2013 Southland Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana $^		7	–	0					11	–	3
No. 11 McNeese State ^		6	–	1					10	–	3
No. 14 Sam Houston State ^		4	–	3					9	–	5
Central Arkansas		4	–	3					7	–	5
Northwestern State		3	–	4					6	–	6
Lamar		2	–	5					5	–	7
Nicholls State		1	–	6					4	–	8
Stephen F. Austin		1	–	6					3	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2013 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals were led by fourth-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 5–6, 2–4 in Southland play to finish in sixth place.

All Cardinals football games were broadcast on KLVI AM 560 as part of the Lamar Cardinals Radio Network. At least 3 games, including 2 road games, were broadcast on Fox 4 KBTV as the Cardinals completed the fourth year of a five-year deal granting exclusive broadcast rights to select Cardinals games to KBTV.^[1] SLC TV will cover 1 game (with a possible option for a 2nd game to end the season), CSN Houston will cover 1 game, and ESPN3 will cover 1 game in addition to the KBTV games. Cardinals SLC TV games will air locally on KUIL-LD.

Lamar signed 20 players on national letter of intent day. Recruits are listed here. Player profiles for each recruit are available at the signing day link below.^[2]

College recruiting information (2013)
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: Not Ranked   Rivals: Not Ranked  ESPN: Not Ranked
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2013 Player Commitments – Lamar". ESPN.com. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

The 3rd Annual Red-White Crayfish Bowl was held Saturday, April 16 at 7 PM. The team was divided into a red and white team, and 4 12-minute quarters were played.

2013 Crawfish Bowl

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Red 3 0 0 3 6 12 White 0 0 3 3 0 6 Date: April 16 Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX Game start: 7:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 1:36 Sources:[3]

The Crawfish Bowl would need overtime to decide the winner. Just as in 2012, it was a Ryan Mossakowski pass that would determine the winner. In overtime, on 2nd and 10, a Mossakowski pass was picked off by Keith Wilson at the 20-yard line. He returned it 80-yards for the game-winning touchdown.

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2013 Lamar Cardinals football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 12 Caleb Berry  Jr QB 5 Ryan Mossakowski Sr QB 17 Dillon Barrett  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Ray Woodard (Texas) Coordinators/assistant coaches Allen Johnson (East Texas A&M) Asst. head coach/secondary Bill Bradley (Texas) Defensive coordinator Larry Kueck (Stephen F. Austin) Offensive coordinator Carey Bailey (Tennessee) Defensive line Kevin Barbay (Lamar) Wide receivers James Brown (Texas) Running backs Craig McGallion (Houston) Recruiting coordinator/linebackers Eric Hicks (Lamar) Graduate asst. coach/linebackers Jeremy Kirt (Lamar) Graduate asst. coach/Offense Brett Ramsey (Lamar) Director of football operations [4] Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 pm	Oklahoma Panhandle State*	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX		W 75–0	8,433
September 7	6:00 pm	at Louisiana Tech*	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA		L 14–27	16,372
September 14	6:30 pm	at No. 12 (FBS) Oklahoma State*	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	FSSW	L 3–59	59,061
September 21	7:00 pm	Bacone*	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX		W 53–0	8,056
September 28	6:00 pm	at Grambling State*	Eddie Robinson Stadium Grambling, LA		W 27–16	6,497
October 12	2:00 pm	at No. 2 Sam Houston State	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	BSN	L 3–14	9,156
October 19	3:00 pm	No. 21 Central Arkansas	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX	CSNH	L 24–26	10,738
October 26	7:00 pm	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	ESPN3	L 34–56	6,877
November 2	6:00 pm	Nicholls State	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX		W 56–34	7,738
November 9	6:00 pm	at Northwestern State	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA	SLC TV	L 28–37	3,357
November 16	6:00 pm	Stephen F. Austin	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX		W 46–45	7,681
November 23	6:00 pm	No. 6 McNeese State	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX (Battle of the Border)		L 38–42	7,627
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Oklahoma Panhandle State at Lamar

1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 0 0 0 0 0 • Cardinals 28 28 9 10 75 Date: August 31 Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX Game start: 7:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 3:02 Game attendance: 8,433 Game weather: 87 °F (31 °C) • S 12 • Clear Skies Referee: Steve Baron TV announcers (Lamarcardinals.com): Harold Mann and Bo Brown Sources:

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Lamar at Louisiana Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 0 7 0 7 14 • Bulldogs 7 7 3 10 27 Date: September 7 Location: Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA Game start: 6:07 PM CST Elapsed time: 3:08 Game attendance: 16,372 Game weather: 95 °F (35 °C)• N 5 • Mostly Sunny Referee: Steve LaMantia Sources:

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Lamar at #12 (FBS) Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 0 3 0 0 3 • #12 (FBS) Cowboys 21 10 21 7 59 Date: September 14 Location: Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK Game start: 6:35 PM CST Elapsed time: 3:08 Game attendance: 59,061 Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C)• SSE 10 • Partly cloudy Referee: Randy Christal TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin, Dave Lapham & Jim Knox Sources:

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Bacone at Lamar

1 2 3 4 Total Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 • Cardinals 13 23 10 7 53 Date: September 21 Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX Game start: 7:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 3:12 Game attendance: 8,056 Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C) • NNE 8 • Cloudy Referee: Ken Ray TV announcers (Lamarcardinals.com): Harold Mann & Bo Brown Sources:

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Lamar at Grambling State

1 2 3 4 Total • Cardinals 0 10 14 3 27 Tigers 16 0 0 0 16 Date: September 28 Location: Eddie Robinson Stadium Grambling, LA Game start: 6:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 2:47 Game attendance: 6,497 Game weather: 84 °F (29 °C) • SE 6 • Partly sunny Referee: John Allmond Sources:

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Lamar at Sam Houston State

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 0 3 0 0 3 • #2 Bearkats 0 7 7 0 14 Date: October 12 Location: Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX Game start: 2:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 5:18 Game attendance: 9,156 Referee: R. Christal Television network: BSN Sources:

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Central Arkansas at Lamar

1 2 3 4 Total • #21 Bears 0 3 14 9 26 Cardinals 0 10 7 7 24 Date: October 19 Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX Game start: 6:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 3:14 Game attendance: 10,738 Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C) • 4 mph • Clear skies Referee: Brian Alos Television network: CSNH Sources:

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Lamar at Southeastern Louisiana

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 14 0 7 13 34 • Lions 7 21 14 14 56 Date: October 26 Location: Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA Game start: 7:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 3:20 Game attendance: 6,877 Game weather: 67 °F (19 °C) • Calm • Clear Referee: Julian Alvarez Television network: ESPN3 Sources:

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Nicholls State at Lamar

1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 0 0 0 0 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 2 Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX Sources:

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Lamar at Northwestern State

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 Demons 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 9 Location: Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA Television network: SLC TV Sources:

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Stephen F. Austin at Lamar

1 2 3 4 Total Lumberjacks 0 0 0 0 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 16 Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX Sources:

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McNeese State at Lamar

1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 0 0 0 0 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 23 Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX Sources:

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Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked

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