1970 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team

1970 Lamar Tech Cardinals football
Conference	Southland Conference
1970 record	3–7 (1–3 Southland)
Head coach	Vernon Glass (8th year)
Home stadium	Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 17,500)

1970 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Arkansas State $	4	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
Abilene Christian	3	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Trinity	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Lamar Tech	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Texas–Arlington	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Arkansas State record includes Pecan Bowl win. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team represented the Lamar State College of Technology in the 1970 NCAA 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 The Cardinals competed at the NCAA College Division level in 1970. The team finished the season with a 3–7 overall record and a 1–3 conference record.

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19		West Texas State*		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 33–28	14,217
September 26		Louisiana Tech*		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 6–0	7,729
October 3		at Southern Illinois*		McAndrew Stadium • Carbondale, IL		L 16–32	10,000
October 11		McNeese State*		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		L 12–17	15,165
October 17		Abilene Christian		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		L 27–42	8,959
October 24		at Southwestern Louisiana*		Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA		L 6–15	11,000
October 31		at Arkansas State		Jonesboro, AR		L 7–69	8,500
November 8		at Trinity		San Antonio, TX		L 31–37	3,500
November 14		at New Mexico State*		Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM		L 37–69	9,800
November 22		Texas–Arlington		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 24–0	9,821
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

1. "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
2. "Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
3. David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 26, 2016.