Lamar
8-5 2025 finalLamar is the Beaumont Cardinals that won three straight Southland titles in the 1960s, disappeared into mediocrity, and has spent a decade learning how to belong again.
Cardinals country waits.
Lamar is the Beaumont Cardinals that won three straight Southland titles in the 1960s, disappeared into mediocrity, and has spent a decade learning how to belong again.
Lamar finished the 2025 season 8-5 (5-3 SLC) and earned an FCS playoff bid, the most successful season in recent memory. Coach Pete Rossomando is in Year 3 and has built a stable offense around QB Aiden McCown, RB Xavier Coleman…
Offseason
69 days
until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC
The 2026 Outlook
The Pulse on Lamar
What moved it — offseason · last 30 days
Aspiration Ladder
Brief Part III §33.4 · Lamar
The baseline expectation.
The annual recruiting proof point.
Conference qualifier or at-large.
Championship weekend. Top-4 in the country.
Lamar · Next-Season Outcome Band
Floor / Base / Ceiling
Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.
Who We Are
Fanbase Health Index · Lamar · medium confidence
Growing (61)
Home-Field Advantage · Lamar · 2018-present
Strong
51% home win rate vs 30% on the road. margin runs +8.6 better at home.
Act IIILast Season Reviewed
2025 season · tap to expand
Recent Form · last 10 games
Cold
One of five. The film room is busy this week.
Southland Standing · 2025
4th in the Southland
Lamar sits 4th of 10 in the Southland at 8-5. Mid-conference — moves up or down depend on rivalry results and the late-season closing run.
| # | Program | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen F. Austin | 11-3 |
| 2 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 9-3 |
| 3 | SE Louisiana | 9-4 |
| 4 | Lamar | 8-5 |
| 5 | Incarnate Word | 5-7 |
| 6 | McNeese | 5-7 |
| 7 | Nicholls | 4-8 |
| 8 | East Texas A&M | 3-9 |
| 9 | Houston Christian | 2-10 |
| 10 | Northwestern State | 1-11 |
Schedule Strength · Lamar · 2025
Balanced
Average opponent win rate 51% across 13 finalized games. 1 FBS top-25 opponent played (North Texas).
Moment of the Year · Lamar · 2025
Won 31-7 at Texas Southern
Week 3 of 2025. A statement margin. Recruiting boards re-rendered overnight.
From the Archive — Lamar
2025: Lost 15-26 at Stephen F. Austin
In 2025, the program lost 15-26 at Stephen F. Austin — a one to file away road result, 11 points either way.
Go Cardinals.