# 2019 Lamar Cardinals football team

The 2019 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals were led by third-year head coach Mike Schultz and played their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium. The Cardinals played a twelve game regular season schedule in 2019. The schedule included three non-conference and nine conference games.

## TV and radio media

All Lamar games were broadcast on KLVI, also known as News Talk 560.

## Preseason
### Preseason poll

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Cardinals were picked to finish in fifth place.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Nicholls | 200 (20) |
| 2 | Central Arkansas | 154 |
| 3 | Incarnate Word | 150 (1) |
| 4 | Sam Houston State | 146 |
| 5 | Lamar | 123 |
| 6 | McNeese State | 114 |
| 7 | Abilene Christian | 112 (1) |
| 8 | Southeastern Louisiana | 71 |
| 9 | Stephen F. Austin | 63 |
| 10 | Northwestern State | 56 |
| 11 | Houston Baptist | 21 |

### Preseason All–Southland Teams

The Cardinals placed three players on the preseason all–Southland teams.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Bethel (TN)* | Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont, TX | ESPN3 | W 65–16 | 7,298 |
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Mississippi Valley State* | Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont, TX | ESPN+ | W 23–20 $^{OT}$ | 7,285 |
| September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 16 (FBS) Texas A&M* | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | ESPNU/ESPN2 | L 3–62 | 97,195 |
| September 21 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 21 Southeastern Louisiana | Strawberry StadiumHammond, LA | ESPN+ | L 34–45 | 6,352 |
| September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin | Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont, TX | ESPN+ | L 17–24 | 9,218 |
| October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | Abilene Christian | Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont, TX | ESPN3 | W 27–24 | 6,016 |
| October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Sam Houston State | Bowers StadiumHuntsville, TX | ESPN+ | W 20–17 $^{3OT}$ | 4,047 |
| October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | at Incarnate Word | Gayle and Tom Benson StadiumSan Antonio, TX | ESPN3 | L 17–35 | 3,048 |
| November 2 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 10 Central Arkansas | Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont, TX | ESPN+ | L 17–45 | 5,913 |
| November 9 | 6:00 p.m. | at Northwestern State | Harry Turpin StadiumNatchitoches, LA | CST/ESPN+ | L 13–34 | 5,122 |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at Houston Baptist | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | ESPN3 | L 26–31 | 2,126 |
| November 23 | 3:00 p.m. | McNeese State | Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont, TX (Battle of the Border) | ESPN3 | L 3–27 | 7,307 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Bethel (TN)

See also Bethel Wildcats
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| • Cardinals | 14 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 65 |

### Mississippi Valley State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Delta Devils | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| • Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 23 |

### At Texas A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| • No. 16 (FBS) Aggies | 13 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 62 |

### At Southeastern Louisiana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 7 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 34 |
| • No. 21 Lions | 7 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 45 |

### Stephen F. Austin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Lumberjacks | 3 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 24 |
| Cardinals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 |

### Abilene Christian

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| • Cardinals | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 |

### At Sam Houston State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | Total |
| • Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| No. 25 Bearkats | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |

### At Incarnate Word

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals (LU) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| • Cardinals (UIW) | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |

### Central Arkansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 10 Bears | 14 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 45 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |

### At Northwestern State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| • Demons | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 34 |

### At Houston Baptist

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| • Huskies | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 31 |

### McNeese State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Cowboys | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 27 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | — | | | | | | | | | | |