Lamar takes 11th-ranked McNeese State down to wire in 30-...

LAKE CHARLES - Lamar University's Andre Bevil set a school record for passing Saturday night as the Cardinals put a serious scare into 11th-ranked McNeese State in a 30-27 season-opening loss in the school's first football game in 21 years.

Lamar's long-awaited return to football finally here

LAKE CHARLES - Lamar University will take to the field in football for the first time in 21 years Saturday night when the Cardinals will challenge traditionally-strong McNeese State in a 7 p.m. game at 17,410-seat Cowboy Field.

Countdown to Kickoff

1 DAY UNTIL KICKOFF - When he was growing up in Beaumont, Jimmy Simmons couldn't get enough of watching the Lamar Tech band in parades through downtown Beaumont, from the front of his dad's jewelry store on Orleans Street.

Stories from training camp

BEAUMONT - Andre Bevil's name is penciled at the top of the quarterback listings on Lamar's University's depth chart for good reason.

Football - 09/02/2010

2 DAYS UNTIL KICKOFF - Michael Truncale grew up at Lamar University, where his parents were members of the music faculty. He swam with his father in the campus pool. He played cello in Lamar orchestras.

Football - 09/01/2010

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Lamar University is offering reduced-price tickets to Armed Forces personnel to the Lamar football home opener against Webber International at 6 p.m. Sept. 11.

Football - 09/01/2010

3 DAYS UNTIL KICKOFF - Try as he might, David Montagne didn't quite succeed in his endeavor to be an astute football fan when he first started attending Lamar University games in the early-to-mid-1960s.

Football - 08/31/2010

BEAUMONT - Lamar University named Ray Woodard head football coach over two years ago, and has had players on campus for over a year and a half as the Cardinals prepare to open the 2010 season in four days.

Football - 08/31/2010

4 DAYS UNTIL KICKOFF - Anthony Guillory could tell you about the first time he walked into the showers after his first Lamar University football practice, and the majority of the other players immediately walked out.

Football - 08/30/2010

5 DAYS UNTIL KICKOFF - He might not be looking to improve his three-point stance or coach a group of players into game shape, but Bob Lovitt has certainly spent much of the past year preparing for Lamar's first football season since 1989.

Football - 08/30/2010

Show your Support for Lamar University! Wear Red on September 3, 2010 for College Colors Day

Football - 08/29/2010

6 Days Until Kickoff -- You may not recognize his face, but you'll surely recognize Harold Mann's voice.

Football - 08/28/2010

7 DAYS UNTIL KICKOFF - Bob Kinnear still greets people with a firm handshake, still drives himself a few blocks to Hamburger Depot in Beaumont's South Park, and he still socializes with friends in a game of Chicken Foot dominoes.

Football - 08/27/2010

EDINBURG - Lamar University fell in four games Friday night to the Texas-Pan American Broncs, and will look to pick up its first win of the season when the Lady Cardinal volleyball team faces Idaho State in the final match of the UTPA Tournament Saturday morning at 10.

Rotating image
Cardinal Club
Rotating image2
Lamar Athletics
>
CARDINAL CLUB
Cardinal Club
PROMOTIONS

ALL ACCESS
RECRUITS
store
Buy Photos