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
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
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Schedule
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
|
[3]
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 |
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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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