2018 Indiana State Sycamores football team

2018 Indiana State Sycamores football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
2018 record 2–3 (0–2 MVFC)
Head coach Curt Mallory (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Jeff Hecklinski (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Brad Wilson (2nd season)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 12,764)
2018 MVFC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State  2 –0     5 –0  
No. 24 South Dakota  2 –0     3 –2  
No. 12 Illinois State  1 –1     4 –1  
No. 2 South Dakota State  1 –1     3 –1  
Missouri State  1 –1     3 –2  
Northern Iowa  1 –1     2 –3  
Western Illinois  1 –1     2 –3  
Youngstown State  1 –1     2 –3  
Indiana State  0 –2     2 –3  
Southern Illinois  0 –2     1 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Indiana State Sycamores football team represents Indiana State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by second-year head coach Curt Mallory and play their home games at Memorial Stadium. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Previous season

The Sycamores finished the 2017 season 0–11, 0–8 in MVFC play to finish in last place.

Preseason

Preseason MVFC poll

The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Sycamores predicted to finish in last 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 Sycamores placed six players on the preseason all-MVFC teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.Quincy*
ESPN3W 49–06,243
September 87:00 p.m.at Louisville*
ACCN ExtraL 7–3144,520
September 157:00 p.m.at Eastern Illinois*
ESPN+W 55–416,420
September 277:00 p.m.No. 23 Northern Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN3L 0–335,487
October 67:00 p.m.at No. 3 South Dakota State
ESPN+L 51–54 OT10,318
October 132:00 p.m.Missouri Statedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN+L 26–296,721
October 203:00 p.m.at Southern Illinois
ESPN+
October 272:00 p.m.at Youngstown State
ESPN+
November 31:00 p.m.South Dakota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN+
November 101:00 p.m.Illinois State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN3
November 172:00 p.m.at Western Illinois
ESPN3
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Quincy

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 0 0 0 0
Sycamores 14 7 14 14 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2013 INST, 70–7

at Louisville

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 7 0 0 0 7
Cardinals 7 0 7 17 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–6–1 2009 UL, 30–10

at Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 17 14 14 10 55
Panthers 20 0 7 14 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
37–43–4 2017 EIU, 22–20

Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Panthers 3 6 14 10 33
Sycamores 0 0 0 0 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–26 2017 UNI, 41–3

at South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 10 7 7 24 48
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 14 21 6 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–6 2015 SDSU, 24–7

Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0
Sycamores 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–19 2017 MSU, 59–20

at Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0
Salukis 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–28 2017 SIU, 45–24

at Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0
Penguins 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–22 2017 YSU, 66–24

South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 0
Sycamores 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 USD, 56–6

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
Redbirds 0
Sycamores 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–36–2 2017 ILST, 24–13

at Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0
Leathernecks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–25 2017 WIU, 45–0

References

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