1973 Lamar Cardinals football team

1973 Lamar Cardinals football
Conference Southland Conference
1973 record 5–5 (3–2 Southland)
Head coach Vernon Glass (11th year)
Home stadium Cardinal Stadium
(Capacity: 17,500)
1973 Southland Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Louisiana Tech $^ 5 – 0 – 0     12 – 1 – 0
Arkansas State 3 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Lamar 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
McNeese State 2 – 3 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Texas–Arlington 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
SW Louisiana 0 – 5 – 0     0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant

The 1973 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The 1973 was the first season for the Cardinals to play in the new division created as a result of NCAA reorganization. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. The Cardinals finished the 1973 season with a 5–5 overall record and a 3–2 conference record.

Schedule

[1] [2] [3]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 8 at New Mexico State* Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM   L 7–24   15,992
September 15 Howard Payne* Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   W 21–17   13,220
September 22 at McNeese State Cowboy Stadium • Lake Charles, LA   L 17–20   14,000
September 29 at Drake* Drake Stadium • Des Moines, IA L 10–24    
October 6 West Texas State* Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   L 0–13   9,796
October 13 at UTEP* Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX   W 31–27   8,775
October 20 Southwestern Louisiana Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   W 31–0   9,709
October 27 Arkansas State Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   W 10–7   9,900
November 10 Louisiana Tech Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX   L 3–17   10,200
November 24 Texas–Arlington Turnpike Stadium • Arlington, TX   W 10–3   3,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

  1. ↑ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
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