| 1975 Lamar Cardinals football | |
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 1–10 (0–5 Southland) |
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| Home stadium | Cardinal Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Arlington | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1975 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Led by Vernon Glass in his 13th and final season as head coach, the Cardinals compiled an overall record of 1–10 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.
Playing Southern Miss in the Louisiana Superdome and Houston in the Houston Astrodome, the Cardinals became "...the first collegiate team to play games in two domed stadiums in the same season". [1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 6 | at Houston* | L 3–20 | 24,075 | ||
| September 13 | West Texas State* | L 6–10 | |||
| September 20 | New Mexico State |
| L 14–17 | ||
| October 4 | Louisiana Tech |
| L 10–24 | 11,109 | [2] |
| October 11 | at Northeast Louisiana* | L 7–34 | 7,800 | [3] | |
| October 18 | at Southwestern Louisiana | L 12–21 | |||
| October 25 | Arkansas State |
| L 0–17 | 500 | [4] |
| November 1 | vs. Southern Miss* | L 3–43 | 8,700 | [5] | |
| November 8 | at Texas–Arlington | L 24–37 | 6,300 | [6] | |
| November 22 | Southern Illinois* |
| W 30–10 | ||
| November 29 | at McNeese State | L 10–20 | |||
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References
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^ David Henry (June 27, 2010).
"Coaches have fond memories of Astrodome". Beaumont Enterprise.
Hearst Newspapers, LLC II. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
The Cardinals have played at the Astrodome three times. In 1975, Lamar played Houston, losing 21-3. The Cardinals played Southern Mississippi in New Orleans at the Super Dome that year, becoming the first collegiate team to play games in two domed stadium in the same season.
- ^ "Louisiana Tech, 24–10". Austin American-Statesman. October 5, 1975. Retrieved June 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NLU routs Lamar 34–7". The Daily Advertiser. October 12, 1975. p. 38. Retrieved January 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hines sparks ASU to win over Lamar". The Commercial Appeal. October 26, 1975. Retrieved October 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eagles score easily, crush Lamar 43–3". Hattiesburg American. November 2, 1975. Retrieved March 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Mavericks outscore Lamar by 37–24". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 9, 1975. p. B9. Retrieved January 10, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ^ David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016.