2021 Lamar Cardinals football team

2021 Lamar Cardinals football
ConferenceAQ7
Record1–9 (0–6 AQ7)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorPatrick Covington (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorRon Antoine (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorMatt Weikert (2nd season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumProvost Umphrey Stadium
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Sam Houston $^   5 – 0     11 – 1  
No. 21 Stephen F. Austin ^   4 – 1     8 – 4  
Abilene Christian   2 – 2     5 – 6  
Tarleton State *   2 – 3     6 – 5  
Dixie State *   0 – 3     1 – 10  
Lamar   0 – 4     1 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • * – Ineligible for FCS playoffs due to transition from Division II
Rankings from STATS Poll
2021 WAC–ASUN Challenge football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Sam Houston $^   6 – 0     11 – 1  
No. 21 Stephen F. Austin ^   4 – 2     8 – 4  
Eastern Kentucky   4 – 2     7 – 4  
Central Arkansas   3 – 3     5 – 6  
Jacksonville State   3 – 3     5 – 6  
Abilene Christian   1 – 5     5 – 6  
Lamar   0 – 6     1 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2021 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The Cardinals were led by second-year head coach Blane Morgan and played their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium. The game against North American University is not included in the Western Athletic Conference or AQ7 standings because it was classed as an exhibition game and was not countable due to NCAA policies.[1]

The Western Athletic Conference and ASUN Conference announced the formation of the WAC-ASUN Challenge (AQ7) for the 2021 season on February 23, 2021. The Challenge included the four fully qualified Division I (FCS) members of the WAC (Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston, and Stephen F. Austin) and Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, and Jacksonville State of the ASUN Conference. The winner of the challenge received an auto-bid to the NCAA Division I FCS football playoffs.[2]

The Cardinals finished the season with a 1–9 overall record. They were 0–6 in AQ7 Challenge play finishing in seventh place.

  1. ^ "2021 WAC Football Standings". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 27, 2021. NOTE: Lamar defeated North American University, 47-3, on 9/2 in a game not countable due to NCAA policies
  2. ^ "ASUN, WAC form 2021 alliance, seek FCS playoff bid". Verizon Media. February 23, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.