1980 Lamar Cardinals football | |
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Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 3–8 (1–4 Southland) |
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Home stadium | Cardinal Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwestern Louisiana | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas–Arlington | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1980 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 1980 season with a 3–8 overall record and a 1–4 conference record. One highlight for the season was the highest attended game in the history of the stadium. 18,500 fans attended the September 13 game against Baylor.[1]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 6 | at Texas Southern* | W 41–8 | 9,300 | [2] | |
September 13 | Baylor* | L 7–42 | 18,500 | ||
September 20 | Drake* |
| L 7–38 | 12,462 | [3] |
October 4 | at Stephen F. Austin* | W 45–21 | |||
October 11 | at Louisiana Tech | L 7–16 | 13,500 | [4] | |
October 18 | Northeast Louisiana* |
| L 6–28 | 500 | [5] |
October 25 | at Southwestern Louisiana | L 10–38 | |||
November 1 | at Southern Miss* | L 10–36 | 30,485 | [6] | |
November 8 | Arkansas State |
| W 23–22 | [7] | |
November 15 | McNeese State |
| L 3–35 | 19,768 | [8] |
November 22 | Texas–Arlington |
| L 27–44 | [9] | |
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