2018 Northern Colorado Bears football team

2018 Northern Colorado Bears football
Conference Big Sky Conference
2018 record 0–6 (0–3 Big Sky)
Head coach Earnest Collins Jr. (8th season)
Offensive coordinator Jon Boyer (1st season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Marty English (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Nottingham Field
(Capacity: 8,533)
2018 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington  3 –0     5 –1  
Idaho State  3 –0     4 –1  
No. 14 UC Davis  2 –0     4 –1  
No. 22 Montana  2 –1     4 –2  
Northern Arizona  2 –1     3 –3  
Montana State  1 –1     3 –2  
No. 13 Weber State  1 –1     3 –2  
Idaho  1 –2     2 –3  
Cal Poly  1 –2     2 –4  
Portland State  1 –2     2 –4  
Sacramento State  0 –2     2 –3  
Southern Utah  0 –2     0 –5  
Northern Colorado  0 –3     0 –6  
  • *Although North Dakota is classified as an independent, games against them still count as Big Sky conference games.
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Northern Colorado Bears football team represents the University of Northern Colorado in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by eighth-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and play their home games at Nottingham Field. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Bears finished the 2017 season 3–7, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place.

Preseason

Polls

On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Bears were predicted to finish in eleventh place in the coaches poll and twelfth place in the media poll.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 134 (6)
2 Weber State 124 (3)
3 Northern Arizona 121 (3)
4 Idaho 101 (1)
5 Sacramento State 94
6 Southern Utah 91
7 Montana 82
8 Montana State 76
9 UC Davis 64
10 Cal Poly 40
11 Northern Colorado 30
12 Idaho State 29
13 Portland State 21
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 651 (27)
2 Weber State 636 (19)
3 Northern Arizona 535 (1)
4 Montana 496 (2)
5 Idaho 483 (3)
6 Southern Utah 449 (1)
7 Sacramento State 415
8 Montana State 391 (1)
9 UC Davis 331 (1)
10 Idaho State 170
11 Cal Poly 169
12 Northern Colorado 166
13 Portland State 103

Preseason All-Conference Team

The Bears had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]

Alex Wesley – Sr. WR

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12:00 p.m.No. 17 McNeese State*
Pluto TV 241L 14–175,672
September 81:00 p.m.at No. 23 South Dakota*
ESPN+L 28–439,143
September 152:00 p.m.Sacramento State*
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
ELVNL 25–283,768
September 226:00 p.m.at No. 7 Weber State
Pluto TV 235L 28–458,668
September 2912:00 p.m.North Dakota
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
Pluto TV 241L 13–384,902
October 612:00 p.m.No. 16 UC Davisdagger
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
Pluto TV 241L 36–494,155
October 133:00 p.m.at Portland State
Pluto TV 232
October 2012:00 p.m.Northern Arizona
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
ELVN
October 276:00 p.m.at Southern Utah
Pluto TV 236
November 312:00 p.m.Eastern Washington
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
ELVN
November 101:00 p.m.at Montana State
ATTRM

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game vs. Sacramento State will be a non-conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky standings.

Game summaries

McNeese State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Cowboys 10 7 0 0 17
Bears 0 0 0 14 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 14 0 0 14 28
No. 23 Coyotes 14 20 0 9 43
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–14 2010 USD, 34–6

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 7 0 7 14 28
Bears 7 7 3 8 25
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–10 2017 UNC, 50–21

at Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 14 7 0 28
No. 7 Wildcats 14 7 14 10 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–8 2015 WEB, 38–17

North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 3 21 0 14 38
Bears 0 7 0 6 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–18 2017 UND, 48–38

UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Aggies 14 14 14 7 49
Bears 0 10 0 26 36
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–7 2016 UCD, 34–21

at Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0
Vikings 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–7 2016 UNC, 56–49

Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 0
Bears 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–14 2017 NAU, 48–20

at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0
Thunderbirds 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–4 2017 SUU, 27–14

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0
Bears 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–11 2016 EWU, 49–31

at Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0
Bobcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–19–1 2017 MSU, 27–24

References

  1. ↑ "Eastern Washington Picked to Win the Big Sky".
  2. ↑ "Doss, Buss Headline Big Sky Football Preseason All-Conference Team".
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