1977 Lamar Cardinals football team

1977 Lamar Cardinals football
Conference	Southland Conference
1977 record	2–9 (1–4 Southland)
Head coach	Bob Frederick (2nd year)
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 Louisiana Tech record includes Independence Bowl win. Rankings from AP Poll

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. 17,222 fans were in attendance at that game.^[1]

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result
September 10		Northeast Louisiana*		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 21–7
September 17		Southwestern Louisiana		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		L 6–10	17,222
September 24		at Long Beach State*		Veteran's Memorial Stadium • Long Beach, CA		L 7–21
October 1		at Southern Illinois*		McAndrew Stadium • Carbondale, IL		L 5–9
October 8		Arkansas State		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		L 6–10
October 15		at Northwestern State*		Harry Turpin Stadium • Natchitoches, LA		L 0–43
October 22		West Texas State*		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		L 9–27
October 29		at Drake*		Drake Stadium • Carbondale, IL		L 21–43
November 5		Louisiana Tech		Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX		L 6–23
November 13		at McNeese State		Cowboy Stadium • Lake Charles, LA		W 35–7
November 19		at Texas–Arlington		Cravens Field • Arlington, TX		L 7–14
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

1. "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. p. 10. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
2. "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
3. David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 27, 2016.