1976 Lamar Cardinals football team

1976 Lamar Cardinals football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record2–9 (0–5 Southland)
Head coach
  • Bob Frederick (1st season)
Home stadiumCardinal Stadium
1976 Southland Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
McNeese State $ 4 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
UT Arlington 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Louisiana Tech 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Arkansas State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
0 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Southwestern Louisiana forfeited 2 non-conference season wins.

The 1976 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Led by first-year head coach Bob Frederick, the Cardinals compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 0–5 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the Southland. Lamar played home games at Cardinal Stadium in Beaumont, Texas.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11Northwestern State*
W 17–6[1]
September 18at Northeast Louisiana*
L 6–16[2]
September 25at New Mexico State*
W 21–17[3]
October 2at Southern Illinois*
L 7–1912,750[4]
October 9at Southwestern Louisiana
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX (rivalry)
L 9–34[5]
October 16at Louisiana Tech
L 7–3712,327[6]
October 23Long Beach State*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 10–217,098[7]
October 30at Arkansas State
L 0–317,000[8]
November 6at West Texas State*
L 6–213,500[9]
November 13McNeese State
L 0–27[10]
November 20UT Arlington
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 14–341,800[11]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ "Lamar beats NSU". The Shreveport Times. September 12, 1976. Retrieved April 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Northeast dumps Lamar". The Shreveport Times. September 19, 1976. p. 4D. Retrieved January 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Lamar whips Ags". Alamogordo Daily News. September 26, 1976. Retrieved April 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Salukis turn out lights on Cards". The Orange Leader. October 3, 1976. Retrieved April 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "USL cooks Cardinal stew". Port Arthur Daily News. October 10, 1976. Retrieved April 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tech provides bitter pill for Lamar". The Port Arthur News. October 17, 1976. Retrieved June 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Long Beach State Beats Lamar". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 24, 1976. p. III-14. Retrieved March 16, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Arkansas State overwhelms fumbling Redbirds, 31–0". The Port Arthur News. October 31, 1976. Retrieved October 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Blanchard-led Buffaloes sink Lamar 21–6". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. November 7, 1976. Retrieved April 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "McNeese State blanks Lamar". The Tyler Courier-Times. November 14, 1976. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Mavs win, but bowl bid's out". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 21, 1976. p. 9F. Retrieved January 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
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