American college football season
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
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 6:00 p.m. at North Texas * ESPN3 L 14–5919,592 September 9 7:00 p.m. UT Permian Basin * ESPN3 W 72–67,072 September 16 6:00 p.m. at Northwestern State ESPN3 L 28–3511,125 September 23 7:00 p.m. at Southeastern Louisiana Facebook L 21–494,728 September 30 7:00 p.m. Nicholls State Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX ESPN3 L 14–416,167 October 14 6:00 p.m. at Incarnate Word L 24–335,001 October 21 3:00 p.m. at No. 7 Sam Houston State ESPN3 L 27–638,031 October 28 6:00 p.m. Stephen F. Austin Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX ESPN3 L 7–346,122 November 4 6:00 p.m. Central Arkansas Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX ESPN3 L 14–428,417 November 11 2:00 p.m. at Houston Baptist FCS Central W 23–162,311 November 18 6:00 p.m. No. 19 McNeese State ESPN3 L 3–135,378 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Game summaries
At North Texas
Lamar at North Texas
1
2 3 4 Total
Cardinals
7
7 0 0
14
• Mean Green
17
21 14 7
59
Date: September 2Location: Apogee StadiumGame start: 6:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:05Game attendance: 19,592Referee: Justin ElliotTelevision network: ESPN3 [ 1]
UT Permian Basin
UT Permian Basin at Lamar
1
2 3 4 Total
Falcons
6
0 0 0
6
• Cardinals
10
27 14 21
72
Date: September 9Location: Provost Umphrey StadiumGame start: 7:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:29Game attendance: 7,072Game weather: Temp: 83 Wind: 12 mph NE SunnyReferee: Vidal JonesTelevision network: ESPN3[ 2]
At Northwestern State
Lamar at Northwestern State
1
2 3 4 Total
Cardinals
7
7 7 7
28
• Demons
14
7 7 7
35
Date: September 15Location: Harry Turpin StadiumGame start: 6:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: :Game attendance: 11,125Game weather: Temp: 88 Wind: 5 mph E Humid and ClearReferee: Ross SmithTelevision network: ESPN3[ 3]
At Southeastern Louisiana
Lamar at Southeastern Louisiana
1
2 3 4 Total
Cardinals
7
7 7 0
21
• Lions
21
14 7 7
49
Date: September 23Location: Strawberry StadiumGame start: 7:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:16Game attendance: 4,728Game weather: Temp: 83 Wind: SSE 5 FairReferee: Vidal JonesTelevision network: Facebook[ 4]
Nicholls State
Nicholls State at Lamar
1
2 3 4 Total
• Colonels
6
21 14 0
41
Cardinals
0
7 0 7
14
Date: September 30Location: Provost Umphrey StadiumGame start: 7:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:11Game attendance: 6,167Game weather: Temp: 82 Wind: 6 NNE ClearReferee: Michael VanderVeldeTelevision network: ESPN3[ 5]
At Incarnate Word
Lamar at Incarnate Word
1
2 3 4 Total
Cardinals (LU)
0
10 14 0
24
• Cardinals (UIW)
14
6 7 6
33
Date: October 14Location: Gayle and Tom Benson StadiumGame start: 6:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:04Game attendance: 5,001Game weather: Temp: 90 Wind: 8 mph N Partly cloudyReferee: Stephen Baron[ 6]
At Sam Houston State
Lamar at Sam Houston State
1
2 3 4 Total
Cardinals
7
13 7 0
27
• No. 7 Bearkats
16
31 10 6
63
Date: October 21Location: Bowers StadiumGame start: 3:05 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:45Game attendance: 8,031Game weather: Temp: 87 Wind: 7 mph S SunnyReferee: Kevin HassellTelevision network: ESPN3[ 7]
Stephen F. Austin
Stephen F. Austin at Lamar
1
2 3 4 Total
• Lumberjacks
7
10 7 10
34
Cardinals
7
0 0 0
7
Date: October 28Location: Provost Umphrey StadiumGame start: 6:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:14Game attendance: 6,000Game weather: Temp: 56 Wind: 9 mph NNW ClearReferee: Ross SmithTelevision network: ESPN3[ 8]
Central Arkansas
Central Arkansas at Lamar
1
2 3 4 Total
• Bears
14
7 21 0
42
Cardinals
7
0 0 7
14
Date: November 3Location: Provost Umphrey StadiumGame start: 6:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:03Game attendance: 8,417Game weather: Temp: 78 Wind: 8 mph S Partly cloudyTelevision network: ESPN3[ 9]
At Houston Baptist
Lamar at Houston Baptist
1
2 3 4 Total
• Cardinals
2
7 0 14
23
Huskies
13
0 3 0
16
Date: November 11Location: Husky StadiumGame start: 2:00 pm CST Elapsed time: 3:10Game attendance: 2,311Game weather: Temp: 78 Wind: 9 mph ESEReferee: C. WatsonTelevision network: FCS Central[ 10]
McNeese State
McNeese State at Lamar
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 19 Cowboys
0
10 3 0
13
Cardinals
0
0 0 3
3
Date: November 17Location: Provost Umphrey StadiumGame start: 7:00 pm CST Elapsed time: 3:16Game attendance: 5,378Game weather: Temp: 66 Wind: 17 mph NW Partly cloudyReferee: Kevin HassellTelevision network: Eleven[ 11]
References
^ "Lamar University (0-1) -VS- North Texas (1-0)" . Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .^ "UT-Permian Basin (0-2) -VS- Lamar University (1-1)" . Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .^ "Lamar (1-2 , 0-1) -VS- Northwestern State (1-2 , 1-0)" . Lamar University Athletics.^ "Lamar University (1-3 , 0-2) -VS- Southeastern La. (1-3 , 1-1)" . Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .^ "Nicholls (3-2 , 2-1) -VS- Lamar University (1-4 , 0-3)" . Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .^ "LU (1-5 , 0-3) -VS- UIW (1-5 , 0-3)" . Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .^ "Lamar University (1-6 , 0-5) -VS- Sam Houston State (6-1 , 4-1)" . Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .^ "Stephen F. Austin (4-5 , 4-3) -VS- Lamar University (1-7 , 1-6)" . Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .^ "Central Arkansas (8-1 , 7-0) -VS- Lamar University (1-8 , 0-7)" . Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .^ "Lamar (2-8 , 1-7) -VS- HBU (1-9 , 0-8)" . Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .^ "McNeese (9-2 , 7-2) -VS- Lamar University (2-9 , 1-8)" . Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
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