1982 Lamar Cardinals football team

The 1982 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA 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 1982 season with a 4–7 overall record and a 1–4 conference record. The 1982 had a couple of firsts for the program. 1982 was the first season for the Cardinals to play at the NCAA Division I-AA level.[1] The 1982 season was also the first season with new head coach Ken Stephens.

1982 Lamar Cardinals football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
1982 record4–7 (1–4 Southland)
Head coach
Home stadiumCardinal Stadium
(Capacity: 17,500)
1982 Southland Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Louisiana Tech $^ 5 0 0  10 3 0
No. 12 Northeast Louisiana 4 1 0  8 3 0
Arkansas State 2 3 0  5 6 0
McNeese State 2 3 0  4 6 1
Lamar 1 4 0  4 7 0
Texas–Arlington 1 4 0  3 8 0
North Texas State 0 0 0  2 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

Schedule

[2] [3][4]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 4at Southwest Texas State*L 0–3011,000
September 11at Stephen F. Austin*W 24–147,418
September 18Sam Houston State*W 27–711,882
September 25at Houston*L 3–4826,500
October 2Texas Southern*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, Texas
W 28–1713,330
October 16Louisiana TechL 13–4014,800
October 23at Southwestern Louisiana*L 0–2419,023
October 30Northeast Louisiana*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, Texas
L 0–148,106
November 6Arkansas State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, Texas
L 19–203,054
November 13at McNeese StateW 12–318,321
November 20Texas–Arlington
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, Texas
L 24–312,910
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. Gordon S. White, Jr. (December 5, 1981). "Ivy League is Forced to Lose Major-team Football Status". The New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  2. "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 109–110. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  3. David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  4. "Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
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