1978 Lamar Cardinals football team
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| 1978 record | 2–8–1 (0–5 Southland) |
| Head coach | Bob Frederick (3rd year) |
| Home stadium | Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 17,500) |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Arlington | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southland Conference. NCAA Division I split into Division I-A, the current Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and Division I-AA, the current Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), for football in 1978. Lamar and the Southland Conference opted to compete at the Division I-A level. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar finished the 1978 season with a 2–8–1 overall record and a 0–5 conference record. The 1978 season marked Bob Frederick's final season as Lamar's head football coach.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | |||
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| September 11 | at Northwestern State* | Harry Turpin Stadium • Natchitoches, LA | L 17–21 | ||||||
| September 16 | Southern Illinois* | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | L 20–22 | ||||||
| September 23 | Stephen F. Austin* | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | W 23–16 | ||||||
| September 30 | at Southwestern Louisiana* | Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA | L 16–23 | ||||||
| October 7 | Northeast Louisiana* | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | T 17–17 | ||||||
| October 14 | at West Texas State* | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium • Canyon, TX | L 16–55 | ||||||
| October 21 | Texas–Arlington | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | L 17–37 | ||||||
| November 4 | at Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA | L 3–40 | ||||||
| November 11 | McNeese State | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | L 23–24 | ||||||
| November 18 | at Arkansas State | Indian Stadium • Jonesboro, AR | L 3–6 | ||||||
| November 25 | Long Beach State* | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | W 36–31 | ||||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. |
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