1976 Lamar Cardinals football team

American college football season

1976 Southland Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
McNeese State $	4	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
UT Arlington	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Louisiana Tech	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Arkansas State	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Lamar	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Southwestern Louisiana forfeited 2 non-conference season wins.

The 1976 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Led by first-year head coach Bob Frederick, the Cardinals compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 0–5 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the Southland. Lamar played home games at Cardinal Stadium in Beaumont, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	Northwestern State*	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	W 17–6
September 18	at Northeast Louisiana*	Brown Stadium Monroe, LA	L 6–16
September 25	at New Mexico State*	Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 21–17
October 2	at Southern Illinois*	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 7–19
October 9	at Southwestern Louisiana	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX (Sabine Shoe)	L 9–34
October 16	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	L 7–37	12,327
October 23	Long Beach State*	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	L 10–21	7,098
October 30	at Arkansas State	Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR	L 0–31	7,000
November 6	at West Texas State*	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	L 6–21
November 13	McNeese State	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX (Battle of the Border)	L 0–27
November 20	Texas–Arlington	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	L 14–34	1,800
*Non-conference game

"Northeast dumps Lamar". The Shreveport Times. September 19, 1976. p. 4D. Retrieved January 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Tech provides bitter pill for Lamar". The Port Arthur News. October 17, 1976. Retrieved June 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Long Beach State Beats Lamar". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 24, 1976. p. III-14. Retrieved March 16, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
"Arkansas State overwhelms fumbling Redbirds, 31–0". The Port Arthur News. October 31, 1976. Retrieved October 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
"McNeese State blanks Lamar". The Tyler Courier-Times. November 14, 1976. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Mavs win, but bowl bid's out". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 21, 1976. p. 9F. Retrieved January 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 27, 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
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