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1979 Lamar Cardinals football team

1979 Lamar Cardinals football
Conference Southland Conference
1979 record 6–3–2 (3–2 Southland)
Head coach Larry Kennan (1st year)
Home stadium Cardinal Stadium
(Capacity: 17,500)
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Southland Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
McNeese State $ 5 0 0     11 1 0
Texas–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.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A 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 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.


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