2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football
Conference Southland Conference
2018 record 1–4 (0–3 Southland)
Head coach Vic Shealy (6th season)
Offensive coordinator Zach Kittley (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator Roger Henshaw (6th season)
Co-defensive coordinator Jeff Mills (1st season)
Home stadium Husky Stadium (Capacity: 5,000)
2018 Southland Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 McNeese State  4 –0     5 –1  
No. 15 Central Arkansas  3 –1     4 –2  
No. 14 Sam Houston State  3 –1     4 –2  
Incarnate Word  3 –1     3 –3  
No. 20 Nicholls  3 –2     4 –3  
Southeastern Louisiana  3 –2     3 –4  
Abilene Christian  2 –3     3 –4  
Northwestern State  1 –3     2 –4  
Lamar  1 –3     2 –4  
Stephen F. Austin  1 –4     1 –5  
Houston Baptist  0 –4     1 –5  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represents Houston Baptist University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Huskies are led by sixth-year head coach Vic Shealy. They play their home games at Husky Stadium and are members of the Southland Conference.

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2017 season 1–10, 0–9 in Southland play to finish in last place.

Preseason

Preseason All-Conference Teams

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

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)
1Sam Houston State187 (10)
2Nicholls State173 (6)
3Central Arkansas170 (5)
4McNeese State159 (1)
5Southeastern Louisiana119
6Stephen F. Austin90
7Abilene Christian89
8Northwestern State86
9Incarnate Word53
10Lamar52
11Houston Baptist32

Schedule

Source: [3]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.Southwest Baptist*
W 49–72,113
September 86:00 p.m.No. 16 McNeese State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ElevenL 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
L 35–6610,210
October 134:00 p.m.at Southeastern Louisiana
  
October 206:00 p.m.Stephen F. Austindagger
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
  
October 276:00 p.m.at Northwestern State
  
November 32:00 p.m.Nicholls State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
  
November 103:00 p.m.at Lamar
ESPN3  
November 172:00 p.m.Sam Houston State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
  
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
  • - Games will be televised on tape delay.

Game summaries

Southwest Baptist

1 2 3 4 Total
Bearcats 0 0 0 7 7
Huskies 7 21 14 7 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Sources: [4][5][6]

McNeese State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Cowboys 21 16 7 7 51
Huskies 7 7 13 7 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 MSU, 27–12

Sources:[7][8]

Abilene Christian

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 7 17 7 38
Huskies 6 0 0 7 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–4 2017 ACU, 24–3

at SMU

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 3 7 10 7 27
Mustangs 21 14 14 14 63
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Central Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 14 7 14 0 35
No. 20 Bears 21 14 17 14 66
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2017 UCA, 27–7

at Southeastern Louisiana

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0
Lions 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2017 SELA, 56–10

Stephen F. Austin

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 0
Huskies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 SFA, 27–10

at Northwestern State

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0
Demons 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 NWST, 10–7

Nicholls State

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 0
Huskies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 NSU, 23–17

at Lamar

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0
Cardinals 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 NWST, 23–16

Sam Houston State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bearkats 0
Huskies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–5 2017 SHSU, 53–33

Sources

  1. ↑ http://southland.org/news/2018/7/11/southland-announces-2018-preseason-all-conference-football-teams.aspx
  2. ↑ http://southland.org/news/2018/7/16/sam-houston-state-voted-to-top-spot-in-2018-football-preseason-poll.aspx
  3. ↑ "2018 Football Schedule". Houston Baptist University Huskies Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Southwest Baptist (0-1) -VS- HBU (1-0)". The Official Site of HBU Athletics. Houston Baptist University Athletics. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Zappe throws for 3 TDs to lead Houston Baptist in 49-7 win". ESPN. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Zappe throws for 3 TDs to lead Houston Baptist in 49-7 win". CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  7. ↑ "McNeese (2-0 , 1-0) -VS- HBU (1-1 , 0-1)". Houston Baptist University Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Tabary helps McNeese St. dominate Houston Baptist 51-34". ESPN. September 8, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
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