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2018 Indiana State Sycamores football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
FCS CoachesNo. 25
Record7–4 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Hecklinski (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBrad Wilson (2nd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 12,764)
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
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 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-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 7–4, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for third place. Despite being ranked in the top 25 at the end of the regular season, they were not selected to participate in the FCS Playoffs.

Previous season

The Sycamores finished the 2017 season 0–11, 0–8 in MVFC play to finish in last place.

Preseason

Preseason MVFC poll

The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Sycamores predicted to finish in last 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 Sycamores placed six players on the preseason all-MVFC teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.Quincy*
ESPN3W 49–06,243
September 87:00 p.m.at Louisville*
ACCN ExtraL 7–3144,520
September 157:00 p.m.at Eastern Illinois*
ESPN+W 55–416,420
September 277:00 p.m.No. 23 Northern Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN3L 0–335,487
October 67:00 p.m.at No. 3 South Dakota State
ESPN+L 51–54 OT10,318
October 132:00 p.m.Missouri Statedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN+L 26–296,721
October 203:00 p.m.at Southern Illinois
ESPN+W 24–216,435
October 272:00 p.m.at Youngstown State
ESPN+W 43–1710,870
November 31:00 p.m.South Dakota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN+W 51–48 3OT5,816
November 101:00 p.m.No. 23 Illinois State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN3W 28–234,016
November 172:00 p.m.at Western Illinois
ESPN3W 15–131,813
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Quincy

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 0 0 0 0
Sycamores 14 7 14 14 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2013 INST, 70–7

at Louisville

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 7 0 0 0 7
Cardinals 7 0 7 17 31
See also: 2018 Louisville Cardinals football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–6–1 2009 UL, 30–10

at Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 17 14 14 10 55
Panthers 20 0 7 14 41
See also: 2018 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
37–43–4 2017 EIU, 22–20

Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Panthers 3 6 14 10 33
Sycamores 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–26 2017 UNI, 41–3

at South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 10 7 7 24 48
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 14 21 6 48
See also: 2018 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–6 2015 SDSU, 24–7

Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 14 0 8 29
Sycamores 0 10 7 9 26
See also: 2018 Missouri State Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–19 2017 MSU, 59–20

at Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 7 7 10 0 24
Salukis 7 0 0 14 21
See also: 2018 Southern Illinois Salukis football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–28 2017 SIU, 45–24

at Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 3 13 7 20 43
Penguins 7 3 7 0 17
See also: 2018 Youngstown State Penguins football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–22 2017 YSU, 66–24

South Dakota

1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
Coyotes 7 7 7 10773 48
Sycamores 14 7 0 10776 51
See also: 2018 South Dakota Coyotes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 USD, 56–6

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Redbirds 10 0 7 6 23
Sycamores 0 21 0 7 28
See also: 2018 Illinois State Redbirds football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–36–2 2017 ILST, 24–13

at Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 3 6 3 3 15
Leathernecks 3 0 10 0 13
See also: 2018 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–25 2017 WIU, 45–0

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS———————————RV25RV
Coaches——————————RV242225

References

  1. ^ http://www.valley-football.org/news/2018/7/19/football-north-dakota-state-tabbed-as-favorite-to-win-2018-mvfc-title.aspx
  2. ^ http://valley-football.org/documents/2018/7/31//2018_MVFC_Preseason_Team_and_Poll.pdf?id=41
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