1977 Lamar Cardinals football team

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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.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	Northeast Louisiana*	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	W 21–7		^[2]
September 17	Southwestern Louisiana	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX (Sabine Shoe)	L 6–10	17,222
September 24	at Long Beach State*	Veteran's Memorial Stadium Long Beach, CA	L 7–21	5,444
October 1	at Southern Illinois*	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 5–9
October 8	Arkansas State	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	L 6–10		^[3]
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	3,000	^[4]
October 29	at Drake*	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	L 21–43
November 5	Louisiana Tech	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	L 6–23	7,129	^[5]
November 12	at McNeese State	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA (Battle of the Border)	W 35–7		^[6]
November 19	at Texas–Arlington	Cravens Field Arlington, TX	L 7–14	1,756	^[7]
*Non-conference game

^ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. p. 10. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
^ "Cardinals take win". The Daily Advertiser. September 11, 1977. p. 36. Retrieved May 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lamar loses". San Antonio Express-News. October 9, 1977. Retrieved October 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "West Texas State bombs Lamar, 27–9". The Odessa American. October 23, 1977. Retrieved May 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Louisiana Tech up 23–6". The El Paso Times. November 6, 1977. Retrieved June 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lamar 35, McNeese State 7". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 13, 1977. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mavs hold off Lamar". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 20, 1977. p. 8F. Retrieved May 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 27, 2016.

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Venues	South Park High School "Greenie Stadium" (c. 1923–1963) Provost Umphrey Stadium (1964–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1961 Tangerine Bowl 1964 Pecan Bowl Louisiana: Sabine Shoe McNeese: Battle of the Border
Culture & lore	Cardinal "Cardinals Fight!" The Showcase of Southeast Texas Big Red
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990–2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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