American college football season
The 2018 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas , and competed in the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference . They were led by third-year head coach Everett Withers . They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place in the West Division.
On November 18, head coach Everett Withers was fired.[1] Defensive coordinator Chris Woods served as the interim head coach in their final game of the season. Withers finished at Texas State with a three-year record of 7–28. On November 28, West Virginia offensive coordinator Jake Spavital was hired as head coach for Texas State.[2]
Sun Belt coaches poll [ edit ] On July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Bobcats predicted to finish in last place in the West Division.[4]
West Division Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Arkansas State 49 (9) 2 Louisiana–Monroe 37 3 South Alabama 26 (1) 4 Louisiana 25 5 Texas State 13
Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams [ edit ] The Bobcats had three players at four positions selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.[5]
Offense
2nd team
Aaron Brewer – OL
Defense
2nd team
Bryan London II – LB
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 11:00 a.m. at Rutgers * BTN L 7–3540,124 September 8 6:00 p.m. Texas Southern * KNVA W 36–2015,440 September 15 6:00 p.m. at South Alabama ESPN+ L 31–4116,051 September 22 6:00 p.m. at UTSA * ESPN+ L 21–2529,205 October 6 6:00 p.m. Louisiana Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX ESPN+ L 27–4217,062 6:30 p.m. Georgia Southern Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX ESPNU L 13–159,545 October 20 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana–Monroe ESPN3 L 14–2013,235 October 27 6:00 p.m. New Mexico State * Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX ESPN3 W 27–2015,045 November 3 1:00 p.m. at Georgia State ESPN+ W 40–3111,312 November 10 3:00 p.m. Appalachian State Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX ESPN3 L 7–3811,482 November 17 2:30 p.m. at Troy ESPN+ L 7–1220,437 November 24 3:00 p.m. Arkansas State Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX ESPN3 L 7–3310,115 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 0 0 7 0 7 Scarlet Knights 7 14 7 7 35
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 0 7 13 20 Bobcats 3 13 10 10 36
1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 17 7 7 0 31 Jaguars 3 13 7 18 41
1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 7 0 7 7 21 Roadrunners 14 3 0 8 25
1 2 3 4 Total Ragin' Cajuns 7 21 7 7 42 Bobcats 0 0 13 14 27
1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 10 5 0 15 Bobcats 0 0 7 6 13
At Louisiana–Monroe[ edit ] Week Eight: Texas State Bobcats at Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks – Game summary
Period 1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 7 0 0 7 14 Warhawks 7 10 3 0 20
at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA
Date : October 20Game time : 6:00 p.m. CDT Game weather : 65° · Partly Cloudy · N – 12 mph.Game attendance : 13,235Referee : Marshall LewisTV : ESPN3 [1]
Game information First quarter TXST - Tyler Vitt 7-yard TD run, Clayton Stewart kick good, 8:38 (TXST 7-0) ULM - Austin Vaughn 2-yard TD run, Craig Ford kick good, 6:47 (TIE 7-7) Second quarter ULM - Ford 43-yard field goal, 11:10 (ULM 10-7) ULM - Brandius Batiste 27-yard TD pass from Caleb Evans, Ford kick good, 4:41 (ULM 17-7) Third quarter ULM - Ford 30-yard field goal, 0:44 (ULM 20-7) Fourth quarter TXST - Robert Brown Jr., 4-yard TD run, Stewart kick good, 7:18 (ULM 20-14) Leading Passers ULM - Caleb Evans - 13/29, 124 yards, TD TXST - Tyler Vitt - 15/25, 115 yards Leading Rushers ULM - Caleb Evans - 14 carries, 85 yards TXST - Robert Brown Jr. - 10 carries, 46 yards, TD Leading Receivers ULM - Marcus Green - 3 receptions, 36 yards TXST - Keenen Brown - 4 receptions, 50 yards
1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 0 13 7 0 20 Bobcats 13 7 7 0 27
1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 13 0 20 7 40 Panthers 7 3 0 21 31
1 2 3 4 Total Mountaineers 7 14 7 10 38 Bobcats 0 0 7 0 7
1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 0 0 0 7 7 Trojans 3 6 0 3 12
1 2 3 4 Total Red Wolves 7 0 21 5 33 Bobcats 0 0 7 0 7
After the 2017 season, Texas State hired Kyle Hoke as their 10th assistant coach. Defensive coordinator, Randall McCray, left San Marcos to join the coaching staff of the Arizona Cardinals , and Director of Football Operations, John Streicher, joined the staff of the Tennessee Titans . Withers promoted equipment manager, Zack Lucas, to Director of Football Operations. Oklahoma Offensive Quality Coach Chris Woods was hired to replace Randall McCray as the Defensive Coordinator by Withers. Co-Offensive Coordinator Parker Fleming left San Marcos to become the Special Teams Quality Control at Ohio State . On November 18, 2018 just after the second to last game of the 2018 season Everett Withers was released as the 19th Head Football Coach of Texas State after lack of success and improvement for the program. Defensive Coordinator Chris Woods became the interim coach for the season finale in Bobcat Stadium against Arkansas State. Coach Everett Withers was replaced by West Virginia offensive coordinator Jake Spavital.
Name Position Year Former Texas State positions held Alma mater Everett Withers Head Coach 2016 Appalachian State 1985 Brett Elliott Quarterback Coach 2018 Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks 2016 Linfield College 2005 Chris Woods Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers, Interim Head Coach 2018 Davidson 1991 Zak Kuhr Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs 2017 Florida 2013 Preston Mason Outside Linebackers 2017 Defensive Graduate Assistant 2016, Safeties 2017 Appalachian State 2014 Adrian Mayes Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator 2016 Offensive Line Kansas 2008 Ron Antoine Wide Receivers 2016 Running Backs/Tight Ends Colorado State 1997 Kyle Hoke Secondary 2018 Ball State 2012 Jules Montinar Cornerbacks/Special Teams Coordinator 2016 Cornerbacks 2016-2017 Eastern Kentucky 2009 Issac Mooring Defensive Line 2017 North Carolina 2003 Eric Mateos Offensive Line 2017 Southwest Baptist 2011 Zack Lucas Director of Football Operations 2015 Equipment Manager 2015-2017, Asst Eq Manager 2012 Oklahoma State 2010 Michael George Director of Player Personnel 2016 Washington University in St. Louis 2005 Clayton Barnes Director of Player Development 2017 Offensive Line Intern 2016 Texas A&M 2015
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