2017 Lamar Cardinals football team

2017 Lamar Cardinals football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record2–9 (1–8 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDan Dodd (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Co-defensive coordinatorTroy Douglas (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorMelvin Smith (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumProvost Umphrey Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 10 Central Arkansas $^   9 – 0     10 – 2  
No. 4 Sam Houston State ^   8 – 1     12 – 2  
No. 25 Nicholls State ^   7 – 2     8 – 4  
No. 22 McNeese State   7 – 2     9 – 2  
Southeastern Louisiana   6 – 3     6 – 5  
Northwestern State   4 – 5     4 – 7  
Stephen F. Austin   4 – 5     4 – 7  
Abilene Christian   2 – 7     2 – 9  
Incarnate Word   1 – 7     1 – 10  
Lamar   1 – 8     2 – 9  
Houston Baptist   0 – 9     1 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS poll

The 2017 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals were led by first-year head coach Mike Schultz and play their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium. They played as a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 1–8 in Southland play to finish in tenth place.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.at North Texas*
ESPN3L 14–5919,592
September 97:00 p.m.UT Permian Basin*
ESPN3W 72–67,072
September 166:00 p.m.at Northwestern State
ESPN3L 28–3511,125
September 237:00 p.m.at Southeastern Louisiana
FacebookL 21–494,728
September 307:00 p.m.Nicholls State
  • Provost Umphrey Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
ESPN3L 14–416,167
October 146:00 p.m.at Incarnate Word
L 24–335,001
October 213:00 p.m.at No. 7 Sam Houston State
ESPN3L 27–638,031
October 286:00 p.m.Stephen F. Austin
  • Provost Umphrey Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
ESPN3L 7–346,122
November 46:00 p.m.Central Arkansasdagger
  • Provost Umphrey Stadium
  • Beaumont, TX
ESPN3L 14–428,417
November 112:00 p.m.at Houston Baptist
FCS CentralW 23–162,311
November 186:00 p.m.No. 19 McNeese State
ESPN3L 3–135,378
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

At North Texas

See also: North Texas Mean Green football and 2017 North Texas Mean Green football team
Lamar at North Texas
1 234Total
Cardinals 7 700 14
• Mean Green 17 21147 59
  • Date: September 2
  • Location: Apogee Stadium
    Denton, TX
  • Game start: 6:00 p.m. CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:05
  • Game attendance: 19,592
  • Referee: Justin Elliot
  • Television network: ESPN3
Sources:[1]

UT Permian Basin

See also: UT Permian Basin Falcons football and 2017 UT Permian Basin Falcons football team
UT Permian Basin at Lamar
1 234Total
Falcons 6 000 6
• Cardinals 10 271421 72
  • Date: September 9
  • Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium
    Beaumont, TX
  • Game start: 7:00 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:29
  • Game attendance: 7,072
  • Game weather: Temp: 83 Wind: 12 mph NE Sunny
  • Referee: Vidal Jones
  • Television network: ESPN3
Sources:[2]

At Northwestern State

See also: Northwestern State Demons football and 2017 Northwestern State Demons football team
Lamar at Northwestern State
1 234Total
Cardinals 7 777 28
• Demons 14 777 35
  • Date: September 15
  • Location: Harry Turpin Stadium
    Natchitoches, LA
  • Game start: 6:00 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: :
  • Game attendance: 11,125
  • Game weather: Temp: 88 Wind: 5 mph E Humid and Clear
  • Referee: Ross Smith
  • Television network: ESPN3
Sources:[3]

At Southeastern Louisiana

See also: Southeastern Louisiana Lions football and 2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team
Lamar at Southeastern Louisiana
1 234Total
Cardinals 7 770 21
• Lions 21 1477 49
  • Date: September 23
  • Location: Strawberry Stadium
    Hammond, LA
  • Game start: 7:00 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:16
  • Game attendance: 4,728
  • Game weather: Temp: 83 Wind: SSE 5 Fair
  • Referee: Vidal Jones
  • Television network: Facebook
Sources:[4]

Nicholls State

See also: Nicholls State Colonels football and 2017 Nicholls State Colonels football team
Nicholls State at Lamar
1 234Total
• Colonels 6 21140 41
Cardinals 0 707 14
  • Date: September 30
  • Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium
    Beaumont, TX
  • Game start: 7:00 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:11
  • Game attendance: 6,167
  • Game weather: Temp: 82 Wind: 6 NNE Clear
  • Referee: Michael VanderVelde
  • Television network: ESPN3
Sources:[5]

At Incarnate Word

See also: Incarnate Word Cardinals football and 2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team
Lamar at Incarnate Word
1 234Total
Cardinals (LU) 0 10140 24
• Cardinals (UIW) 14 676 33
  • Date: October 14
  • Location: Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium
    San Antonio, TX
  • Game start: 6:00 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:04
  • Game attendance: 5,001
  • Game weather: Temp: 90 Wind: 8 mph N Partly cloudy
  • Referee: Stephen Baron
Sources:[6]

At Sam Houston State

See also: Sam Houston State Bearkats football and 2017 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team
Lamar at Sam Houston State
1 234Total
Cardinals 7 1370 27
• No. 7 Bearkats 16 31106 63
  • Date: October 21
  • Location: Bowers Stadium
    Huntsville, TX
  • Game start: 3:05 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:45
  • Game attendance: 8,031
  • Game weather: Temp: 87 Wind: 7 mph S Sunny
  • Referee: Kevin Hassell
  • Television network: ESPN3
Sources:[7]

Stephen F. Austin

See also: Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football and 2017 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team
Stephen F. Austin at Lamar
1 234Total
• Lumberjacks 7 10710 34
Cardinals 7 000 7
  • Date: October 28
  • Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium
    Beaumont, TX
  • Game start: 6:00 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:14
  • Game attendance: 6,000
  • Game weather: Temp: 56 Wind: 9 mph NNW Clear
  • Referee: Ross Smith
  • Television network: ESPN3
Sources:[8]

Central Arkansas

See also: Central Arkansas Bears football and 2017 Central Arkansas Bears football team
Central Arkansas at Lamar
1 234Total
• Bears 14 7210 42
Cardinals 7 007 14
  • Date: November 3
  • Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium
    Beaumont, TX
  • Game start: 6:00 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:03
  • Game attendance: 8,417
  • Game weather: Temp: 78 Wind: 8 mph S Partly cloudy
  • Television network: ESPN3
Sources:[9]

At Houston Baptist

See also: Houston Baptist Huskies football and 2017 Houston Baptist Huskies football team
Lamar at Houston Baptist
1 234Total
• Cardinals 2 7014 23
Huskies 13 030 16
  • Date: November 11
  • Location: Husky Stadium
    Houston, TX
  • Game start: 2:00 pm CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:10
  • Game attendance: 2,311
  • Game weather: Temp: 78 Wind: 9 mph ESE
  • Referee: C. Watson
  • Television network: FCS Central
Sources:[10]

McNeese State

See also: McNeese State Cowboys football and 2017 McNeese State Cowboys football team
McNeese State at Lamar
1 234Total
• No. 19 Cowboys 0 1030 13
Cardinals 0 003 3
  • Date: November 17
  • Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium
    Beaumont, TX
  • Game start: 7:00 pm CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:16
  • Game attendance: 5,378
  • Game weather: Temp: 66 Wind: 17 mph NW Partly cloudy
  • Referee: Kevin Hassell
  • Television network: Eleven
Sources:[11]

References

  1. ^ "Lamar University (0-1) -VS- North Texas (1-0)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "UT-Permian Basin (0-2) -VS- Lamar University (1-1)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "Lamar (1-2 , 0-1) -VS- Northwestern State (1-2 , 1-0)". Lamar University Athletics.
  4. ^ "Lamar University (1-3 , 0-2) -VS- Southeastern La. (1-3 , 1-1)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "Nicholls (3-2 , 2-1) -VS- Lamar University (1-4 , 0-3)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  6. ^ "LU (1-5 , 0-3) -VS- UIW (1-5 , 0-3)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  7. ^ "Lamar University (1-6 , 0-5) -VS- Sam Houston State (6-1 , 4-1)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  8. ^ "Stephen F. Austin (4-5 , 4-3) -VS- Lamar University (1-7 , 1-6)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  9. ^ "Central Arkansas (8-1 , 7-0) -VS- Lamar University (1-8 , 0-7)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  10. ^ "Lamar (2-8 , 1-7) -VS- HBU (1-9 , 0-8)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  11. ^ "McNeese (9-2 , 7-2) -VS- Lamar University (2-9 , 1-8)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.