1987 Lamar Cardinals football team

1987 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 6 Georgia Southern ^		–		9	–	4	–	0
No. 8 James Madison ^		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 12 Arkansas State ^		–		8	–	4	–	1
No. 11 Western Kentucky ^		–		7	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	4	–	0
Northeastern		–		6	–	5	–	0
Nicholls State		–		5	–	5	–	1
William & Mary		–		5	–	6	–	0
Towson		–		4	–	6	–	0
Tennessee State		–		3	–	7	–	1
Lamar		–		3	–	8	–	0
Louisiana Tech		–		3	–	8	–	0

^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1987 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season as an NCAA Division I-AA independent. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar finished the 1987 season with a 3–8 overall record. The season marked the first year competing as an independent. Lamar left the Southland Conference to join the non–football American South Conference as a charter member along with fellow former SLC members, Louisiana Tech and Arkansas State and three other universities.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 30–34
September 12	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 39–35	22,184
September 19	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 14–43	27,795
September 26	Stephen F. Austin	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	W 28–26		^[1]
October 3	at No. T–3 (D-II) Texas A&I	Javelina Stadium Kingsville, TX	L 14–43
October 10	No. 2 Northeast Louisiana	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	W 48–28
October 17	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	L 14–38	49,481
October 24	Sam Houston State	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	L 21–34	7,014	^[2]
October 31	Southwest Texas State	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	L 19–27	9,160	^[3]
November 14	No. 10 Arkansas State	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	L 20–34		^[4]
November 21	at McNeese State	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX (rivalry)	L 36–44	3,259	^[5]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Smith's passing leads Lamar over SFA". The Orange Leader. September 27, 1987. Retrieved February 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sam Houston drops Lamar". The El Paso Times. October 25, 1987. Retrieved December 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "SWT nails Lamar for 2nd victory". Austin American-Statesman. November 1, 1987. Retrieved March 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Indians knock off Lamar". The Commercial Appeal. November 15, 1987. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "McNeese finally wins". Abbeville Meridional. November 22, 1987. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 109–110. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
^ David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

v t e Lamar Cardinals football
Venues	South Park High School "Greenie Stadium" (c. 1923–1963) Provost Umphrey Stadium (1964–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1961 Tangerine Bowl 1964 Pecan Bowl Louisiana: Sabine Shoe McNeese: Battle of the Border
Culture & lore	Cardinal "Cardinals Fight!" The Showcase of Southeast Texas Big Red
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990–2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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