The Cardinals were led by second-year head coach Mike Schultz and played their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium.

They received an at-large berth to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa.

All Lamar games will be broadcast on KLVI, also known as News Talk 560.

In fourth year of an agreement (third year for football) with ESPN, live video of all home games (except those picked up by Southland Conference TV agreements) will be streamed on ESPN3.

[2] On July 19, 2018, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Cardinals predicted to finish in tenth place.