1987 Lamar Cardinals football team

1987 Lamar Cardinals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–8
Head coach
Home stadiumCardinal Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Georgia Southern ^   –   9 – 4 – 0
No. 8 James Madison ^   –   9 – 3 – 0
No. 12 Arkansas State ^   –   8 – 4 – 1
No. 11 Western Kentucky ^   –   7 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 4 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 5 – 0
Nicholls State   –   5 – 5 – 1
William & Mary   –   5 – 6 – 0
Towson   –   4 – 6 – 0
Tennessee State   –   3 – 7 – 1
Lamar   –   3 – 8 – 0
Louisiana Tech   –   3 – 8 – 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1987 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season as an NCAA Division I-AA independent. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar finished the 1987 season with a 3–8 overall record. The season marked the first year competing as an independent. Lamar left the Southland Conference to join the non–football American South Conference as a charter member along with fellow former SLC members, Louisiana Tech and Arkansas State and three other universities.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5at Rice
L 30–34
September 12at Northern Illinois
W 39–3522,184
September 19at Texas Tech
L 14–4327,795
September 26Stephen F. Austin
W 28–26[1]
October 3at No. T–3 (D-II) Texas A&I
L 14–43
October 10No. 2 Northeast Louisiana
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
W 48–28
October 17at UTEP
L 14–3849,481
October 24Sam Houston State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 21–347,014[2]
October 31Southwest Texas State
L 19–279,160[3]
November 14No. 10 Arkansas State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
L 20–34[4]
November 21at McNeese State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX (rivalry)
L 36–443,259[5]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "Smith's passing leads Lamar over SFA". The Orange Leader. September 27, 1987. Retrieved February 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Sam Houston drops Lamar". The El Paso Times. October 25, 1987. Retrieved December 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "SWT nails Lamar for 2nd victory". Austin American-Statesman. November 1, 1987. Retrieved March 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Indians knock off Lamar". The Commercial Appeal. November 15, 1987. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "McNeese finally wins". Abbeville Meridional. November 22, 1987. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 109–110. Retrieved March 28, 2016.