American college football season
The 2018 FIU Panthers football team represented Florida International University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Panthers played their home games at the Riccardo Silva Stadium in University Park, Florida as members of the East Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by second-year head coach Butch Davis . They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Bahamas Bowl where they defeated Toledo .
The 2018 Spring Game took place in University Park , on April 6, at 7 p.m.[ 1]
Following the conclusion of the 2017 season , several Panthers were invited to participate in the Tropical Bowl, a postseason all star game held on January 14, 2018. Invitations include: Brad Muhammad (DB ), Pharoah Mckever (TE ) and Anthony Wint (LB ).[ 3]
Notable departures from the 2017 squad included:
Panthers who were picked in the 2018 NFL Draft:
Listed in the order that they were released
Preseason All-CUSA team [ edit ] Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018 with the Panthers having two players selected.[ 6]
Offense
Jordan Budwig – OL
Defense
Fermin Silva – DL
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Panthers predicted to finish in fourth place in the East Division.[ 7]
East Division Predicted finish Team 1 Florida Atlantic 2 Marshall 3 Middle Tennessee 4 FIU 5 Western Kentucky 6 Old Dominion 7 Charlotte
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 7:00 p.m. Indiana * CBSSN L 28–3817,082 September 8 7:30 p.m. Old Dominion beIN W 28–2019,243 September 15 7:30 p.m. UMass * Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL beIN W 63–2414,695 September 22 3:30 p.m. at No. 21 Miami (FL) * ESPN2 L 17–3159,814 September 29 7:30 p.m. Arkansas–Pine Bluff * Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL ESPN+ W 55–914,937 October 13 7:30 p.m. Middle Tennessee Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL beIN W 24–2116,002 October 20 7:30 p.m. Rice Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL ESPN+ W 36–1713,741 October 27 7:30 p.m. at Western Kentucky beIN W 38–1715,138 November 3 7:30 p.m. Florida Atlantic Stadium L 14–4918,478 November 10 7:00 p.m. at UTSA ESPN+ W 45–716,874 November 17 2:00 p.m. at Charlotte ESPN3 W 42–3513,371 November 24 12:00 p.m. Marshall Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL Stadium L 25–2814,862 12:30 p.m. vs. Toledo * ESPN W 35–3213,510 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source: [ 8] 1 2 3 4 Total Hoosiers 14 14 7 3 38 Panthers 7 7 7 7 28
1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 0 14 14 0 28 Monarchs 7 13 0 0 20
1 2 3 4 Total Minutemen 7 3 14 0 24 Panthers 14 28 14 7 63
1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 0 0 0 17 17 No. 21 Hurricanes 7 17 7 0 31
[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Lions 3 0 3 3 9 Panthers 17 21 17 0 55
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 0 14 7 0 21 Panthers 3 10 0 11 24
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 7 3 7 0 17 Panthers 0 16 10 10 36
At Western Kentucky [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 7 7 14 10 38 Hilltoppers 0 3 0 14 17
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 7 7 7 28 49 Panthers 0 7 7 0 14
1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 0 17 7 21 45 Roadrunners 0 0 0 7 7
1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 10 10 7 15 42 49ers 7 7 7 14 35
1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 14 0 7 7 28 Panthers 3 7 0 15 25
[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 0 14 7 14 35 Rockets 10 0 7 15 32
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