at Northeast Louisiana*
W 21–7 November 10Northwestern State*
- Cardinal Stadium
- Beaumont, Texas
W 28–13 November 17at Texas–Arlington
- Cravens Stadium
- Arlington, Texas
L 37–47 November 23at UNLV*
T 24–24
References
- ^ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- ^ "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.