2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

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2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record1–10 (0–9 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorZach Kittley (1st season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Co-defensive coordinatorRoger Hinshaw (6th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJeff Mills (1st season)
Base defense3–4 or 4–3
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 14 Nicholls +^   7 – 2     9 – 4  
Incarnate Word +^   6 – 2     6 – 5  
Lamar ^   6 – 3     7 – 5  
Abilene Christian   5 – 4     6 – 5  
Central Arkansas   5 – 4     6 – 5  
McNeese State   5 – 4     6 – 5  
Sam Houston State   5 – 4     6 – 5  
Northwestern State   4 – 5     5 – 6  
Southeastern Louisiana   4 – 5     4 – 7  
Stephen F. Austin   2 – 7     2 – 8  
Houston Baptist   0 – 9     1 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS poll

The 2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University—now known as Houston Christian University—as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Vic Shealy the Huskies compiled an overall record of 1–10 with a mark of 0–9 in conference play, placing last out of 11 teams in the Southland. Houston Baptist played home games at Husky Stadium in Houston.

Preseason[edit]

Preseason All-Conference Teams[edit]

On July 12, 2018, the Southland announced their Preseason All-Conference Teams, with the Huskies placing one player on the first team.[1]

Defense First Team
  • Raphael Lewis – Sr. DB

Preseason Poll[edit]

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

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
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[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.Southwest Baptist*
SLC DigitalW 49–72,113
September 86:00 p.m.No. 16 McNeese State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
Eleven SportsL 34–512,538
September 156:00 p.m.Abilene Christian
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ESPN3L 13–382,038
September 296:00 p.m.at SMU*
ESPN3L 27–6318,983
October 66:00 p.m.at No. 20 Central Arkansas
Bear Nation NetworkL 35–6610,210
October 134:00 p.m.at Southeastern Louisiana
SLC DigitalL 52–626,023
October 206:00 p.m.Stephen F. Austindagger
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ESPN3L 14–422,687
October 276:00 p.m.at Northwestern State
DemonTVL 28–317,098
November 32:00 p.m.No. 20 Nicholls State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
SLC DigitalL 20–411,926
November 103:00 p.m.at Lamar
ESPN+L 9–388,028
November 172:00 p.m.Sam Houston State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
SLC DigitalL 20–422,002
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

* Games were televised on tape delay. [3][4][5]

Game summaries[edit]

Southwest Baptist[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bearcats 0 0 0 7 7
Huskies 7 21 14 7 49

At SMU[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 3 7 10 7 27
Mustangs 21 14 14 14 63
See also: 2018 SMU Mustangs football team

At Central Arkansas[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 14 7 14 0 35
No. 20 Bears 21 14 17 14 66
See also: 2018 Central Arkansas Bears football team

At Southeastern Louisiana[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 23 14 15 52
Lions 21 14 7 20 62
See also: 2018 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

Stephen F. Austin[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 7 14 14 42
Huskies 7 0 7 0 14
See also: 2018 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team

At Northwestern State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 14 7 7 0 28
Demons 7 3 7 14 31
See also: 2018 Northwestern State Demons football team

Nicholls State[edit]

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[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 9 0 0 9
Cardinals 14 7 7 10 38
See also: 2018 Lamar Cardinals football team

Sam Houston State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bearkats 7 21 14 0 42
Huskies 3 7 3 7 20
See also: 2018 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Southland Announces 2018 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams".
  2. ^ "Sam Houston State Voted to Top Spot in 2018 Football Preseason Poll".
  3. ^ "2018 Football Schedule". Houston Baptist University Huskies Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  4. ^ "Southland Announces Week 9 TV Selections". Southland Conference. October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  5. ^ "Southland Announces Week 10 TV Selections". Southland Conference. October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
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