1977 Lamar Cardinals football team

1977 Lamar Cardinals football
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	2–9 (1–4 Southland)
Head coach	Bob Frederick (2nd season)
Home stadium	Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 17,500)

1977 Southland Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Louisiana Tech $	4	–	0	–	1			9	–	1	–	2
Southwestern Louisiana	2	–	1	–	2			6	–	4	–	2
Texas–Arlington	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Arkansas State	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
McNeese State	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Lamar	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1977 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1977 NCAA Division I 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 1977 season with a 2–9 overall record and a 1–4 conference record. One highlight for the season was that the game against the Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns was the fifth-highest-attended game in the history of the stadium, with 17,222 fans in attendance.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	Northeast Louisiana*	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, Texas	W 21–7
September 17	Southwestern Louisiana	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, Texas	L 6–10	17,222
September 24	at Long Beach State*	Veteran's Memorial Stadium Long Beach, California	L 7–21
October 1	at Southern Illinois*	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, Illinois	L 5–9
October 8	Arkansas State	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, Texas	L 6–10
October 15	at Northwestern State*	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, Louisiana	L 0–43
October 22	West Texas State*	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, Texas	L 9–27
October 29	at Drake*	Drake Stadium Carbondale, Illinois	L 21–43
November 5	Louisiana Tech	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, Texas	L 6–23
November 13	at McNeese State	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, Louisiana	W 35–7
November 19	at Texas–Arlington	Cravens Field Arlington, Texas	L 7–14
*Non-conference game