| Year: | 2015 |
| Team: | Lamar Cardinals |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Short Conf: | Southland |
| Record: | 5–6 |
| Conf Record: | 4–5 |
| Head Coach: | Ray Woodard |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Off Coach: | Chuck Langston |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Off Scheme: | Spread |
| Def Coach: | Craig McGallion |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Def Scheme: | 3–4 |
| Stadium: | Provost Umphrey Stadium (capacity: 16,000) |
The 2015 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals were led by sixth-year head coach Ray Woodard and played their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium. They are a member of the Southland Conference.
The Cardinals finished the season with a 5–6 record overall. In Southland Conference play, the Cardinals finished in a three-way tie for fifth place with a 4–5 conference record.
All Lamar games were broadcast on KLVI, also known as News Talk 560.
Live video of all home games (except those broadcast via the American Sports Network or ESPN3) was streamed by Lamar University's Big Red Sports Network .
Another player transferred in after signing day. Defensive end, David Owens, transferred to the Cardinals from Hampton University in February.[7]
Lamar signed 26 players on national letter of intent day. Recruits are listed in the "Class of 2015 Signees" table below. Player profiles for each recruit are available at the signing day link below. The 2015 recruits included 23 players from high school and 3 transfers. All three of the transfer players transferred from NCAA Division I (FBS) programs.
Signing Day Link:[8]
| 2015 signees | |||||||||
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| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | High School/Junior College | HS/TR | ||
| sortname | D C Arcenaux | LB | 6'2" | 230 | Freshman | Kinder HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Jessie Brewster | OL | 6'7" | 285 | Freshman | Friendswood HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Chaston Brooks | ATH | 6'1" | 190 | Freshman | Tatum HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Bear Christianson | LB | 6'6" | 205 | Freshman | Vandegrift HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Ethan Cothen | OL | 6'4" | 280 | Freshman | Westbrook HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Stelen Covel | DT | 6'2" | 260 | Freshman | Casady HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Brett Cox | QB | 6'4" | 200 | Freshman | Sachse HS | HS | ||
| sortname | David Dorsett | DE | 6'3" | 240 | Freshman | LD Bell HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Dedrick Garner | LB | 6'3" | 220 | Freshman | Fairfield HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Zae Giles | CB | 5'9" | 170 | Freshman | Lyndon B. Johnson HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Tariq Gordon | WR/CB | 6'0" | 175 | Freshman | Southlake HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Joseph Gonzales | OL | 6'4" | 285 | Freshman | Waco HS | HS | ||
| sortname | JoJo Henderson | FS | 6'3" | 190 | Freshman | Olympus HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Davon Jernigan | SS | 6'09" | 184 | Freshman | Navasota HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Hayden Kaaiohelo | OL | 6'5" | 285 | Freshman | Edmond Memorial HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Jerbrell Lipscomb | LB | 5'9" | 184 | Freshman | Navasota HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Duncan McVey | TE | 6'4" | 220 | Freshman | Deer Park HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Keegan Mitchell | RB | 5'6" | 172 | Freshman | Corrigan–Camden HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Corey Nance | OL | 6'7" | 275 | Freshman | Hardin HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Marcus Odell | LB | 6'2" | 225 | Freshman | New Braunfels HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Kevin O'Neill | LB | 6'2" | 205 | Freshman | Sachse HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Derrion Randle | RB | 5'10" | 200 | Freshman | Navasota HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Rodney Randle, Jr. | DB | 5'10" | 175 | Freshman | Ozen HS | HS | ||
| sortname | Brendan Langley | WR | 6'1" | 188 | Sophomore | Kell HS/Georgia | TR | ||
| sortname | Matthew Oubre | OL | 6'1" | 289 | Freshman | Dayton HS/Louisiana–Monroe | TR | ||
| sortname | Dominique Wheeler | WR | 6'1" | 186 | Junior | Crockett HS/Texas Tech | TR |
The 5th Annual Red-White Crawfish Bowl was held Saturday, March 7. The team was divided into Red and White teams as in previous years. A draft of ten rounds was held with each side picking players of the same position. Offensive linemen were not drafted. They played for both teams. The White team got the first pick of the draft since the Red team got first pick of coaches. The draft was streamed live over Lamar's Big Red Sports Network.[9]
The game was divided into four ten-minute quarters with a 15-minute half time. Kickoffs, kick returns, and turnovers were live. Field goals and extra points were not live. The White team won 7–3 with all scores in the second quarter.[10]
Lamar University announced its 2015 football schedule on February 24, 2015. According to the announcement, the 2015 schedule consisted of eleven games with an expanded conference schedule of nine games. Out of conference games included the season opener against the Bacone College Warriors, a NAIA member from the Red River Athletic Conference, followed by an away game against the NCAA Division I (FBS) Big 12 Conference member, Baylor Bears. Five of the games, including four Southland Conference games, were played at home at Provost Umphrey Stadium. There were no consecutive home games in the schedule.[11]
The Houston Baptist/Lamar game was televised on tape delay.
See also: Bacone College. Sources:
----See also: Baylor Bears football and 2015 Baylor Bears football team. Sources:[14]
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----See also: Northwestern State Demons football and 2015 Northwestern State Demons football team. Sources:[16]
----See also: Central Arkansas Bears football and 2015 Central Arkansas Bears football team. Sources:[17]
----See also: Houston Baptist Huskies football and 2015 Houston Baptist Huskies football team. Sources:[18]
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----See also: McNeese State Cowboys football, 2015 McNeese State Cowboys football team and Battle of the Border (Lamar–McNeese State). Sources:[19]
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