2018 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

2018 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Conference Big Sky Conference
2018 record 0–5 (0–2 Big Sky)
Head coach Demario Warren (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Justin Walterscheid (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Rod Chance (3rd season)
Home stadium Eccles Coliseum
(Capacity: 8,500)
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 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represents Southern Utah University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by third-year head coach Demario Warren and play their home games at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah as seventh-year as members of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Thunderbirds finished the 2016 season 9–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to earn a share of the conference championship with Weber State. They received the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Weber State in the second round.

Preseason

Polls

On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Thunderbirds were predicted to finish in sixth place in both the coaches and 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 Thunderbirds had five players selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]

Marquez Tucker – Sr. OT

PJ Nu’usa – Jr. OG

Zach Larsen – Jr. C

Chinedu Ahanonu – Sr. LB

Jalen Russell – So. CB

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.North Alabama*
Pluto TV 236L 30–348,912
September 86:00 p.m.at Oregon State*
P12NL 25–4836,448
September 159:00 p.m.at Arizona*
P12NL 31–6241,493
September 224:00 p.m.at Northern Arizona
Pluto TV 239L 23–315,832
October 62:00 p.m.at No. 5 Eastern Washington
ATTRML 17–558,887
October 136:00 p.m.Sacramento Statedagger
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
Pluto TV 236
October 203:00 p.m.at Idaho
Pluto TV 242
October 276:00 p.m.Northern Colorado
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
Pluto TV 236
November 31:00 p.m.Montana
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
ATTRM
November 105:00 p.m.Weber State
ELVN
November 175:00 p.m.at Cal Poly
Pluto TV 244

Game summaries

North Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 3 10 7 14 34
Thunderbirds 0 16 7 7 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 7 9 9 25
Beavers 17 24 0 7 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 17 0 14 31
Wildcats 7 17 24 14 62
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 7 16 0 23
Lumberjacks 7 7 10 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–12 2017 SUU, 48–20

at Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 3 7 7 0 17
No. 5 Eagles 14 20 21 0 55
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–6 2017 SUU, 46–28

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0
Thunderbirds 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–9 2017 SAC, 54–27

at Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0
Vandals 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–15 2012 EWU, 20–3

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0
Thunderbirds 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–1 2017 SUU, 27–14

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
Grizzlies 0
Thunderbirds 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–6 2016 MONT, 43–20

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0
Thunderbirds 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–17 2017 FCS Playoffs WEB, 30–13

at Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0
Mustangs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–16 2017 SUU, 20–14

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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