American college football season
The 2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Huskies were led by sixth-year head coach Vic Shealy. They played their home games at Husky Stadium and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 0–9 in Southland play to finish in last place.
Previous season[]
The Huskies finished the 2017 season 1–10, 0–9 in Southland play to finish in last place.
Preseason[]
Preseason All-Conference Teams[]
On July 12, 2018, the Southland announced their Preseason All-Conference Teams, with the Huskies placing one player on the first team.[1]
Preseason Poll[]
On July 19, 2018, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Huskies predicted to finish in last place.[2]
Predicted finish
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Team
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Votes (1st place)
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1 |
Sam Houston State |
187 (10)
|
2 |
Nicholls State |
173 (6)
|
3 |
Central Arkansas |
170 (5)
|
4 |
McNeese State |
159 (1)
|
5 |
Southeastern Louisiana |
119
|
6 |
Stephen F. Austin |
90
|
7 |
Abilene Christian |
89
|
8 |
Northwestern State |
86
|
9 |
Incarnate Word |
53
|
10 |
Lamar |
52
|
11 |
Houston Baptist |
32
|
Schedule[]
Source: [3][4][5]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | Southwest Baptist* | | SLC Digital | W 49–7 | 2,113 |
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 16 McNeese State | | Eleven | L 34–51 | 2,538 |
September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | Abilene Christian | | ESPN3 | L 13–38 | 2,038 |
September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | at SMU* | | ESPN3 | L 27–63 | 18,983 |
October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Central Arkansas | | Bear Nation Network | L 35–66 | 10,210 |
October 13 | 4:00 p.m. | at Southeastern Louisiana | | SLC Digital | L 52–62 | 6,023 |
October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin | | ESPN3 | L 14–42 | 2,687 |
October 27 | 6:00 p.m. | at Northwestern State | | DemonTV | L 28–31 | 7,098 |
November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 20 Nicholls State | | SLC Digital | L 20–41 | 1,926 |
November 10 | 3:00 p.m. | at Lamar | | ESPN+ | L 9–38 | 8,028 |
November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | Sam Houston State | | SLC Digital | L 20–42 | 2,002 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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- - Games will be televised on tape delay.
Game summaries[]
Southwest Baptist[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bearcats
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
Huskies
|
7
|
21
|
14
|
7 |
49 |
at SMU[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
3
|
7
|
10
|
7 |
27 |
Mustangs
|
21
|
14
|
14
|
14 |
63 |
at Central Arkansas[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
14
|
7
|
14
|
0 |
35 |
No. 20 Bears
|
21
|
14
|
17
|
14 |
66 |
at Southeastern Louisiana[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
0
|
23
|
14
|
15 |
52 |
Lions
|
21
|
14
|
7
|
20 |
62 |
Stephen F. Austin[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
7
|
7
|
14
|
14 |
42 |
Huskies
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
14 |
at Northwestern State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
28 |
Demons
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
14 |
31 |
Nicholls State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 20 Colonels
|
10
|
17
|
14
|
0 |
41 |
Huskies
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
13 |
20 |
See also: 2018 Nicholls State Colonels football team
at Lamar[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
0 |
9 |
Cardinals
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
10 |
38 |
Sam Houston State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bearkats
|
7
|
21
|
14
|
0 |
42 |
Huskies
|
3
|
7
|
3
|
7 |
20 |
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