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
Conference	Southland Conference
2018 record	1–10 (0–9 Southland)
Head coach	Vic Shealy (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Zach Kittley (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Roger Henshaw (6th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Jeff Mills (1st season)
Home stadium	Husky 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)
1	Sam Houston State	187 (10)
2	Nicholls State	173 (6)
3	Central Arkansas	170 (5)
4	McNeese State	159 (1)
5	Southeastern Louisiana	119
6	Stephen F. Austin	90
7	Abilene Christian	89
8	Northwestern State	86
9	Incarnate Word	53
10	Lamar	52
11	Houston Baptist	32

Schedule

Source: [3][4][5]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Southwest Baptist*	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	SLC Digital	W 49–7	2,113
September 8	6:00 p.m.	No. 16 McNeese State	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	Eleven	L 34–51	2,538
September 15	6:00 p.m.	Abilene Christian	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	L 13–38	2,038
September 29	6:00 p.m.	at SMU*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX	ESPN3	L 27–63	18,983
October 6	6:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Central Arkansas	Estes Stadium Conway, AR	Bear Nation Network	L 35–66	10,210
October 13	4:00 p.m.	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	SLC Digital	L 52–62	6,023
October 20	6:00 p.m.	Stephen F. Austin	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	L 14–42	2,687
October 27	6:00 p.m.	at Northwestern State	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA	DemonTV	L 28–31	7,098
November 3	2:00 p.m.	No. 20 Nicholls State	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	SLC Digital	L 20–41	1,926
November 10	3:00 p.m.	at Lamar	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX	ESPN+	L 9–38	8,028
November 17	2:00 p.m.	Sam Houston State	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	SLC Digital	L 20–42	2,002
*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

at SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	3	7	10	7	27
Mustangs	21	14	14	14	63

at Central Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	14	7	14	0	35
No. 20 Bears	21	14	17	14	66

at Southeastern Louisiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	23	14	15	52
Lions	21	14	7	20	62

Stephen F. Austin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	7	7	14	14	42
Huskies	7	0	7	0	14

at Northwestern State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	14	7	7	0	28
Demons	7	3	7	14	31

Nicholls State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Colonels	10	17	14	0	41
Huskies	0	0	7	13	20

at Lamar

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	9	0	0	9
Cardinals	14	7	7	10	38

Sam Houston State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearkats	7	21	14	0	42
Huskies	3	7	3	7	20

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". 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.