2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

The 2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Huskies were led by sixth-year head coach Vic Shealy. They played their home games at Husky Stadium and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 0–9 in Southland play to finish in last place.

2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
2018 record1–10 (0–9 Southland)
Head coachVic Shealy (6th season)
Offensive coordinatorZach Kittley (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorRoger Henshaw (6th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJeff Mills (1st season)
Home stadiumHusky Stadium (Capacity: 5,000)
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 Huskies finished the 2017 season 1–10, 0–9 in Southland play to finish in last place.

Preseason

Preseason All-Conference Teams

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

Defense First Team
  • Raphael Lewis – Sr. DB

Preseason Poll

On July 19, 2018, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Huskies predicted to finish in last 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

Source: [3][4][5]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.Southwest Baptist*
SLC DigitalW 49–72,113
September 86:00 p.m.No. 16 McNeese State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ElevenL 34–512,538
September 156:00 p.m.Abilene Christian
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ESPN3L 13–382,038
September 296:00 p.m.at SMU*
ESPN3L 27–6318,983
October 66:00 p.m.at No. 20 Central Arkansas
Bear Nation NetworkL 35–6610,210
October 134:00 p.m.at Southeastern Louisiana
SLC DigitalL 52–626,023
October 206:00 p.m.Stephen F. Austin
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ESPN3L 14–422,687
October 276:00 p.m.at Northwestern State
DemonTVL 28–317,098
November 32:00 p.m.No. 20 Nicholls State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
SLC DigitalL 20–411,926
November 103:00 p.m.at Lamar
ESPN+L 9–388,028
November 172:00 p.m.Sam Houston State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
SLC DigitalL 20–422,002
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
  • - Games will be televised on tape delay.

Game summaries

Southwest Baptist
1 2 3 4 Total
Bearcats 0 0 0 7 7
Huskies 7 21 14 7 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Sources:[6][7][8]

McNeese State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Cowboys 21 16 7 7 51
Huskies 7 7 13 7 34
See also: 2018 McNeese State Cowboys football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 MSU, 27–12

Sources:[9][10]

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

at SMU
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 3 7 10 7 27
Mustangs 21 14 14 14 63
See also: 2018 SMU Mustangs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Central Arkansas
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 14 7 14 0 35
No. 20 Bears 21 14 17 14 66
See also: 2018 Central Arkansas Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2017 UCA, 27–7

at Southeastern Louisiana
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 23 14 15 52
Lions 21 14 7 20 62
See also: 2018 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2017 SELA, 56–10

Stephen F. Austin
1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 7 14 14 42
Huskies 7 0 7 0 14
See also: 2018 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 SFA, 27–10

at Northwestern State
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 14 7 7 0 28
Demons 7 3 7 14 31
See also: 2018 Northwestern State Demons football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 NWST, 10–7

Nicholls State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Colonels 10 17 14 0 41
Huskies 0 0 7 13 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 NSU, 23–17

at Lamar
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 9 0 0 9
Cardinals 14 7 7 10 38
See also: 2018 Lamar Cardinals football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 NWST, 23–16

Sam Houston State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bearkats 7 21 14 0 42
Huskies 3 7 3 7 20
See also: 2018 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–5 2017 SHSU, 53–33

Sources
  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". Houston Baptist University Huskies Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  4. "Southland Announces Week 9 TV Selections". Southland Conference. October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  5. "SOUTHLAND ANNOUNCES WEEK 10 TV SELECTIONS". Southland Conference. October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  6. "Southwest Baptist (0-1) -VS- HBU (1-0)". The Official Site of HBU Athletics. Houston Baptist University Athletics. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  7. "Zappe throws for 3 TDs to lead Houston Baptist in 49-7 win". ESPN. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  8. "Zappe throws for 3 TDs to lead Houston Baptist in 49-7 win". CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  9. "McNeese (2-0 , 1-0) -VS- HBU (1-1 , 0-1)". Houston Baptist University Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  10. "Tabary helps McNeese St. dominate Houston Baptist 51-34". ESPN. September 8, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
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