1979 Lamar Cardinals football team

The 1979 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1979 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 1979 season with a 6–3–2 overall record and a 3–2 conference record. The 1979 season marked Larry Kennan's first season as Lamar's head football coach. The season also marked higher attendance at Cardinal Stadium. The second and fourth highest attended games were recorded in the season with 17,600 attending the game against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and 17,250 attending the game against the West Texas State Buffaloes.^[1]

1979 Lamar Cardinals football
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	6–3–2 (3–2 Southland)
Head coach	Larry Kennan (1st season)
Home stadium	Cardinal Stadium
Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

1979 Southland Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
McNeese State $	5	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
UT Arlington	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Lamar	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	2
Arkansas State	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Louisiana Tech	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Louisiana Tech record includes one win by forfeit.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at Baylor*	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	L 7–20	25,000	[2]
September 15	at Western Kentucky*	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	W 58–27	14,600	[3]
September 22	Louisiana Tech	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	W 19–17	17,600	[4]
October 6	West Texas State*	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	T 12–12	17,250	[5]
October 13	McNeese State	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX (rivalry)	L 25–34		[6]
October 20	Southwestern Louisiana	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX (rivalry)	W 21–17		[7]
October 27	at Arkansas State	Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR	W 20–10	10,212	[8]
November 3	at Northeast Louisiana*	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	W 21–7	9,300	[9]
November 10	Northwestern State*	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	W 28–13		[10]
November 17	at UT Arlington	Cravens Stadium Arlington, TX	L 37–47	7,296	[11]
November 23	at UNLV*	Las Vegas Silver Bowl Whitney, NV	T 24–24	19,818	[12]
*Non-conference game

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