1971 Lamar Cardinals football team
| 1971 Lamar Cardinals football | |
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Southland Conference co-champion | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| 1971 record | 5–6 (4–1 Southland) |
| Head coach | Vernon Glass (9th year) |
| Home stadium |
Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 17,500) |
| 1971 Southland Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trinity (TX) + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SW Louisiana | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Arlington | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1971 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1971 NCAA 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. The Cardinals competed at the NCAA College Division level in 1971. The 1971 season marked the first year the Cardinals competed as the Lamar University Cardinals following the school's name change from Lamar State College of Technology to Lamar University on August 23, 1971.[1] The Cardinals finished the season with a 5–6 overall record and a 4–1 conference record. The 4–1 conference record was good enough for the Cardinals to tie for the conference championship. The team ended the season in a three-way tie for first place in conference play. The Cardinals shared the conference title with new member, Louisiana Tech, and departing member, Trinity.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 11 | Sam Houston State* | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | L 12–13 | 13,220 | |||||
| September 18 | at West Texas State* | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium • Canyon, TX | L 6–14 | 10,200 | |||||
| September 25 | at Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA | L 7–26 | 13,800 | |||||
| October 2 | Central Missouri* | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | W 35–6 | 12,222 | |||||
| October 9 | at McNeese State* | Cowboy Stadium • Lake Charles, LA | L 0–38 | 13,000 | |||||
| October 16 | at Mississippi State* | Scott Field • Starkville, MS | L 7–24 | 18,000 | |||||
| October 23 | Southwestern Louisiana* | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | L 20–21 | 10,200 | |||||
| October 30 | at Abilene Christian | Shotwell Stadium • Abilene, TX | W 30–28 | 8,000 | |||||
| November 6 | Trinity | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | W 27–15 | 10,500 | |||||
| November 20 | at Texas–Arlington | Turnpike Stadium • Arlington, TX | W 23–14 | 3,800 | |||||
| November 27 | Arkansas State | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | W 24–13 | 11,000 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ Ralph A. Wooster (June 15, 2010). "Lamar University". Texas State History Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
...on August 23, 1971, Lamar State College of Technology officially became Lamar University
- ↑ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ↑ David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 26, 2016.