2018 Missouri State Bears football team

2018 Missouri State Bears football
2018 Missouri State Bears football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record	4–7 (2–6 MVFC)
Head coach	Dave Steckel (4th season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Sean Coughlin (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Mack Brown (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Marcus Yokeley (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Robert W. Plaster Stadium
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

Last updated January 28, 2024

2018 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 North Dakota State $^	8	–	0	15	–	0
No. 3 South Dakota State ^	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 23 Northern Iowa ^	5	–	3	7	–	6
Indiana State	5	–	3	7	–	4
Western Illinois	4	–	4	5	–	6
Illinois State	3	–	5	6	–	5
Youngstown State	3	–	5	4	–	7
South Dakota	3	–	5	4	–	7
Missouri State	2	–	6	4	–	7
Southern Illinois	1	–	7	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

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

Preseason MVFC poll

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

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 p.m.	at Oklahoma State *		Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	FS1	L 17–58	50,103
September 6	10:00 a.m.	Lincoln (MO) *		Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, 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	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	ESPN3	L 28–35	10,092
October 13	1:00 p.m.	at Indiana State		Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	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		Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD	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		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	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

At Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	7	10	0	17
Cowboys	17	14	14	13	58

Lincoln (MO)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Tigers	10	0	7	7	24
Bears	7	28	10	7	52

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Lumberjacks	0	6	0	2	8
Bears	10	13	10	7	40

Illinois State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Redbirds	0	0	14	7	21
Bears	3	7	7	7	24

At South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Bears	7	14	7	0	28
Coyotes	14	3	10	8	35

At Indiana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	14	0	8	29
Sycamores	0	10	7	9	26

Western Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leathernecks	7	3	7	14	31
Bears	7	0	0	7	14

Southern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	0	21	21	7	49
Bears	7	14	0	14	35

At South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	7	0	0	7
No. 7 Jackrabbits	7	31	7	14	59

North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 1 Bison	20	14	14	0	48
Bears	0	0	7	0	7

At Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	0	0
Panthers	10	10	7	10	37

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:**██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	—	—	—	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—

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The 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Curt Mallory and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in seventh place.

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The 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by Mark Farley in his 19th season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 10–5, 6–2 in MVFC play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated San Diego and South Dakota State to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to James Madison.

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The 2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jared Elliott and played their home games at Hanson Field. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in MVFC play to finish in a two-way tie for ninth place.

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The 2022 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Bobby Petrino and played their home games at Robert W. Plaster Stadium in Springfield, Missouri. This was the Bears 116th season overall and their 37th season as a member of the MVFC.

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[1] "North Dakota State Picked to Win 2018 MVFC Title".

[2] "Preseason All-Conf and Team (PDF) - Missouri Valley Football Conference" (PDF).

[3] 2018 Football Schedule

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