2018 Missouri State Bears football team

2018 Missouri State Bears football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
2018 record 3–2 (1–1 MVFC)
Head coach Dave Steckel (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinator Sean Coughlin
Co-offensive coordinator Mack Brown
Defensive coordinator Marcus Yokeley
Home stadium Robert W. Plaster Stadium
(Capacity: 17,500)
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 Missouri State Bears football team represents Missouri State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by fourth-year head coach Dave Steckel and play their home games at the Robert W. Plaster Stadium. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

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+
October 202:00 p.m.Western Illinoisdagger
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+
October 272:00 p.m.Southern Illinois
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+
November 32:00 p.m.at South Dakota State
ESPN+
November 102:00 p.m.North Dakota State
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+
November 174:00 p.m.at Northern Iowa
ESPN+
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–7 2014 OKST, 40–23

Lincoln (MO)

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Tigers 10 0 7 7 24
Bears 7 28 10 7 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–5 1983 MOST, 36–12

Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Lumberjacks 0 6 0 2 8
Bears 10 13 10 7 40
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Redbirds 0 0 14 7 21
Bears 3 7 7 7 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–21–1 2017 ILST, 34–9

at South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Bears 7 14 7 0 28
Coyotes 14 3 10 8 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–2 2015 USD, 40–10

at Indiana State

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

Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 0
Bears 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–17–1 2017 WIU, 49–30

Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 0
Bears 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–20 2017 MOST, 36–28

at South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Jackrabbits 0
Sycamores 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–9 2017 SDSU, 62–30

North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0
Bears 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–8 2017 NDST, 38–11

at Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
Sycamores 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–33 2017 UNI, 25–10

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = 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  
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR RV RV

References

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