2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

The 2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team represented Abilene Christian University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by second-year head coach Adam Dorrel and played their home games at Anthony Field at Wildcat Stadium. They played as a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 5–4 in Southland play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.

2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
2018 record6–5 (5–4 Southland)
Head coachAdam Dorrel (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorJosh Lamberson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTremaine Jackson (2nd season)
Home stadiumAnthony Field at Wildcat Stadium
(Capacity: 12,000)
2018 Southland Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 14 Nicholls +^  7 –2     9 –4  
Incarnate Word +^  6 –2     6 –5  
Lamar ^  6 –3     7 –5  
Abilene Christian  5 –4     6 –5  
Central Arkansas  5 –4     6 –5  
McNeese State  5 –4     6 –5  
Sam Houston State  5 –4     6 –5  
Northwestern State  4 –5     5 –6  
Southeastern Louisiana  4 –5     4 –7  
Stephen F. Austin  2 –7     2 –8  
Houston Baptist  0 –9     1 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2017 season 2–9, 2–7 in Southland play to finish in eighth place.

Preseason

Preseason All-Conference Teams

On July 12, 2018, the Southland announced their Preseason All-Conference Teams, with the Wildcats placing one player on the second team.[1]

Defense Second Team
  • Bollu Onifade – So. DB

Preseason Poll

On July 19, 2018, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Wildcats predicted to finish in seventh 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
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.at Baylor*
FSNL 27–5545,330
September 86:00 p.m.Angelo State*
ACU Stretch ($)W 41–249,287
September 156:00 p.m.at Houston Baptist
ESPN3W 38–132,038
September 226:00 p.m.at Stephen F. Austin
ESPN+L 21–246,281
September 296:00 p.m.Incarnate Word
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Abilene, TX
ESPN+L 34–449,751
October 66:00 p.m.at No. 9 McNeese State
Cowboy InsiderL 21–2410,001
October 132:30 p.m.No. 11 Nicholls
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Abilene, TX
ESPN3W 28–1210,973
October 207:00 p.m.at Southeastern Louisiana
SLC DigitalW 48–274,724
November 32:00 pmNorthwestern State
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Abilene, TX
ACU StretchW 49–476,936
November 102:30 pmat Sam Houston State
ELVN/SLC DigitalW 17–106,914
November 172:00 pmCentral Arkansas
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Abilene, TX
ESPN+L 7–168,006
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Source: [3][4]

Game summaries

at Baylor
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 13 7 0 27
Bears 17 21 10 7 55
See also: 2018 Baylor Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Sources:[5][6][7]

Angelo State
1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 24 0 0 24
Wildcats 14 3 14 10 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–25–1 2000 ANG, 27–25

at Houston Baptist
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 7 17 7 38
Huskies 6 0 0 7 13
See also: 2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–1 2017 ACU, 24–3

at Stephen F. Austin
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 7 7 7 21
Lumberjacks 3 7 7 7 24
See also: 2018 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–8 2017 SFA, 20–10

Incarnate Word
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 14 13 10 7 44
Wildcats 14 14 0 6 34
See also: 2018 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–2 2017 ACU, 45–20

at McNeese State
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 7 0 7 21
No. 9 Cowboys 7 3 7 7 24
See also: 2018 McNeese State Cowboys football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–5 2017 MSU, 13–7

Nicholls
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Colonels 6 6 0 0 12
Wildcats 7 14 0 7 28
See also: 2018 Nicholls Colonels football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 NICH, 29–20

at Southeastern Louisiana
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 3 17 7 21 48
Lions 0 10 7 10 27
See also: 2018 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–3 2017 SELA, 56–21

Northwestern State
1 2 3 4 Total
Demons 7 7 14 19 47
Wildcats 14 10 17 8 49
See also: 2018 Northwestern State Demons football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–6 2017 NWST, 26–23

at Sam Houston State
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 7 3 17
Bearkats 0 3 7 0 10
See also: 2018 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–11 2017 SHSU, 44–35

Central Arkansas
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 6 3 7 16
Wildcats 0 7 0 0 7
See also: 2018 Central Arkansas Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–4–1 2017 UCA, 34–0

References
  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". Abilene Christian University Department of Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  4. "SOUTHLAND ANNOUNCES WEEK 10 TV SELECTIONS". Southland Conference. October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  5. "ACU (0-1) -VS- Baylor (1-0)". Baylor University. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  6. "Baylor ends 8-game home losing streak in 55-27 win over ACU". ESPN. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  7. "Baylor ends 8-game home losing streak in 55-27 win over ACU". CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
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