2018 Midwestern State Mustangs football team

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2018 Midwestern State Mustangs football
Midwestern State Mustangs logo.png
Conference Lone Star Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
Record8–2 (6–2 LSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAdam Austin (6th season)
Offensive scheme Pro spread
Defensive coordinatorRich Renner (11th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  2017
2019  
2018 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Tarleton State $^  8 0   12 1  
No. 9 Texas A&M–Commerce ^  7 1   10 3  
No. 25 Midwestern State  6 2   8 2  
Angelo State #  4 4   6 6  
West Texas A&M  4 4   6 5  
Eastern New Mexico  4 4   5 6  
Texas A&M–Kingsville  2 6   4 7  
UT Permian Basin  1 7   2 9  
Western New Mexico  0 8   0 10  
Rankings from AFCA poll

The 2018 Midwestern State Mustangs football team represented Midwestern State University in the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Bill Maskill, who is in his 17th season at Midwestern State. The Mustangs played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.

Schedule

Midwestern State announced its 2018 football schedule on April 13, 2018. The schedule consisted of six home and four away games in the regular season. The Mustangs hosted LSC foes Angelo State, Texas A&M–Commerce, West Texas A&M, and Tarleton State and traveled to UT Permian Basin, Eastern New Mexico, Texas A&M–Kingsville, and Western New Mexico. [1]

The Mustangs hosted two non-conference games against Humboldt State from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and West Florida from the Gulf South Conference, who were the national runners-up in 2017. [2]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m Humboldt State *No. 11W 55–127,927
September 87:00 p.m.No. 2 West Florida *No. 10
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
W 38–178,258
September 156:00 p.m.at UT Permian Basin No. 7W 43–213,579
September 227:00 p.m. Angelo State No. 7
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
W 57–368,127
September 298:00 p.m.at Eastern New Mexico No. 5W 31–231,400
October 67:00 p.m.vs. No. 9 Texas A&M–Commerce No. 4L 19–208,122
October 137:00 p.m. Texas A&M–Kingsville No. 12W 69–142,088
October 277:00 p.m.No. 8 Tarleton State Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 10
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
L 34–35 OT9,247
November 31:00 p.m.at Western New Mexico No. 18W 48–35450
November 101:00 p.m. West Texas A&M No. 16
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
W 24–23 OT7,862
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "National champs, runners-up among six home games on @MWSUFootball slate in 2018" (Press release). Midwestern State University Department of Athletics. April 13, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  2. "Midwestern State Mustangs 2018 football schedule" Times Record News. Retrieved 2018-09-02.