1982 Lamar Cardinals football team

1982 Lamar Cardinals football

Conference	Southland Conference
1982 record	4–7 (1–4 Southland)
Head coach	Ken Stephens (1st year)
Home stadium	Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 17,500)

1982 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Louisiana Tech $^	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
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 ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

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.

Schedule

^[2] ^[3]^[4]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 4	at Southwest Texas State*	Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX	L 0–30	11,000
September 11	at Stephen F. Austin*	Homer Bryce Stadium • Nacogdoches, TX	W 24–14	7,418
September 18	Sam Houston State*	Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 27–7	11,882
September 25	at Houston*	Astrodome • Houston, TX	L 3–48	26,500
October 2	Texas Southern*	Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 28–17	13,330
October 16	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	L 13–40	14,800
October 23	at Southwestern Louisiana*	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	L 0–24	19,023
October 30	Northeast Louisiana*	Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 0–14	8,106
November 6	Arkansas State	Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 19–20	3,054
November 13	at McNeese State	Cowboy Stadium • Lake Charles, LA	W 12–3	18,321
November 20	Texas–Arlington	Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 24–31	2,910
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ 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.
↑ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 109–110. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ "Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved July 18, 2016.

Lamar Cardinals football

Venues	South Park High School "Greenie Stadium" (c. 1923–1963) Provost Umphrey Stadium (1964–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Battle of the Border (McNeese State) Sabine Shoe (Louisiana–Lafayette)

Culture & lore	Cardinal "Cardinals Fight!" The Showcase of Southeast Texas

People	Head coaches NFL players

Seasons	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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