American college football season
The 2018 Murray State Racers football team represented Murray State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fourth-year head coach Mitch Stewart and played their home games at Roy Stewart Stadium . They were members of the Ohio Valley Conference . They finished the season 5–6, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place.
Preseason [ edit ] OVC media poll [ edit ] On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Racers predicted to finish in seventh place.[1] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Racers predicted to finish in eighth place.[2]
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Jacksonville State 134 (14) 2 Austin Peay 114 (1) 3 UT Martin 96 4 Tennessee State 91 5 Eastern Illinois 83 6 Eastern Kentucky 64 7 Murray State 39 8 Southeast Missouri State 35 9 Tennessee Tech 19
Coaches poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Jacksonville State 126 (14) 2 Austin Peay 112 (4) 3 UT Martin 95 4 Eastern Illinois 73 5 Eastern Kentucky 69 6 Tennessee State 64 7 Southeast Missouri State 62 8 Murray State 24 9 Tennessee Tech 23
Preseason All-OVC team [ edit ] The Colonels had two players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[3]
Defense
Kenney Wooten – DL
Specialists
Gabriel Vicente – K
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 6:00 p.m. Southern Illinois * ESPN+ L 10–496,350 September 8 6:00 p.m. at No. 17 Central Arkansas * ESPN+ L 13–266,121 September 15 11:00 a.m. at Kentucky * SECN L 10–4848,217 September 29 6:00 p.m. UT Martin Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY ESPN+ W 45–3811,137 October 6 6:00 p.m. at Eastern Illinois ESPN+ W 48–413,063 October 13 1:00 p.m. Tennessee State Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY ESPN+ W 45–213,318 October 20 2:00 p.m. at Eastern Kentucky ESPN+ W 34–610,440 October 27 3:00 p.m. No. 12 Jacksonville State Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY ESPN+ L 15–428,053 November 3 1:30 p.m. at Tennessee Tech ESPN+ L 24–278,788 November 10 1:00 p.m. No. 21 Southeast Missouri State Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY ESPN+ W 40–382,087 November 17 4:00 p.m. at Austin Peay ESPN+ L 23–487,113 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Game summaries [ edit ] Southern Illinois [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Salukis 7 21 14 7 49 Racers 3 7 0 0 10
At Central Arkansas [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Racers 3 10 0 0 13 No. 17 Bears 7 13 0 6 26
At Kentucky [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Racers 0 3 0 7 10 Wildcats 7 10 17 14 48
UT Martin [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Skyhawks 3 7 14 14 38 Racers 14 17 7 7 45
At Eastern Illinois [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Racers 10 14 14 10 48 Panthers 7 10 17 7 41
Tennessee State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 14 0 0 7 21 Racers 3 21 14 7 45
At Eastern Kentucky [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Racers 0 10 14 10 34 Colonels 3 0 3 0 6
Jacksonville State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 12 Gamecocks 14 7 7 14 42 Racers 6 3 6 0 15
At Tennessee Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Racers 7 0 10 7 24 Golden Eagles 14 3 7 3 27
Southeast Missouri State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 21 Redhawks 17 14 0 7 38 Racers 0 7 17 16 40
At Austin Peay [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Racers 10 7 0 6 23 Governors 14 7 7 20 48
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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