1977 Lamar Cardinals football team

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

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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.

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