American college football season
The 2018 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by third-year head coach Demario Warren and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah as seventh-year as members of the Big Sky Conference . They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in Big Sky play to finish in 12th place.
Preseason [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 p.m. North Alabama * Pluto TV 236L 30–348,912 September 8 6:00 p.m. at Oregon State * P12N L 25–4836,448 September 15 9:00 p.m. at Arizona * P12N L 31–6241,493 September 22 4:00 p.m. at Northern Arizona Pluto TV 239 L 23–315,832 October 6 2:00 p.m. at No. 5 Eastern Washington ATTRM L 17–558,887 October 13 6:00 p.m. Sacramento State Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT Pluto TV 236 W 48–2710,424 October 20 3:00 p.m. at Idaho Pluto TV 242 L 12–3112,798 October 27 6:00 p.m. Northern Colorado Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT Pluto TV 236 L 39–427,106 November 3 1:00 p.m. Montana Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT ATTRM L 14–577,162 November 10 5:00 p.m. No. 3 Weber State ELVN L 18–317,415 November 17 5:00 p.m. at Cal Poly Pluto TV 244 L 24–384,520
Game summaries [ edit ] North Alabama [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lions 3 10 7 14 34 Thunderbirds 0 16 7 7 30
At Oregon State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 7 9 9 25 Beavers 17 24 0 7 48
At Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 17 0 14 31 Wildcats 7 17 24 14 62
At Northern Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 7 16 0 23 Lumberjacks 7 7 10 7 31
At Eastern Washington [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 3 7 7 0 17 No. 5 Eagles 14 20 21 0 55
Sacramento State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Hornets 21 3 0 3 27 Thunderbirds 7 20 14 7 48
At Idaho [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 0 0 12 12 Vandals 10 14 7 0 31
Northern Colorado [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 14 10 18 0 42 Thunderbirds 8 3 14 14 39
Montana [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Grizzlies 20 10 21 6 57 Thunderbirds 7 7 0 0 14
Weber State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 3 Wildcats 7 14 7 3 31 Thunderbirds 6 6 6 0 18
At Cal Poly [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 14 7 0 3 24 Mustangs 0 21 7 10 38
References [ edit ]
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