2018 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

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2018 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Southern Utah Thunderbirds Script Logo.png
Conference Big Sky Conference
Record1–10 (1–7 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJustin Walterscheid (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorRod Chance (3rd season)
Home stadium Eccles Coliseum
Seasons
  2017
2019  
2018 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 6 Weber State +^  7 1   10 3  
No. 2 Eastern Washington +^  7 1   12 3  
No. 7 UC Davis +^  7 1   10 3  
No. 17 Montana State ^  5 3   8 5  
Idaho State  5 3   6 5  
Montana  4 4   6 5  
Cal Poly  4 4   5 6  
Northern Arizona  3 4   4 6  
Portland State  3 5   4 7  
Idaho  3 5   4 7  
Northern Colorado  2 6   2 9  
Southern Utah  1 7   1 10  
Sacramento State  0 7   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • Although North Dakota was classified as an independent, games against them still counted as Big Sky Conference games.
Rankings from STATS Poll

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.

Contents

Preseason

Polls

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 finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Eastern Washington134 (6)
2Weber State124 (3)
3Northern Arizona121 (3)
4Idaho101 (1)
5Sacramento State94
6Southern Utah91
7Montana82
8Montana State76
9UC Davis64
10Cal Poly40
11Northern Colorado30
12Idaho State29
13Portland State21
Media poll
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Eastern Washington651 (27)
2Weber State636 (19)
3Northern Arizona535 (1)
4Montana496 (2)
5Idaho483 (3)
6Southern Utah449 (1)
7Sacramento State415
8Montana State391 (1)
9UC Davis331 (1)
10Idaho State170
11Cal Poly169
12Northern Colorado166
13Portland State103

Preseason All-Conference Team

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

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m. North Alabama * Pluto TV 236L 30–348,912
September 86:00 p.m.at Oregon State * P12N L 25–4836,448
September 159:00 p.m.at Arizona *P12NL 31–6241,493
September 224:00 p.m.at Northern Arizona Pluto TV 239L 23–315,832
October 62:00 p.m.at No. 5 Eastern Washington ATTRM L 17–558,887
October 136:00 p.m. Sacramento State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
Pluto TV 236W 48–2710,424
October 203:00 p.m.at Idaho Pluto TV 242L 12–3112,798
October 276:00 p.m. Northern Colorado
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
Pluto TV 236L 39–427,106
November 31:00 p.m. Montana
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
ATTRML 14–577,162
November 105:00 p.m.No. 3 Weber State
ELVN L 18–317,415
November 175:00 p.m.at Cal Poly Pluto TV 244L 24–384,520

Game summaries

North Alabama

1234Total
Lions31071434
Thunderbirds0167730

At Oregon State

1234Total
Thunderbirds079925
Beavers17240748

At Arizona

1234Total
Thunderbirds01701431
Wildcats717241462

At Northern Arizona

1234Total
Thunderbirds0716023
Lumberjacks7710731

At Eastern Washington

1234Total
Thunderbirds377017
No. 5 Eagles142021055

Sacramento State

1234Total
Hornets2130327
Thunderbirds72014748

At Idaho

1234Total
Thunderbirds0001212
Vandals10147031

Northern Colorado

1234Total
Bears141018042
Thunderbirds83141439

Montana

1234Total
Grizzlies201021657
Thunderbirds770014

Weber State

1234Total
No. 3 Wildcats7147331
Thunderbirds666018

At Cal Poly

1234Total
Thunderbirds1470324
Mustangs02171038

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References

  1. "Eastern Washington Picked to Win the Big Sky".
  2. "Doss, Buss Headline Big Sky Football Preseason All-Conference Team".