1978 Lamar Cardinals football team

1978 Lamar Cardinals football
Conference Southland Conference
1978 record 2–8–1 (0–5 Southland)
Head coach Bob Frederick (3rd year)
Home stadium Cardinal Stadium
(Capacity: 17,500)
1978 Southland Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
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
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

[1] [2]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 11 at Northwestern State* Harry Turpin StadiumNatchitoches, LA   L 1721    
September 16 Southern Illinois* Cardinal StadiumBeaumont, TX   L 2022    
September 23 Stephen F. Austin* Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   W 2316    
September 30 at Southwestern Louisiana* Cajun FieldLafayette, LA L 1623    
October 7 Northeast Louisiana* Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   T 1717    
October 14 at West Texas State* Kimbrough Memorial StadiumCanyon, TX   L 1655    
October 21 Texas–Arlington Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   L 1737    
November 4 at Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA   L 340    
November 11 McNeese State Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   L 2324    
November 18 at Arkansas State Indian StadiumJonesboro, AR   L 36    
November 25 Long Beach State* Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   W 3631    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

  1. "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  2. David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
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