2018 UTSA Roadrunners football team

The 2018 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Roadrunners played their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by third-year head coach Frank Wilson. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.

2018 UTSA Roadrunners football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
2018 record3–9 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAl Borges (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJason Rollins (1st season)
Home stadiumAlamodome
(Capacity: 65,000)
2018 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Middle Tennessee x  7 –1     8 –6  
Marshall  6 –2     9 –4  
FIU  6 –2     9 –4  
Charlotte  4 –4     5 –7  
Florida Atlantic  3 –5     5 –7  
Old Dominion  2 –6     4 –8  
Western Kentucky  2 –6     3 –9  
West Division
UAB x$  7 –1     11 –3  
North Texas  5 –3     9 –4  
Louisiana Tech  5 –3     8 –5  
Southern Miss  5 –3     6 –5  
UTSA  2 –6     3 –9  
UTEP  1 –7     1 –11  
Rice  1 –7     2 –11  
Championship: UAB 27, Middle Tennessee 25
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions

Previous season

The Roadrunners finished the 2017 season 6–5, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place in the West Division. Despite being bowl eligible for the second consecutive season, the Roadrunners did not receive a bowl bid.

Preseason

Award watch lists
Award Player Position Year
Lou Groza Award[1] Jared Sackett K SO
Wuerffel Trophy[2] Jalen Rhodes RB SR
Josiah Tauaefa LB JR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award[3] Jalen Rhodes RB SR

Preseason All-CUSA team

Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Roadrunners having two players selected.[4]

Preseason media poll

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Roadrunners predicted to finish in fifth place in the West Division.[5]

West Division
Predicted finish Team
1North Texas
2Louisiana Tech
3UAB
4Southern Miss
5UTSA
T–6Rice
T–6UTEP

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 19:30 p.m.at Arizona State*
FS1L 7–4950,188
September 86:00 p.m.Baylor*
CBSSNL 20–3742,071
September 153:00 p.m.at Kansas State*
FSNL 17–4150,618
September 226:00 p.m.Texas State*
ESPN+W 25–2129,205
September 296:00 p.m.UTEP
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
ESPN+W 30–2120,176
October 66:00 p.m.at Rice
ESPN3W 20–319,170
October 136:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
ESPN+L 3–3120,057
October 206:00 p.m.at Southern Miss
ESPN+L 17–2721,259
November 36:30 p.m.at UAB
beINL 3–5217,605
November 106:00 p.m.FIU
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
ESPN+L 7–4516,874
November 171:30 p.m.at Marshall
StadiumL 0–2318,502
November 246:00 p.m.North Texas
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
ESPN+L 21–2419,874
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
Schedule Source:[6]

Game summaries

at Arizona State
1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 0 0 0 7 7
Sun Devils 14 14 14 7 49
See also: 2018 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

Baylor
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 10 10 7 10 37
Roadrunners 3 10 0 7 20
See also: 2018 Baylor Bears football team

at Kansas State
1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 7 0 0 10 17
Wildcats 10 17 14 0 41
See also: 2018 Kansas State Wildcats football team

UTSA's defense gave up over 400 yards to Kansas State and dropped their record to 0-3, where Kansas State advanced to 2-1 for the season. UTSA head coach Frank Wilson said, "Unfortunately we did not always execute to the fullest, but I think take away a couple of big-play opportunities, they weren't going methodically down the field and just shoving us around. We held them to some third-down opportunities, but we just couldn't get them off the field."[7]

Texas State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 7 0 7 7 21
Roadrunners 14 3 0 8 25
See also: 2018 Texas State Bobcats football team and I-35 Rivalry

UTEP
1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 7 0 7 7 21
Roadrunners 7 17 0 6 30
See also: 2018 UTEP Miners football team

at Rice
1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 3 10 0 7 20
Owls 0 0 3 0 3
See also: 2018 Rice Owls football team

Louisiana Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 10 7 7 31
Roadrunners 0 0 3 0 3
See also: 2018 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

at Southern Miss
1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 0 3 7 7 17
Golden Eagles 6 14 7 0 27
See also: 2018 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

at UAB
1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 3 0 0 0 3
Blazers 21 17 7 7 52
See also: 2018 UAB Blazers football team

FIU
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 17 7 21 45
Roadrunners 0 0 0 7 7
See also: 2018 FIU Panthers football team

at Marshall
1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 0 0 0 0 0
Thundering Herd 10 10 3 0 23
See also: 2018 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

North Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 10 7 7 0 24
Roadrunners 0 14 0 7 21
See also: 2018 North Texas Mean Green football team

References
  1. "Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Announces 2018 Preseason Watch List". July 25, 2018. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  2. "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  3. "2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award" (PDF). August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  4. http://conferenceusa.com/news/2018/7/16/football-fb-2018-preseason-awards.aspx
  5. http://conferenceusa.com/news/2018/7/17/football-fb-preseason-media-poll.aspx
  6. "2018 UTSA Roadrunners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  7. Hammond, Andrew (September 15, 2018). "UTSA falls to 0-3 after road loss to Kansas State". KAST-TV 12 (San Antonio). Retrieved September 17, 2018.
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