American college football season
The 2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University—now known as Houston Christian University—as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Vic Shealy the Huskies compiled an overall record of 1–10 with a mark of 0–9 in conference play, placing last out of 11 teams in the Southland. Houston Baptist played home games at Husky Stadium in Houston.
Preseason
Preseason All-Conference Teams
On July 12, 2018, the Southland announced their Preseason All-Conference Teams, with the Huskies placing one player on the first team.[1]
Preseason Poll
On July 19, 2018, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Huskies predicted to finish in last place.[2]
Predicted finish
|
Team
|
Votes (1st place)
|
1 |
Sam Houston State |
187 (10)
|
2 |
Nicholls State |
173 (6)
|
3 |
Central Arkansas |
170 (5)
|
4 |
McNeese State |
159 (1)
|
5 |
Southeastern Louisiana |
119
|
6 |
Stephen F. Austin |
90
|
7 |
Abilene Christian |
89
|
8 |
Northwestern State |
86
|
9 |
Incarnate Word |
53
|
10 |
Lamar |
52
|
11 |
Houston Baptist |
32
|
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | Southwest Baptist* | | SLC Digital | W 49–7 | 2,113 |
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 16 McNeese State | | Eleven Sports | L 34–51 | 2,538 |
September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | Abilene Christian | | ESPN3 | L 13–38 | 2,038 |
September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | at SMU* | | ESPN3 | L 27–63 | 18,983 |
October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Central Arkansas | | Bear Nation Network | L 35–66 | 10,210 |
October 13 | 4:00 p.m. | at Southeastern Louisiana | | SLC Digital | L 52–62 | 6,023 |
October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin![dagger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | ESPN3 | L 14–42 | 2,687 |
October 27 | 6:00 p.m. | at Northwestern State | | DemonTV | L 28–31 | 7,098 |
November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 20 Nicholls State | | SLC Digital | L 20–41 | 1,926 |
November 10 | 3:00 p.m. | at Lamar | | ESPN+ | L 9–38 | 8,028 |
November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | Sam Houston State | | SLC Digital | L 20–42 | 2,002 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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* Games were televised on tape delay.
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