2018 Missouri State Bears football team

The 2018 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Dave Steckel and played their home games at the Robert W. Plaster Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in ninth place.

2018 Missouri State Bears football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
2018 record4–7 (2–6 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorSean Coughlin
Co-offensive coordinatorMack Brown
Defensive coordinatorMarcus Yokeley
Home stadiumRobert W. Plaster Stadium
(Capacity: 17,500)
2018 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State $^  8 –0     15 –0  
No. 3 South Dakota State ^  6 –2     10 –3  
No. 23 Northern Iowa ^  5 –3     7 –6  
Indiana State  5 –3     7 –4  
Western Illinois  4 –4     5 –6  
Illinois State  3 –5     6 –5  
Youngstown State  3 –5     4 –7  
South Dakota  3 –5     4 –7  
Missouri State  2 –6     4 –7  
Southern Illinois  1 –7     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Bears finished the 2017 season 3–8, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for eighth place.

Preseason

Preseason MVFC poll

The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Bears predicted to finish in ninth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1North Dakota State390 (39)
2South Dakota State270
3Northern Iowa258
4Youngstown State248
5Illinois State248
6South Dakota206
7Western Illinois163
8Southern Illinois139
9Missouri State90
10Indiana State41

Preseason All-MVFC Teams

The Bears placed three players on the preseason all-MVFC teams.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.at Oklahoma State*
FS1L 17–5850,103
September 610:00 a.m.Lincoln (MO)*
ESPN3W 52–241,284
September 152:00 p.m.No. 20 Northern Arizona*
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN3W 40–87,217
September 292:00 p.m.No. 9 Illinois State
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+W 24–2112,224
October 62:00 p.m.at South DakotaNo. 24
ESPN3L 28–3510,092
October 131:00 p.m.at Indiana State
ESPN+W 29–266,721
October 202:00 p.m.Western Illinois
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+L 14–3112,109
October 272:00 p.m.Southern Illinois
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+L 35–496,374
November 32:00 p.m.at No. 7 South Dakota State
ESPN+L 7–595,869
November 102:00 p.m.No. 1 North Dakota State
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+L 7–485,224
November 174:00 p.m.at Northern Iowa
ESPN+L 0–3710,072
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

at Oklahoma State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 7 10 0 17
Cowboys 17 14 14 13 58
See also: 2018 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

Lincoln (MO)
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Tigers 10 0 7 7 24
Bears 7 28 10 7 52

Northern Arizona
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Lumberjacks 0 6 0 2 8
Bears 10 13 10 7 40
See also: 2018 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Illinois State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Redbirds 0 0 14 7 21
Bears 3 7 7 7 24
See also: 2018 Illinois State Redbirds football team

at South Dakota
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Bears 7 14 7 0 28
Coyotes 14 3 10 8 35
See also: 2018 South Dakota Coyotes football team

at Indiana State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 14 0 8 29
Sycamores 0 10 7 9 26
See also: 2018 Indiana State Sycamores football team

Western Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 7 3 7 14 31
Bears 7 0 0 7 14
See also: 2018 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

Southern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 0 21 21 7 49
Bears 7 14 0 14 35
See also: 2018 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

at South Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 7 0 0 7
No. 7 Jackrabbits 7 31 7 14 59
See also: 2018 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

North Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Bison 20 14 14 0 48
Bears 0 0 7 0 7
See also: 2018 North Dakota State Bison football team

at Northern Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 0 0
Panthers 10 10 7 10 37
See also: 2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS NR NR NR RV RV 24 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR  
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR

References
  1. http://www.valley-football.org/news/2018/7/19/football-north-dakota-state-tabbed-as-favorite-to-win-2018-mvfc-title.aspx
  2. http://valley-football.org/documents/2018/7/31//2018_MVFC_Preseason_Team_and_Poll.pdf?id=41
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