American college football season
2019 Lamar Cardinals football Conference Southland Conference 2019 record 4–8 (2–7 Southland) Head coach Co-offensive coordinator Bill Bliel (2nd season) Co-offensive coordinator Larry Edmondson (1st season) Co-defensive coordinator Troy Douglas (3rd season) Co-defensive coordinator Cam Clark (2nd season) Home stadium Provost Umphrey Stadium (Capacity: 16,000)Seasons
The 2019 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference . The Cardinals were led by third-year head coach Mike Schultz and played their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium . The Cardinals played a twelve game regular season schedule in 2019. The schedule included three non-conference and nine conference games.
TV and radio media [ ]
All Lamar games were broadcast on KLVI, also known as News Talk 560.
Previous season [ ]
The Cardinals finished the season with a 7–5 overall record. They were 6–3 in Southland play finishing in third place. They received an at-large berth to the FCS Playoffs , where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa 13–16.
Preseason [ ]
Preseason poll [ ]
The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Cardinals were picked to finish in fifth place.[1]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Nicholls
200 (20)
2
Central Arkansas
154
3
Incarnate Word
150 (1)
4
Sam Houston State
146
5
Lamar
123
6
McNeese State
114
7
Abilene Christian
112 (1)
8
Southeastern Louisiana
71
9
Stephen F. Austin
63
10
Northwestern State
56
11
Houston Baptist
21
Preseason All–Southland Teams [ ]
The Cardinals placed three players on the preseason all–Southland teams.[2]
Defense
1st team
Daniel Crosley – DL
Offense
2nd team
Myles Wanza – RB
Elvin Martinez – PK
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. Bethel (TN) * ESPN3 W 65–167,298
September 7 6:00 p.m. Mississippi Valley State * Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX ESPN+ W 23–20 OT 7,285
September 14 6:00 p.m. at No. 16 (FBS ) Texas A&M * ESPNU /ESPN2 L 3–6297,195
September 21 7:00 p.m. at No. 21 Southeastern Louisiana ESPN+ L 34–456,352
September 28 6:00 p.m. Stephen F. Austin Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX ESPN+ L 17–249,218
October 5 6:00 p.m. Abilene Christian Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX ESPN3 W 27–246,016
October 12 2:00 p.m. at No. 25 Sam Houston State ESPN+ W 20–17 3OT 4,047
October 19 4:00 p.m. at Incarnate Word ESPN3 L 17–353,048
November 2 3:00 p.m. No. 10 Central Arkansas Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX ESPN+ L 17–455,913
November 9 6:00 p.m. at Northwestern State CST /ESPN+L 13–345,122
November 16 2:00 p.m. at Houston Baptist ESPN3 L 26–312,126
November 23 3:00 p.m. McNeese State ESPN3 L 3–277,307
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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Game summaries [ ]
Bethel (TN) [ ]
See also Bethel Wildcats
Bethel (TN) at Lamar
1
2 3 4 Total
Wildcats
3
10 0 3
16
• Cardinals
14
27 17 7
65
Date: August 29Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TXGame start: 7:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:11Game attendance: 7,298Game weather: 87 • SE 5 MPH • Cloudy and humidReferee: Ed BourgeoisTelevision network: ESPN3
Sources:[7]
Mississippi Valley State [ ]
Mississippi Valley State at Lamar
1
2 3 4 OT Total
Delta Devils
0
7 6 7 0
20
• Cardinals
0
7 3 10 3
23
Date: September 7Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TXGame start: 6:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:37Game attendance: 7,285Game weather: 93 • SW 6 MPH • Clear and humidReferee: Vidal JonesTelevision network: ESPN+
Sources:[7]
at Texas A&M [ ]
Lamar at Texas A&M
1
2 3 4 Total
Cardinals
0
0 3 0
3
• No. 16 (FBS) Aggies
13
14 21 14
62
Date: September 14Location: Kyle Field College Station, TXGame start: 6:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:19Game attendance: 97,195Game weather: 94 • E 9 MPH • 32% humidityReferee: Jason AutreyTelevision network: ESPNU/ESPN2
Sources:[7]
at Southeastern Louisiana [ ]
Lamar at Southeastern Louisiana
1
2 3 4 Total
Cardinals
7
17 3 7
34
• No. 21 Lions
7
14 21 3
45
Date: September 21Location: Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LAGame start: 7:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:24Game attendance: 6,352Game weather: 76 • SE 7 MPH • Mostly CloudyReferee: Dan LewisTelevision network: ESPN+
Sources:[7]
Stephen F. Austin [ ]
Stephen F. Austin at Lamar
1
2 3 4 Total
• Lumberjacks
3
10 0 11
24
Cardinals
3
0 0 14
17
Date: September 28Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TXGame start: 6:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:32Game attendance: 9,218Game weather: 88 • 12 MPH • CloudyReferee: C. WatsonTelevision network: ESPN+
Sources:
Abilene Christian [ ]
Abilene Christian at Lamar
1
2 3 4 Total
Wildcats
0
13 11 0
24
• Cardinals
7
3 7 10
27
Date: October 5Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TXGame start: 6:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:18Game attendance: 6,016Game weather: 85 • 4 MPH • Mostly ClearReferee: Dan LewisTelevision network: ESPN3
Sources:
at Sam Houston State [ ]
Lamar at Sam Houston State
1
2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total
• Cardinals
0
7 0 0 3 7 3
20
No. 25 Bearkats
7
0 0 0 3 7 0
17
Date: October 12Location: Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TXGame start: TBA CDT Elapsed time: 3:42Game attendance: 4,047Game weather: 63 • N 5 MPH • Clear and SunnyReferee: Reggie SmithTelevision network: ESPN+
Sources:
at Incarnate Word [ ]
Lamar at Incarnate Word
1
2 3 4 Total
Cardinals (LU)
7
0 7 3
17
• Cardinals (UIW)
14
14 7 0
35
Date: October 19Location: Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TXGame start: 4:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:18Game attendance: 3,048Game weather: 92 • 3 MPH • SunnyReferee: Dan LewisTelevision network: ESPN3
Sources:
Central Arkansas [ ]
Central Arkansas at Lamar
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 10 Bears
14
10 21 0
45
Cardinals
0
10 0 7
17
Date: November 2Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TXGame start: 3:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:12Game attendance: 5,913Game weather: 67 • NNE 10 MPHReferee: Vidal JonesTelevision network: ESPN+
Sources:
at Northwestern State [ ]
Lamar at Northwestern State
1
2 3 4 Total
Cardinals
3
7 3 0
13
• Demons
7
7 7 13
34
Date: November 9Location: Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LAGame start: 6:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:11Game attendance: 5,122Game weather: 52 • Calm • ClearReferee: Cooper CastlebeTelevision network: CST/ESPN+
Sources:
at Houston Baptist [ ]
Lamar at Houston Baptist
1
2 3 4 Total
Cardinals
6
10 7 3
26
• Huskies
7
17 7 0
31
Date: November 16Location: Husky Stadium Houston, TXGame start: 2:00 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:15Game attendance: 2,126Game weather: 62 • E 2 mph • ClearReferee: Ed BourgeoisTelevision network: ESPN3
Sources:
McNeese State [ ]
McNeese at Lamar
1
2 3 4 Total
• Cowboys
7
0 0 20
27
Cardinals
0
0 0 3
3
Date: November 23Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TXGame start: 3:00 pm CST Elapsed time: 3:07Game attendance: 7,307Game weather: 62 • 9 mph • ClearReferee: Dan LewisTelevision network: ESPN3
Sources:
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
RV
RV
RV
RV
Coaches
RV
RV
RV
NR
References [ ]
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