Lamar University Cardinals Football Lamar University • Media Relations • PO Box 10066 • Beaumont, TX 77710 Phone (409) 880-8329 • Fax (409) 880-2338 2015 Schedule/Results Upcoming Contest September 5 Bacone College 7 pm Game #1 • Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015 • 7 p.m. 12 at (4) Baylor~ 6:30 pm Lamar University Cardinals (0-0) 19 at (3) Sam Houston State*! 6 pm vs. Bacone College Warriors (0-0) October Provost Umphrey Stadium • Beaumont, Texas 1 at (19) Southeastern Louisiana*! 6 pm Radio: KLVI 560 AM• TV: BRSN 10 Abilene Christian* 7 pm 17 at Northwestern State* 6 pm Cardinals Set for 2015 Opener 24 Central Arkansas* 6 pm The Lamar University Cardinals football team opens a new season Saturday when it 31 at Houston Baptist* 2 pm hosts Bacone College. The contest, which will serve as the 2015 season opener for both schools, will be one of only two non-conference game for the Cardinals this season, and November the lone non-conference home game on the 2015 docket. Bacone is an 7 Nicholls* 6 pm NAIA-affiliated school from the Central States Football League. The Warriors enter 14 at Incarnate Word* 2 pm 2015 looking to erase the memory of a tough 2014 season, going 0-11. While Bacone is 21 (25) McNeese State* 6 pm looking to start a new chapter in football after a disappointing 2014 campaign, the Cards *Indicates SLC game () STATS Inc Top 25 Poll would like to build upon a record-setting season. LU tied a school record for wins (as a ~Fox Sports Net !American Sports Network four-year institution) last season with eight. The game against the Warriors will kick off All Times Central/Subject to Change at 7 p.m. from Provost Umphrey Stadium. 2015 SLC Standings Overall SLC LU vs. the Warriors SE Louisiana 0-0 0-0 Saturday’s contest will mark the second meeting between the two schools since LU Sam Houston State 0-0 0-0 brought football back to Beaumont for the start of the 2010 season. The first meeting Lamar 0-0 0-0 came in 2013 when the Cardinals recorded a 53-0 victory in Provost Umphrey Stadium. Central Arkansas 0-0 0-0 History should be on LU’s side for the contest. The Cardinals boast a 9-1 (.900) record Stephen F. Austin 0-0 0-0 against schools from the state Oklahoma. The lone setback coming at nationally ranked Abilene Christian 0-0 0-0 McNeese State 0-0 0-0 Oklahoma State in 2013. Northwestern State 0-0 0-0 Incarnate Word 0-0 0-0 LU in Season Openers Houston Baptist 0-0 0-0 The LU football team enters the 2015 season with a 24-20 (.545) all-time record in sea- Nicholls State 0-0 0-0 son openers. The Cardinals 3-2 (.600) since re-starting the program. LU is a perfect 3-0 in season openers at Provost Umphrey Stadium since 2010, having outscored opponents, This Week’s Schedule 175-27, in those games. The Cardinals have won three of their past four season openers, *Central Arkansas at Samford 6 pm including wins in each of the past two seasons. Last year, LU defeated Grambling State, *SE Louisiana at Northwestern St. 6 pm 42-27, in the opener. *Abilene Christian at Fresno State 9 pm Bacone College at Lamar 7 pm LU in Home Openers A&M-Kingsville at Incarnate Word 2 pm LU holds an impressive 34-9-1 (.784) mark in home openers. Since re-starting the Sam Houston State at Texas Tech 2:30 pm program in 2010, the Cards have posted a peerless 5-0 mark in home openers. The Red Northern Arizona at Stephen F. Austin 6 pm and White defeated Grambling State, 42-27, last season. LU has outscored opponents, McNeese State at LSU 6:30 pm 227-41, in home openers since the 2010 season and has won eight-straight home-open- Bethany Coll. at Houston Baptist 7 pm ing games dating back to the 1987. *Indicates Thursday game On This Date in History The Cardinals are 1-1 (.500) all-time in games played on Sept. 5. The program’s lone win on that date was a one-point victory at Baylor during the 1981 season. The Bears www.LamarCardinals.com LamarAthletics @LamarFootball Lamar Football Game Notes General will be LU’s first away game of the 2015 season, and the 1981 School ................................................................Lamar University upset of BU was the last time the two schools met on the grid- Location ................................................................. Beaumont, TX iron. Founded..................................................................................1923 Enrollment ...........................................................................14,052 LU in September Nicknames .......................................................................Cardinals The month of September has been a good month for LU histor- Colors ........................................................................Red & White ically. The Cardinals are eight games above .500 all-time in the Conference .....................................................................Southland month posting a 64-56-1 (.533) all-time record. Last season the National Affiliation ...........................................NCAA Div. I FCS President ......................................................Dr. Kenneth R. Evans Cards were 2-2 (.500) in the first full month of the schedule. Athletics Director ................................................Jason Henderson Faculty Representative .....................................Dr. Hsing-wei Chu LU in Televised Games Sr. Woman Administrator ...........................................Helene Thill The Cardinals will have three games televised this season. Athletics Department ............................................(409) 880-2248 LU’s first televised game will be a Fox Sports Net broadcast at Ticket Office .........................................................(409) 880-1715 Baylor. The Cardinals will be on television each of the next two Coaching Staff weeks in Southland Conference contests at Sam Houston State Head Coach ....................Ray Woodard (Sam Houston State, 1988) and Southeastern Louisiana. The two conference games will be Record at Lamar/Seasons ...................................... 26-32/6th Season televised on the American Sports Network, as well ESPN3. The Record at NCAA Division I ....................................................... Same Cardinals were 1-2 (.333) in televised games last season. Office Phone ................................................................(409) 880-7157 Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line .................................Carey Bailey Defensive Coordinator ........................................... Craig McGallion Home Sweet Home Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line ..................Chuck Langston The Cardinals have turned Provost Umphrey Stadium into a very Recruiting Coordinator/Secondary ...............................Ben Beasley tough place to play over the course of the past two seasons. LU Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs .............Brian Morgan is 9-4 (.692) at home during that stretch with all four setbacks Wide Receivers .......................................................... Arlington Nunn coming against nationally ranked opponents. Since the return of Linebackers...................................................................... Mark Criner football to Beaumont, Big Red is 19-11 (.633) in front of their Quarterbacks ............................................................ Ramon Flanigan home fans. Tight Ends/Director of Operations ..................................Jeff Breaux Head Athletic Trainer ......................................................Josh Yonker Schedule Makers Unkind Team Information The Cardinals will face a daunting slate in 2015. Big Reg only 2014 Overall Record ........................................................................8-4 has five home dates for the upcoming season, and after the 2014 Home Record ..........................................................................5-2 season opener on Sept. 5 against Bacone College, the Cardinals 2014 Away Record ...........................................................................3-2 2014 SLC Record/Finish .......................................................5-3/T3rd will hit the road for more than a month. The three-game road Base Offense ..................................................................... Multiple Set swing will have the Cardinals travel to Baylor, Sam Houston Base Defense ....................................................................................3-4 State and Southeastern Louisiana. All three schools are nation- Starters Returning/Lost ................................................................20/8 ally ranked, including Baylor and SHSU which are preseason Offensive Starters.......................................................................6/5 top-10 teams. In addition to the three-game road swing against Defensive Starters ......................................................................8/3 nationally ranked foes, LU will also face a fourth team ranked in Special Teams Starters...............................................................6/0 the preseason poll - No. 25 McNeese State. Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...................................................45-16 History Preseason All-Southland Conference First Year of Football .................................................................... 1923 The Cardinals received quite a bit of recognition on the 2015 First Year as a Senior College ...................................................... 1951 Preseason All-Southland Conference teams. Five LU players First Year of Southland Football ................................................. 1964