American college football season
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.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 5 | at Rice | | L 30–34 | | |
September 12 | at Northern Illinois | | W 39–35 | 22,184 | |
September 19 | at Texas Tech | | L 14–43 | 27,795 | |
September 26 | Stephen F. Austin | | W 28–26 | | [1] |
October 3 | at No. T–3 (D-II) Texas A&I | | L 14–43 | | |
October 10 | No. 2 Northeast Louisiana | - Cardinal Stadium
- Beaumont, TX
| W 48–28 | | |
October 17 | at UTEP | | 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 | | 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
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- ^ "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.
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