American college football season
The 2018 Northern Colorado Bears football team , represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by eighth-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field . They were a member of the Big Sky Conference . They finished the season 2–9, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in 11th place.
Preseason [ edit ] On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington , the Bears were predicted to finish in eleventh place in the coaches poll and twelfth place in the media poll.[1]
Coaches poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Eastern Washington 134 (6) 2 Weber State 124 (3) 3 Northern Arizona 121 (3) 4 Idaho 101 (1) 5 Sacramento State 94 6 Southern Utah 91 7 Montana 82 8 Montana State 76 9 UC Davis 64 10 Cal Poly 40 11 Northern Colorado 30 12 Idaho State 29 13 Portland State 21
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Eastern Washington 651 (27) 2 Weber State 636 (19) 3 Northern Arizona 535 (1) 4 Montana 496 (2) 5 Idaho 483 (3) 6 Southern Utah 449 (1) 7 Sacramento State 415 8 Montana State 391 (1) 9 UC Davis 331 (1) 10 Idaho State 170 11 Cal Poly 169 12 Northern Colorado 166 13 Portland State 103
Preseason All-Conference Team [ edit ] The Bears had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]
Alex Wesley – Sr. WR
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 2:00 p.m. No. 17 McNeese State * Pluto TV 241L 14–175,672 September 8 1:00 p.m. at No. 23 South Dakota * ESPN+ L 28–439,143 September 15 2:00 p.m. Sacramento State * Nottingham Field Greeley, CO ELVN L 25–283,768 September 22 6:00 p.m. at No. 7 Weber State Pluto TV 235 L 28–458,668 September 29 12:00 p.m. North Dakota Nottingham Field Greeley, CO Pluto TV 241 L 13–384,902 October 6 12:00 p.m. No. 16 UC Davis Nottingham Field Greeley, CO Pluto TV 241 L 36–494,155 October 13 3:00 p.m. at Portland State Pluto TV 232 L 14–354,375 October 20 12:00 p.m. Northern Arizona Nottingham Field Greeley, CO ELVN W 42–143,522 October 27 6:00 p.m. at Southern Utah Pluto TV 236 W 42–397,106 November 3 12:00 p.m. No. 5 Eastern Washington Nottingham Field Greeley, CO ELVN L 13–483,274 November 10 1:00 p.m. at Montana State ATTRM L 7–3514,147
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game vs. Sacramento State will be a non-conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky standings.
Game summaries [ edit ] McNeese State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 17 Cowboys 10 7 0 0 17 Bears 0 0 0 14 14
At South Dakota [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 14 0 0 14 28 No. 23 Coyotes 14 20 0 9 43
Sacramento State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Hornets 7 0 7 14 28 Bears 7 7 3 8 25
At Weber State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 7 14 7 0 28 No. 7 Wildcats 14 7 14 10 45
North Dakota [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Hawks 3 21 0 14 38 Bears 0 7 0 6 13
UC Davis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 16 Aggies 14 14 14 7 49 Bears 0 10 0 26 36
At Portland State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 0 0 14 14 Vikings 14 14 7 0 35
Northern Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lumberjacks 7 7 0 0 14 Bears 12 0 16 14 42
At Southern Utah [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 14 10 18 0 42 Thunderbirds 8 3 14 14 39
Eastern Washington [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 5 Eagles 13 7 14 14 48 Bears 0 0 13 0 13
At Montana State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 7 0 0 0 7 Bobcats 7 14 0 14 35
References [ edit ]
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