| 1979 Lamar Cardinals football | |
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 6–3–2 (3–2 Southland) |
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| Home stadium | Cardinal Stadium |
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| McNeese State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Arlington | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar finished the 1979 season with a 6–3–2 overall record and a 3–2 conference record. The 1979 season marked Larry Kennan's first season as Lamar's head football coach. The season also marked higher attendance at Cardinal Stadium. The second and fourth highest attended games were recorded in the season with 17,600 attending the game against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and 17,250 attending the game against the West Texas State Buffaloes.[1]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 8 | atBaylor* |
| L 7–20 | 25,000 | |
| September 15 | atWestern Kentucky* |
| W 58–27 | 14,600 | |
| September 22 | Louisiana Tech |
| W 19–17 | 17,600 | [2] |
| October 6 | West Texas State* |
| T 12–12 | 17,250 | [3] |
| October 13 | McNeese State |
| L 25–34 | [4] | |
| October 20 | Southwestern Louisiana |
| W 21–17 | ||
| October 27 | atArkansas State |
| W 20–10 | ||
| November 3 | atNortheast Louisiana* |
| W 21–7 | 9,300 | [5] |
| November 10 | Northwestern State* |
| W 28–13 | ||
| November 17 | atTexas–Arlington |
| L 37–47 | 7,296 | [6] |
| November 23 | atUNLV* |
| T 24–24 | 19,818 | |
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