Provost Umphrey Stadium

Opened in 1964

About Provost Umphrey Stadium

Provost Umphrey Stadium is a College Football stadium in Beaumont, Texas. It opened in 1964. It seats 15,367. Its current tenant is Lamar Cardinals (College Football), since 1964. By capacity it ranks 167th of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 112th oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use.

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Photo of Provost Umphrey Stadium — Photo by ThomasHorn7. License: CC0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Capacity

15,367

Source: Wikidata

#167 in College Football of 241

Year Opened

1964

#106 oldest in College Football of 242

Location

Beaumont, Texas 77710

Elevation

11 ft

3 m above sea level

#10 lowest in College Football of 242

Operator

Lamar University

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Teams

Home seasons at Provost Umphrey Stadium by team, 1964–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Lamar Cardinals While based here: 40 seasons · 28-55-4 regular season in the 8 seasons with results on record · no postseason trips College Football · 1964–present Southland 2023–2026 · Western Athletic Conference 2021–2022 · Southland 2012–2019 · 2 earlier conferences · FCS (Division I-AA) Home venue unknown 1961 Provost Umphrey Stadium 1964–present	College Football	1964–present

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Game results are on record only for top-division college football seasons; other seasons count toward seasons here but not toward the record.