2017 Lamar Cardinals football team

The 2017 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals were led by first-year head coach Mike Schultz and play their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium. They played as a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 1–8 in Southland play to finish in tenth place.

2017 Lamar Cardinals football
Conference	Southland Conference
2017 record	2–9 (1–8 Southland)
Head coach	Mike Schultz (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Dan Dodd (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Co-defensive coordinator	Troy Douglas (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Melvin Smith (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Provost Umphrey Stadium (Capacity: 16,000)

2017 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 Central Arkansas $^		9	–	0					10	–	2
No. 4 Sam Houston State ^		8	–	1					12	–	2
No. 25 Nicholls State ^		7	–	2					8	–	4
No. 22 McNeese State		7	–	2					9	–	2
Southeastern Louisiana		6	–	3					6	–	5
Northwestern State		4	–	5					4	–	7
Stephen F. Austin		4	–	5					4	–	7
Abilene Christian		2	–	7					2	–	9
Incarnate Word		1	–	7					1	–	10
Lamar		1	–	8					2	–	9
Houston Baptist		0	–	9					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at North Texas*	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	ESPN3	L 14–59	19,592
September 9	7:00 p.m.	Texas–Permian Basin*	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX	ESPN3	W 72–6	7,072
September 16	6:00 p.m.	at Northwestern State	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA	ESPN3	L 28–35	11,125
September 23	7:00 p.m.	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	Facebook	L 21–49	4,728
September 30	7:00 p.m.	Nicholls State	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX	ESPN3	L 14–41	6,167
October 14	6:00 p.m.	at Incarnate Word	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX		L 24–33	5,001
October 21	3:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Sam Houston State	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	ESPN3	L 27–63	8,031
October 28	6:00 p.m.	Stephen F. Austin	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX	ESPN3	L 7–34	6,122
November 4	6:00 p.m.	Central Arkansas	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX	ESPN3	L 14–42	8,417
November 11	2:00 p.m.	at Houston Baptist	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	FCS Central	W 23–16	2,311
November 18	6:00 p.m.	No. 19 McNeese State	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX (Battle of the Border)	ESPN3	L 3–13	5,378
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Source: [1]

Game summaries

at North Texas

See also: North Texas Mean Green football and 2017 North Texas Mean Green football team

Lamar at North Texas

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 7 7 0 0 14 • Mean Green 17 21 14 7 59 Date: September 2 Location: Apogee Stadium Denton, TX Game start: 6:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:05 Game attendance: 19,592 Referee: Justin Elliot Television network: ESPN3 Sources:[2]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	1986	L 13–33

Texas–Permian Basin

See also: Texas–Permian Basin Falcons football and 2017 Texas–Permian Basin Falcons football team

Texas–Permian Basin at Lamar

1 2 3 4 Total Falcons 6 0 0 0 6 • Cardinals 10 27 14 21 72 Date: September 9 Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX Game start: 7:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:29 Game attendance: 7,072 Game weather: Temp: 83 Wind: 12 mph NE Sunny Referee: Vidal Jones Television network: ESPN3 Sources:[3]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Northwestern State

See also: Northwestern State Demons football and 2017 Northwestern State Demons football team

Lamar at Northwestern State

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 7 7 7 7 28 • Demons 14 7 7 7 35 Date: September 15 Location: Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA Game start: 6:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: : Game attendance: 11,125 Game weather: Temp: 88 Wind: 5 mph E Humid and Clear Referee: Ross Smith Television network: ESPN3 Sources:[4]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–9–1	2016	W 32–31

at Southeastern Louisiana

See also: Southeastern Louisiana Lions football and 2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

Lamar at Southeastern Louisiana

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 7 7 7 0 21 • Lions 21 14 7 7 49 Date: September 23 Location: Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA Game start: 7:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:16 Game attendance: 4,728 Game weather: Temp: 83 Wind: SSE 5 Fair Referee: Vidal Jones Television network: Facebook Sources:[5]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–6	2016	W 38–14

Nicholls State

See also: Nicholls State Colonels football and 2017 Nicholls State Colonels football team

Nicholls State at Lamar

1 2 3 4 Total • Colonels 6 21 14 0 41 Cardinals 0 7 0 7 14 Date: September 30 Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX Game start: 7:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:11 Game attendance: 6,167 Game weather: Temp: 82 Wind: 6 NNE Clear Referee: Michael VanderVelde Television network: ESPN3 Sources:[6]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–3	2016	L 10–35

at Incarnate Word

See also: Incarnate Word Cardinals football and 2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

Lamar at Incarnate Word

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals (LU) 0 10 14 0 24 • Cardinals (UIW) 14 6 7 6 33 Date: October 14 Location: Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX Game start: 6:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:04 Game attendance: 5,001 Game weather: Temp: 90 Wind: 8 mph N Partly cloudy Referee: Stephen Baron Sources:[7]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2016	L 28–35

at Sam Houston State

See also: Sam Houston State Bearkats football and 2017 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

Lamar at Sam Houston State

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 7 13 7 0 27 • No. 7 Bearkats 16 31 10 6 63 Date: October 21 Location: Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX Game start: 3:05 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:45 Game attendance: 8,031 Game weather: Temp: 87 Wind: 7 mph S Sunny Referee: Kevin Hassell Television network: ESPN3 Sources:[8]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–27–1	2017	L 31–44

Stephen F. Austin

See also: Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football and 2017 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team

Stephen F. Austin at Lamar

1 2 3 4 Total • Lumberjacks 7 10 7 10 34 Cardinals 7 0 0 0 7 Date: October 28 Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX Game start: 6:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:14 Game attendance: 6,000 Game weather: Temp: 56 Wind: 9 mph NNW Clear Referee: Ross Smith Television network: ESPN3 Sources:[9]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–9	2013	W 46–45

Central Arkansas

See also: Central Arkansas Bears football and 2017 Central Arkansas Bears football team

Central Arkansas at Lamar

1 2 3 4 Total • Bears 14 7 21 0 42 Cardinals 7 0 0 7 14 Date: November 3 Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX Game start: 6:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:03 Game attendance: 8,417 Game weather: Temp: 78 Wind: 8 mph S Partly cloudy Television network: ESPN3 Sources:[10]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–6–0	2016	L 12–22

at Houston Baptist

See also: Houston Baptist Huskies football and 2017 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

Lamar at Houston Baptist

1 2 3 4 Total • Cardinals 2 7 0 14 23 Huskies 13 0 3 0 16 Date: November 11 Location: Husky Stadium Houston, TX Game start: 2:00 pm CST Elapsed time: 3:10 Game attendance: 2,311 Game weather: Temp: 78 Wind: 9 mph ESE Referee: C. Watson Television network: FCS Central Sources:[11]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2016	L 17–24

McNeese State

See also: McNeese State Cowboys football and 2017 McNeese State Cowboys football team

McNeese State at Lamar

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 19 Cowboys 0 10 3 0 13 Cardinals 0 0 0 3 3 Date: November 17 Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX Game start: 7:00 pm CST Elapsed time: 3:16 Game attendance: 5,378 Game weather: Temp: 66 Wind: 17 mph NW Partly cloudy Referee: Kevin Hassell Television network: Eleven Sources:[12]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–25–1	2016	L 10–41

References

1. "2017 Football Schedule". Lamar University Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
2. "Lamar University (0-1) -VS- North Texas (1-0)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
3. "UT-Permian Basin (0-2) -VS- Lamar University (1-1)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
4. "Lamar (1-2 , 0-1) -VS- Northwestern State (1-2 , 1-0)". Lamar University Athletics.
5. "Lamar University (1-3 , 0-2) -VS- Southeastern La. (1-3 , 1-1)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
6. "Nicholls (3-2 , 2-1) -VS- Lamar University (1-4 , 0-3)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
7. "LU (1-5 , 0-3) -VS- UIW (1-5 , 0-3)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
8. "Lamar University (1-6 , 0-5) -VS- Sam Houston State (6-1 , 4-1)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
9. "Stephen F. Austin (4-5 , 4-3) -VS- Lamar University (1-7 , 1-6)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
10. "Central Arkansas (8-1 , 7-0) -VS- Lamar University (1-8 , 0-7)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
11. "Lamar (2-8 , 1-7) -VS- HBU (1-9 , 0-8)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
12. "McNeese (9-2 , 7-2) -VS- Lamar University (2-9 , 1-8)". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2018.