Lamar University Football

The Lamar Cardinals football program represents Lamar University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) level. The Cardinals are members of the Southland Conference. The football program, discontinued at the end of the 1989 season, was restarted with its first season back in 2010. The team competed as an independent that year. The first conference competition following the restart was in 2011. The Cardinals play their home games in the 16,000 seat Provost Umphrey Stadium. The team's head coach is Ray Woodard.