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Provost Umphrey Stadium

Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, TX, home of Lamar. Capacity 16,000. Opened 1964.

Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, TX
Provost Umphrey Stadium, Beaumont, TXPhoto: 2C2K Photography, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
16,000
Opened
1964
Surface
Roof
Open air
Elevation
13 ft
Home team
Lamar
Lamar here
40–⁠37 games on file since 2012

Since it opened: Lamar is 63–⁠64–⁠2 in home games from the 1964 season on. Our source names a game’s stadium only from 2001, so that count takes every earlier home game not marked neutral and may include a few played elsewhere.

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2012 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Provost Umphrey Stadium by season, 2012 to 20260k5k10k15k20k2012: 11,119 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,3672013: 8,379 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,7382014: 8,718 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,2122015: 9,364 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,1362016: 7,429 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,6972017: 6,521 a game over 4 games; biggest 8,4172018: 7,077 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,0282019: 7,148 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,2182021: 5,716 a game over 4 games; biggest 6,8122022: 5,069 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,6272023: 5,707 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,5932024: 6,706 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,4432025: 7,657 a game over 6 games; biggest 13,6742026: 7,194 a game over 3 games; biggest 7,5262012201420162018202220242026

Biggest crowds on file

15,367Prairie View A&M at Lamar2012
13,674McNeese at Lamar2025
13,452McMurry at Lamar2012
13,136Abilene Christian at Lamar2015
12,383Langston at Lamar2012

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Lamar’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Cardinal Stadium
Opened
1964
Architect
Renovation: Leo A. Daly
Surface over the years
(2021-current)Tarkett Fieldturf Classic HD Coolplay turf (2009-21)Hellas Matrix Turf
Renovated
2010
Record crowd
18,500
September 13, 1980
vs Baylor

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Provost Umphrey Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 240 by 240 meters (800 by 770 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026Lamar 38, Incarnate Word 35
Oct 3, 2026Lamar 42, Northwestern State 14
Aug 29, 2026Lamar 21, Abilene Christian 14
Nov 22, 2025McNeese 21, Lamar 19
Nov 8, 2025Lamar 14, SE Louisiana 12
Oct 18, 2025Lamar 23, UT Rio Grande Valley 21
Oct 4, 2025Lamar 24, Nicholls 17
Sep 27, 2025Lamar 35, Central Arkansas 32
Sep 6, 2025Lamar 20, South Dakota 13
Nov 16, 2024Lamar 24, Nicholls 7
Nov 2, 2024SE Louisiana 30, Lamar 27
Oct 12, 2024Stephen F. Austin 27, Lamar 20