2018 Midwestern State Mustangs football team

2018 Midwestern State Mustangs football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
Record8–2 (6–2 LSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAdam Austin (6th season)
Offensive schemePro spread
Defensive coordinatorRich Renner (11th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumMemorial 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 consists of six home and four away games in the regular season. The Mustangs will host LSC foes Angelo State, Texas A&M-Commerce, West Texas A&M, and Tarleton State and will travel to UT Permian Basin, Eastern New Mexico, Texas A&M-Kingsville, and Western New Mexico.[1]

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.mHumboldt State*No. 11
W 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 BasinNo. 7
W 43–213,579
September 227:00 p.m.Angelo StateNo. 7
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
W 57–368,127
September 298:00 p.m.at Eastern New MexicoNo. 5
W 31–231,400
October 67:00 p.m.vs. No. 9 Texas A&M–CommerceNo. 4
L 19–208,122
October 137:00 p.m.Texas A&M–KingsvilleNo. 12
W 69–142,088
October 277:00 p.m.No. 8 Tarleton StatedaggerNo. 10
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
L 34–35 OT9,247
November 31:00 p.m.at Western New MexicoNo. 18
W 48–35450
November 101:00 p.m.West Texas A&MNo. 16
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
W 24–23 OT7,862
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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.


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