2016 Lamar Cardinals football team explained

Year:2016
Team:Lamar Cardinals
Conference:Southland Conference
Short Conf:Southland
Record:3–8
Conf Record:3–6
Head Coach:Ray Woodard
Hc Year:7th
Off Coach:Chuck Langston
Oc Year:2nd
Off Scheme:Spread
Def Coach:Trey Haverty
Dc Year:1st
Def Scheme:4–3
Stadium:Provost Umphrey Stadium
(capacity: 16,000)

The 2016 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals were led by seventh-year head coach Ray Woodard and played their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 3–6 in Southland play to finish in a tie for eighth place.

TV and radio media

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) was streamed on ESPN3.[1] [2]

Before the season

Changes in the coaching staff

Spring camp and 6th annual Crawfish Bowl

The Cardinals participated in Spring camp from March 7 ending with the 6th annual Crawfish Bowl Spring game on April 16. Camp included workouts three days each week with a break from March 14–18 for Spring Break.[9] The offense defeated the defense 25-23 in the Crawfish Bowl Spring game.[10]

Roster changes

2015 1st team All-Southland Conference member, Larance Hale, was dismissed from the team on March 29, 2016 for a violation of team rules.[11]

Honors and recognition

Pre-season FCS All-America team

Pre-season Southland Conference team

Four Cardinals were named to pre-season Southland Conference teams. Kade Harrington, Bret Treadway, and Rodney Randle were named as 1st teamers. Brendan Langley was named to the 2nd team.[15]

2016 recruiting

The Cardinals signed 28 players including 22 high school recruits and six transfers from other colleges. Three of the transfers were from NCAA Division I (FBS) programs. Four of the recruits were already enrolled for the spring, 2016 semester while 24 signed letters of intent on National Signing Day.

Early enrollees

Four recruits transferring from other programs enrolled for Spring, 2016 semester courses at Lamar. The four players are Jalen Barnes from Texas Tech, Kanon Mackey from Texas State, Marcus Daggs from Cisco College, and Clayton Turner from Miami (FL). The list includes ratings when originally recruited from high school.

Source: [16]

2016 National Signing Day

Lamar signed 24 players on national letter of intent day. Recruits are listed in the "2016 Recruits" table below. Player profiles for each recruit are available at the signing day link below. The 2016 signing day recruits included 22 players from high school and 2 transfers.

Post Signing Day Transfers

Andrew Allen transferred from New Mexico State. He has two years of eligibility remaining. Allen started 8 games and played in 17 games for the Aggies. He had 1,700 yards passing and 16 touchdowns, and rushed for 352 yards for New Mexico State.[17] [18] Ratings are from the high school recruiting period.

Schedule

Lamar University announced its 2016 football schedule on February 17, 2016. According to the announcement, the 2016 schedule will consist of eleven games with a conference schedule of nine games. Out of conference games are the season home opener against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers which will be in its first year of transition to NCAA Division I (FBS), followed by an away game against NCAA Division I (FBS) American Athletic Conference member, Houston Cougars. Six of the games, including five Southland Conference games, will be played at home at Provost Umphrey Stadium.[19]

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Game summaries

Coastal Carolina

See also: Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football and 2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team. Sources:[21]

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@ Houston

See also: Houston Cougars football and 2016 Houston Cougars football team. Sources:

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Sam Houston State

See also: Sam Houston State Bearkats football and 2016 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team. Sources:

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Southeastern Louisiana

See also: Southeastern Louisiana Lions football and 2016 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team. Sources:

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@ Abilene Christian

See also: Abilene Christian Wildcats football and 2016 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team. Sources:

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Northwestern State

See also: Northwestern State Demons football and 2016 Northwestern State Demons football team. Sources:

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@ Central Arkansas

See also: Central Arkansas Bears football and 2016 Central Arkansas Bears football team. Sources:

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Houston Baptist (Homecoming Game)

See also: Houston Baptist Huskies football and 2016 Houston Baptist Huskies football team. Sources:

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@ Nicholls

See also: Nicholls State Colonels football and 2016 Nicholls State Colonels football team. Sources:

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Incarnate Word

See also: Incarnate Word Cardinals football and 2016 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team. Sources: Box Score

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@ McNeese State

See also: McNeese State Cowboys football, 2016 McNeese State Cowboys football team and Battle of the Border (Lamar–McNeese State). Sources:

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: LU Teams Up With ESPN3 To Show Home Games. Lamar Cardinals Athletics. February 26, 2016. January 4, 2016. The Lamar University Athletics Department has joined forces with ESPN to deliver live coverage of home men's and women's basketball games for this season and home football games beginning with the 2016 season.. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234120/http://lamarcardinals.com/news/2016/1/4/MBB_0104164210.aspx?path=mbball. dead.
  2. Web site: Lamar University Athletics Teams Up With ESPN3. Sports Video Group. June 17, 2016. January 8, 2016.
  3. Web site: McGallion Announces Retirement. Lamar University Department of Athletics. February 26, 2016. November 9, 2015.
  4. Web site: Haverty Named LU Defensive Coordinator. Lamar University Department of Athletics. February 26, 2016. January 26, 2016.
  5. Web site: Danny Shapiro. Lamar defensive line coach takes job with the Buffalo Bills. Beamount Enterprise. Hearst Newspapers II, LLC. March 17, 2016. March 15, 2016.
  6. Web site: Mike Florio. Bills replace Karl Dunbar with John Blake. Pro Football Talk. NBC Sports. March 17, 2015. March 15, 2015.
  7. Web site: LU Football Adds Defensive Assistants. Lamar University Department of Athletics. February 26, 2016. January 16, 2016.
  8. Web site: James Dixon. LU Football Adds DL Coach to Staff. Lamar University Athletics. April 30, 2016. April 19, 2016.
  9. Web site: Cards Announce Spring Game Date. Lamar University Department of Athletics. February 26, 2016. February 3, 2016.
  10. Web site: James Dixon. Offense Wins Crawfish Bowl. Lamar University Athletics. April 30, 2016. April 16, 2016.
  11. Web site: James Dixon. Hale Dismissed from Football Team. Lamar University Athletics. March 31, 2016. March 29, 2016.
  12. Web site: Carl Haley. Athlon Sports 2016 FCS All-America Team. Athlonsports.com. June 17, 2016. June 9, 2016.
  13. Web site: Craig Haley. College football: STATS announces FCS preseason All-America team. NCAA. NCAA.org. August 1, 2016. August 1, 2016.
  14. Web site: Madness FCS Football 2016 Preseason All-American Teams. College Sports Madness. August 9, 2016. August 8, 2016.
  15. Web site: Cards Land Four on Pre-Season All SLC Team. Lamar University Athletics. July 20, 2016. July 20, 2016. James Dixon.
  16. Web site: Signing Day Central. Lamar University Department of Athletics. February 26, 2016.
  17. Web site: James Dixon. Cards Open Practice; Add FBS Transfer. Lamar University Athletics. August 5, 2016. August 4, 2016.
  18. Web site: I. C. Murrell. QB Allen joins Lamar; Hale dismissed. Port Arthur News. August 5, 2016. August 4, 2016.
  19. Web site: Cardinals Release 2016 Football Schedule. Lamar University Department of Athletics. February 26, 2016. February 17, 2016.
  20. Web site: 2016 Football Schedule. Lamar University Department of Athletics. February 26, 2016.
  21. Web site: Football vs Coastal Carolina on 9/3/2016 - Box Score .

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