American college football season
The 2018 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Dave Steckel and played their home games at the Robert W. Plaster Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in ninth place.
Preseason[edit]
Preseason MVFC poll[edit]
The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Bears predicted to finish in ninth place.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | North Dakota State | 390 (39) |
2 | South Dakota State | 270 |
3 | Northern Iowa | 258 |
4 | Youngstown State | 248 |
5 | Illinois State | 248 |
6 | South Dakota | 206 |
7 | Western Illinois | 163 |
8 | Southern Illinois | 139 |
9 | Missouri State | 90 |
10 | Indiana State | 41 |
Preseason All-MVFC Teams[edit]
The Bears placed three players on the preseason all-MVFC teams.[2]
Offense 2nd team Marquis Prophete – OL | Defense 1st team Angelo Garbut – LB 2nd team Darius Joseph – DB |
Schedule[edit]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | at Oklahoma State* | | | FS1 | L 17–58 | 50,103 |
| 10:00 a.m. | Lincoln (MO)* | | | ESPN3 | W 52–24 | 1,284 |
September 15 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 20 Northern Arizona* | | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN3 | W 40–8 | 7,217 |
September 29 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 9 Illinois State | | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN+ | W 24–21 | 12,224 |
October 6 | 2:00 p.m. | at South Dakota | No. 24 | | ESPN3 | L 28–35 | 10,092 |
October 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at Indiana State | | | ESPN+ | W 29–26 | 6,721 |
October 20 | 2:00 p.m. | Western Illinois | | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN+ | L 14–31 | 12,109 |
October 27 | 2:00 p.m. | Southern Illinois | | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN+ | L 35–49 | 6,374 |
November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 7 South Dakota State | | | ESPN+ | L 7–59 | 5,869 |
November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 1 North Dakota State | | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN+ | L 7–48 | 5,224 |
November 17 | 4:00 p.m. | at Northern Iowa | | | ESPN+ | L 0–37 | 10,072 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Game summaries[edit]
At Oklahoma State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
Cowboys | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 58 |
Lincoln (MO)[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Blue Tigers | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Bears | 7 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 52 |
Northern Arizona[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 20 Lumberjacks | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Bears | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 40 |
Illinois State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 9 Redbirds | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
Bears | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
At South Dakota[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 24 Bears | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
Coyotes | 14 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 35 |
At Indiana State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 7 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 29 |
Sycamores | 0 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
Western Illinois[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leathernecks | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
Bears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Southern Illinois[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Salukis | 0 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 49 |
Bears | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
At South Dakota State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
No. 7 Jackrabbits | 7 | 31 | 7 | 14 | 59 |
North Dakota State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 1 Bison | 20 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 48 |
Bears | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
At Northern Iowa[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Panthers | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 37 |
Ranking movements[edit]
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | — | — | — | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | |
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Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | |
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