| Game Name: | Arizona Bowl |
| Subheader: | 4th Arizona Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | Nova Home Loans |
| Date Game Played: | December 29 |
| Year Game Played: | 2018 |
| Football Season: | 2018 |
| Stadium: | Arizona Stadium |
| City: | Tucson, Arizona |
| Visitor School: | Arkansas State University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Arkansas State |
| Visitor Nickname: | Red Wolves |
| Visitor Record: | 8–4 |
| Visitor Conference: | Sun Belt |
| Visitor Coach: | Blake Anderson |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 3 |
| Visitor Ot: | 3 |
| Home School: | University of Nevada, Reno |
| Home Name Short: | Nevada |
| Home Nickname: | Wolf Pack |
| Home Record: | 7–5 |
| Home Conference: | Mountain West |
| Home Coach: | Jay Norvell |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 3 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Home Ot: | 6 |
| Mvp: | Ty Gangi (QB, Nevada)[1] & B. J. Edmonds (S, Arkansas State)[2] |
| Odds: | Arkansas State by 1.5[3] |
| Referee: | Tom Stapleton (MAC) |
| Attendance: | 32,368[4] |
| Payout: | 413,000 [5] |
| Us Network: | CBSSN |
| Us Announcers: | Rich Waltz, Aaron Murray and John Schriffen |
The 2018 Arizona Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2018.[6] It was the fourth edition of the Arizona Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Nova Home Loans mortgage broker company, the game was officially known as the Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl.
The game was played between Arkansas State from the Sun Belt Conference and Nevada from the Mountain West Conference.[7] In prior games between the two programs, Nevada held a 3–2 lead in the series.[8]
See main article: 2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team. On November 27, bowl organizers announced that Arkansas State would represent the Sun Belt Conference in the Arizona Bowl.[9] The Red Wolves compiled an 8–4 record during the regular season, and were co-champion of the Sun Belt West Division along with the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, both of whom had 5–3 conference records.
See main article: 2018 Nevada Wolf Pack football team. Nevada received and accepted a bid to the Arizona Bowl on November 29.[7] The Wolf Pack entered the bowl with a 7–5 record (5–3 in conference).