2014 Lamar Cardinals football team
The 2014 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals were led by fifth-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 8–4, 5–3 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. The eight win overall and five win conference record matched the Cardinals' best overall win record in both categories as a four year program.[1]
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Conference | Southland Conference |
2014 record | 8–4 (5–3 Southland) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Larry Kueck (3rd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Craig McGallion (1st season) |
Home stadium | Provost Umphrey Stadium (Capacity: 16,000) |
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No. 6 Sam Houston St +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 SE Louisiana +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Arkansas | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian* | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word* | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Baptist | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls State | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Southland Conference Television Network, SEC Network, or ESPN3) was streamed by Lamar University's Big Red Sports Network .
Before the season
2014 recruits
Lamar signed 17 players on national letter of intent day. Recruits are listed in the "Class of 2014 Signees" table below. Player profiles for each recruit are available at the signing day link below. The 2014 recruits included 10 players from high school and 7 transfers. Breaking down the transfers, two players transferred from NCAA Division I (FBS) programs. The remainder transferred from Junior College/Community College programs.
Signing Day Link:[2]
Class of 2014 signees
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Seth Adams | DL | 6'0" | 285 | Freshman | Silsbee, TX | Silsbee High School | HS |
Seth Blenderman | OL | 6'4" | 290 | Freshman | Magnolia, TX | Magnolia HS | HS |
Ladamian Coney | DB | 5'11" | 175 | Freshman | League City, TX | Clear Springs HS | HS |
Reid Entsminger | DB | 5'10" | 185 | Freshman | Stephens City, VA | Sherando HS | HS |
Shawn Jones | LB | 6'2" | 220 | Freshman | Jasper, TX | Jasper HS | HS |
Melbrodrick Matthews | LB | 6'0" | 200 | Freshman | Port Arthur, TX | Memorial HS | HS |
Zack Roberts | DS | 6'2" | 215 | Freshman | Magnolia, TX | Magnolia HS | HS |
Tate Smith | TE | 6'4" | 235 | Freshman | Texas City, TX | Texas City HS | HS |
Connor Ward | OL | 6'3" | 280 | Freshman | Bryan, TX | Bryan HS | HS |
Chase Woods | OL | 6'4" | 285 | Freshman | Plano, TX | Plano West HS | HS |
Seth Ellis | DB | 6'1" | 185 | Junior | Coolidge, AZ | Coolidge HS/Pima CC | TR |
Carl Harris | RB | 5'10" | 190 | Junior | Dallas, TX | Wilson HS/Memphis | TR |
Kyle Holmes | DE | 6'2" | 245 | Junior | Beaumont, TX | Beaumont Central HS/Blinn | TR |
Brent Nicholson | DS | 6'2" | 260 | Junior | Corinth, TX | Denton Guyer HS/Navarro JC | TR |
Tylond Robertson | DE | 6'3" | 270 | Sophomore | Hempstead, TX | Hempstead HS/Texas State | TR |
Michael Sheridan | DB | 5'10" | 180 | Junior | Palmdale, CA | Highland HS/Antelope Valley College | TR |
Daquan Stewart | DB | 6'1" | 190 | Junior | Hoboken, NJ | Hoboken HS/Contra Costa College | TR |
4th Crawfish Bowl
The 4th Annual Red-White Crawfish Bowl was held Saturday, March 1. The game was modified from previous years. While the team was divided into Red and White teams as in previous years, the game pitted offense against defense. The White team consisted of offensive players while the Red team was made up of defensive players. Scoring was adjusted to include normal scoring for the offense with the addition of additional points for scoring plays longer than 20 yards. The defense scored on turnovers, three-and-outs, and stops. The White team (offensive players) won 50–18 with the modified scoring.[3]
Preseason Honors
Four Lamar Cardinals were selected to the pre-season all Southland Conference team. Reggie Begelton, WR (JR) was selected to the First-Team Offense. Kevin Johnson, PR (SR) was selected to the First-Team Defense. Caleb Berry, QB (SR) and Justin Brock, OL (JR) were named to the Second-Team Offense.[4]
The following Cardinals were named to national award watch lists.
- Caleb Berry - CFPA Quarterback Watch List[5]
- Kade Harrington - CFPA Running Back Watch List[6]
- Mark Roberts - CFPA Receiver Watch List[7]
- Reggie Begelton - CFPA Receiver Watch List[7]
- Alex Ball - CFPA Kicker Watch List[8]
- Kevin Johnson - CFPA Kickoff Return Watch List,[9] CFPA Punt Return Watch List,[10] and the CFPA All-Purpose Performer of the Year Watch List.[11]
Kevin Johnson was also named to the College Sports Madness Preseason All-American and the Beyond Sports Network Preseason All-American teams.[12]
Postseason honors
AP All-American
Southland Conference honors
Source: [17]
- Mark Roberts - First team All Southland Conference
- Caleb Berry - Second team All Southland Conference
- Reggie Begelton - Second team All Southland Conference
- Omar Tebo = Second team All Southland Conference
- Xavier Bethany - Second team All Southland Conference
College Sports Madness honors
Source: [18]
- Mark Roberts - First team All Southland Conference
- Caleb Berry - Second team All Southland Conference
- Reggie Begelton - Second team All Southland Conference
- Ronnie Jones - Second team All Southland Conference
- Bret Treadway - Third team All Southland Conference
- Joe Okafor - Third team All Southland Conference
- Omar Tebo - Third team All Southland Conference
- Xavier Bethany - Third team All Southland Conference
Roster
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Special teams
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Depth chart
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 7:00 pm | Grambling State* | BRSN | W 42–27 | 9,520 | |
September 6 | 6:30 pm | at No. 9 (FBS) Texas A&M* | SECN | L 3–73 | 104,728 | |
September 13 | 7:00 pm | Texas College* |
| BRSN | W 73–0 | 7,226 |
September 20 | 7:00 pm | Mississippi College* |
| BRSN | W 55–10 | 7,612 |
September 27 | 7:00 pm | Sam Houston State |
| BRSN | L 10–42 | 9,308 |
October 4 | 6:00 pm | at Abilene Christian | ACU TV KTES | W 24–21 | 8,913 | |
October 11 | 6:00 pm | No. 9 Southeastern Louisiana |
| BRSN | L 34–61 | 7,799 |
October 18 | 3:00 pm | at Nicholls State | CAA | W 63–21 | 5,103 | |
November 1 | 6:00 pm | Houston Baptist |
| ESPN3 | W 72–14 | 10,212 |
November 8 | 3:00 pm | at Central Arkansas | SLCTV | L 41–44 OT | 5,427 | |
November 15 | 6:00 pm | Incarnate Word |
| BRSN | W 31–20 | 6,751 |
November 22 | 6:00 pm | at No. 19 McNeese State | W 27–24 | 7,402 | ||
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Game summaries
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Caleb Berry set the all-time Lamar Cardinals passing touchdown record on his third touchdown pass of the game against the Grambling State Tigers.[28]
# 9 (FBS) Texas A&M
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The Cardinals and the 9th ranked Aggies played in front of a record setting crowd at Kyle Field. The crowd of 104,728 set the record for the largest attendance in recently renovated Kyle Field and for a collegiate game in the state of Texas. The game was delayed 2:05 hours because of lightning.
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The game was close going into the fourth (4th) quarter with Southeastern Louisiana holding a one touchdown lead. The fourth quarter was a different story with the Lions running away scoring four touchdowns for 27 points to the Cardinals' one touchdown in the quarter.[36]
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Caleb Berry broke three team marks becoming the Cardinals' all-time leader in completions, yards of total offense, and passing yards. Lamar set a school record of 691 total yards in the game.[38]
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With his four touchdown pass catches in the game, Mark Roberts set a new school record of nineteen (19) career TD catches. Roberts also tied a school record of 24 points scored in a game.[40]
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The win tied Lamar (8-4, 5-3 Southland Conference) school records for victories in a season and victories in Southland Conference play since it became a four-year institution.
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Senior quarterback Caleb Berry became the school's all-time leader in touchdown passes with his third scoring strike against Grambling State (0-1) Saturday night.
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Berry was 27 of 32 for 330 yards, and his performance broke John Evans' school record for career completions, yards passing, and total offense set in 1989.
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Roberts, who caught 5 for 205 yards and four touchdowns, became the school leader for career touchdowns with 19.
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