1980 Lamar Cardinals football team
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| 1980 Lamar Cardinals football | |
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 3–8 (1–4 Southland) |
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| Home stadium | Cardinal Stadium (capacity: 17,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Arlington | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar finished the 1980 season with a 3–8 overall record and a 1–4 conference record. One highlight for the season was the highest attended game in the history of the stadium. 18,500 fans attended the September 13 game against Baylor.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 6 | at Texas Southern* | W 41–8 | |||
| September 13 | Baylor* | L 7–42 | 18,500 | ||
| September 20 | Drake* |
| L 7–38 | 12,462 | [2] |
| October 4 | at Stephen F. Austin* | W 45–21 | |||
| October 11 | at Louisiana Tech | L 7–16 | 13,500 | [3] | |
| October 18 | Northeast Louisiana* |
| L 6–28 | 500 | [4] |
| October 25 | at Southwestern Louisiana | L 10–38 | |||
| November 1 | at Southern Miss* | L 10–36 | 30,485 | [5] | |
| November 8 | Arkansas State |
| W 23–22 | [6] | |
| November 15 | McNeese State |
| L 3–35 | 19,768 | [7] |
| November 22 | Texas–Arlington |
| L 27–44 | [8] | |
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References
- ^ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. p. 10. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ^ "Bulldogs roar past Lamar, 38–7". The Des Moines Register. September 21, 1980. Retrieved August 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech tops Lamar". The Daily Advertiser. October 12, 1980. Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Indians blast Cards". The Daily Advertiser. October 19, 1980. p. 52. Retrieved January 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Golden Eagles route Lamar". The Greenwood Commonwealth. November 2, 1980. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lamar comeback sinks Indians". The Commercial Appeal. November 9, 1980. Retrieved August 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "McNeese Crushes Lamar". The Sunday Advertiser. November 16, 1980. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UTA Mavs capture finale". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 23, 1980. p. B6. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ^ David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.