1980 Lamar Cardinals football team
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| 1980 record | 3–8 (1–4 Southland) |
| Head coach | Larry Kennan (2nd year) |
| Home stadium | Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 17,500) |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A 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. 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 the Baylor Bears.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | |||
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| September 6 | at Texas Southern* | Durley Stadium • Houston, TX | W 41–8 | ||||||
| September 13 | Baylor* | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | L 7–42 | 18,500 | |||||
| September 20 | Drake* | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | L 7–38 | ||||||
| October 4 | at Stephen F. Austin* | Homer Bryce Stadium • Nacogdoches, TX | W 45–21 | ||||||
| October 11 | at Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA | L 7–16 | ||||||
| October 18 | Northeast Louisiana* | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | L 6–28 | ||||||
| October 25 | at Southwestern Louisiana | Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA | L 10–38 | ||||||
| November 1 | at Southern Miss* | M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS | L 10–36 | ||||||
| November 8 | Arkansas State | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | W 23–22 | ||||||
| November 15 | McNeese State | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | L 3–35 | ||||||
| November 22 | Texas–Arlington | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | L 27–44 | ||||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. |
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