BEAUMONT, Texas – Individual game tickets for the 2018 Lamar University football season are now on sale through the Big Red Ticket Office. The Cardinals will have six games at Provost Umphrey Stadium beginning Saturday, Sept. 1 against Kentucky Christian University. The game against the Knights will serve as the Cardinals' lone non-conference home game of the year.
 
Individual game tickets range in prices beginning at $10 for general admission and $15 for reserved seating. All LU and Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT) students receive free admission to home events with a valid student ID.
 
In addition to the game against Kentucky Christian, the Cardinals will host Northwestern State (Sep. 15), Southeastern Louisiana (Sep. 22), Incarnate Word (Oct. 13), Sam Houston State (Oct. 20), and close out the home schedule with Houston Baptist on Nov. 10.

All home games in September will begin at 6 p.m. and every home game for the rest of the season will kick off at 3 p.m.
 
Individual tickets can be purchased by clicking here, or by calling the LU Ticket Office at (409) 880-1715.
 
Group ticket packages are also available to Cardinal fans and start at $5 for general admission and $7 for reserved seats. Featured plans include the Letterman package which for a group of 20 or more features a visit from Big Red, the All-Conference package which for 50 or more tickets features Big Red and recognition on in-game announcements, and the Hall of Fame package for 100 or more tickets that includes Big Red, in-game recognition, and recognition on Lamar Athletics social media accounts. Group plans discounts that can be purchased separately include a concession voucher for a hotdog and a soda and 50 percent off parking in Lot A-7.
 
Fans that have purchased season tickets will begin to receive them in the mail in the first week of August.
 
The players report to campus on August 2 and return an underclassmen-laden team with 49 returning letter-winners, including 20 starters – eight on offense, eight on defense, and four on special teams. Zae Giles received a pre-season All-Conference nod from the Southland Conference on July 12.
 
Head coach Mike Schultz returns for a second season at the helm of the Cardinal football program after guiding one of the nation's youngest teams through the rigors of a Division I schedule. The Cards opened the 2017 season with 57 new players (signees, walk-ons, and transfers) and Schultz began the task of molding his young squad into a cohesive unit. Despite the team's overall youth, the Cardinals still placed four student-athletes on the postseason All-Southland team.