2018 Conference USA football season | |
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Sport: | Football |
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Duration: | August 25, 2018 through December 22, 2019 |
No Of Teams: | 14 |
Tv: | CBS Sports Network, Stadium, beIN Sports, ESPN |
Draft: | 2019 NFL Draft |
Draft Link: | 2019 NFL Draft |
Top Pick: | RB Devin Singletary, FAU |
Picked By: | Buffalo Bills, 74th overall |
Season: | Regular season |
Season Champ Name: | Champions |
Mvp: | QB Brent Stockstill, MTSU |
Conf1: | East |
Conf1 Champ: | Middle Tennessee |
Conf2: | West |
Conf2 Champ: | UAB |
Finals: | Championship Game |
Finals Link: | 2018 Conference USA Football Championship Game |
Finals Champ: | UAB |
Finals Runner-Up: | Middle Tennessee |
Finals Mvp: | RB Spencer Brown, UAB |
Prevseason Year: | 2017 |
Nextseason Year: | 2019 |
The 2018 Conference USA football season is the 23rd season of Conference USA football and part of the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season.[1] [2] The season began on August 25 and concluded on November 24.[3] This marked the fourth season since the 2014 realignment that took place in 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season which added the 14 member Charlotte from the Atlantic 10 Conference. C-USA is a "Group of Five" conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the American Athletic Conference, the Mid–American Conference, the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. The entire schedule was released on January 23.[4]
The Conference consists of 14 members. The Conference USA Football Championship game will be played on December 1.
The conference preseason awards were released on July 16.[5]
QB | Mason Fine | Junior | North Texas | |
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QB | Brent Stockstill | Senior | Middle Tennessee | |
WR | Tyre Brady | Senior | Marshall | |
WR | Jalen Guyton | Senior | North Texas | |
WR | Ty Lee | Junior | Middle Tennessee | |
WR | Teddy Veal | Senior | Louisiana Tech | |
RB | Spencer Brown | Sophomore | UAB | |
RB | Devin Singletary | Junior | Florida Atlantic | |
OL | Reggie Bain | Senior | Florida Atlantic | |
OL | Chandler Brewer | Senior | Middle Tennessee | |
OL | Jordan Budwig | Senior | FIU | |
OL | Levi Brown | Junior | Marshall | |
OL | O'Shea Dugas | Senior | Louisiana Tech | |
TE | Harrison Bryant | Junior | Florida Atlantic |
DL | Jaylon Ferguson | Sophomore | Louisiana Tech | |
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DL | Fermin Silva | Senior | FIU | |
DL | Kevin Strong Jr. | Senior | UTSA | |
DL | Oshane Ximines | Senior | Old Dominion | |
LB | Azeez Al-Shaair | Senior | Florida Atlantic | |
LB | Khalil Brooks | Junior | Middle Tennessee | |
LB | Josiah Tauaefa | Junior | UTSA | |
LB | Chase Hancock | Senior | Marshall | |
DB | Ben DeLuca | Junior | Charlotte | |
DB | Malik Gant | Junior | Marshall | |
DB | Shelton Lewis | Senior | Florida Atlantic | |
DB | Amik Robertson | Sophomore | Louisiana Tech | |
DB | Jalen Young | Senior | Florida Atlantic |
P | Jack Fox | Senior | Rice | |
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K | Parker Shaunfield | Senior | Southern Miss | |
KR | Isaiah Harper | Senior | Old Dominion | |
PR | Darrell Brown | Junior | Old Dominion | |
LS | Matt Beardall | Junior | Marshall |
The 2018 preseason media football poll was released on July 17.[6] East Division
West Division
Note: All stats shown are before the beginning of the season.
Team | Head coach | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | CUSA record | |
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Charlotte | Brad Lambert | 6 | 17–41 | 17–41 | 4–20 | |
FIU | Butch Davis | 2 | 71–48 | 8–5 | 5–3 | |
Florida Atlantic | Lane Kiffin | 2 | 46–24 | 11–3 | 8–0 | |
Louisiana Tech | Skip Holtz | 6 | 126–99 | 38–28 | 26–14 | |
Marshall | Doc Holliday | 9 | 61–42 | 61–42 | 39–25 | |
Middle Tennessee | Rick Stockstill | 13 | 79–72 | 79–72 | 26–14 | |
North Texas | Seth Littrell | 3 | 14–13 | 14–13 | 10–6 | |
Old Dominion | Bobby Wilder | 10 | 72–37 | 72–37 | 17–15 | |
Rice | Mike Bloomgren | 1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
Southern Miss | Jay Hopson | 3 | 47–28 | 15–11 | 10–6 | |
UAB | Bill Clark | 3 | 25–15 | 14–11 | 10–6 | |
UTEP | Dana Dimel | 1 | 30–39 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
UTSA | Frank Wilson | 3 | 12–12 | 12–12 | 8–8 | |
Western Kentucky | Mike Sanford Jr. | 2 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–4 |
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C-USA member won | |
C-USA member lost | |
C-USA teams in bold |
This game was added after both teams lost a game due to being canceled by Hurricane Florence. Virginia Tech was to play East Carolina while Marshall was to play South Carolina.
See also: 2018 Conference USA Football Championship Game.
Legend | ||
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C-USA win | ||
C-USA loss |
See also: 2018–19 NCAA football bowl games.
Bowls based on contractual tie-ins. Actual bowls attended by C-USA members may vary and will be announced following the regular season.
Bowl game | Date | Site | Television | Time (EST) | C-USA Team | Opponent | Score | Attendance | |
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New Mexico Bowl | December 15 | Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM | ESPN | 2:00 p.m. | North Texas | Utah State | 13–52 | 25,387 | |
New Orleans Bowl | December 15 | Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA | ESPN | 9:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee | Appalachian State | 13–45 | 23,942 | |
Boca Raton Bowl | December 18 | FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | ESPN | 7:00 p.m. | UAB | Northern Illinois | 37–13 | 22,614 | |
Gasparilla Bowl | December 20 | Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL | ESPN | 8:00 p.m. | Marshall | South Florida | 38–20 | 14,135 | |
Bahamas Bowl | December 21 | Thomas Robinson Stadium • Nassau, Bahamas | ESPN | 12:30 p.m. | FIU | Toledo | 35–32 | 13,510 | |
Hawaii Bowl | December 22 | Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI | ESPN | 10:30 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | Hawaii | 31–14 | 30,911 |
First team offense | |||||
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QB | Brent Stockstill | Gr. | style= | Middle Tennessee | |
RB | Devin Singletary | Jr. | style= | Florida Atlantic | |
Spencer Brown | So. | style= | UAB | ||
WR | Tyre Brady | RSr. | style= | Marshall | |
Rico Bussey | Jr. | style= | North Texas | ||
Quez Watkins | So. | style= | Southern Miss | ||
TE | Harrison Bryant | Jr. | style= | Florida Atlantic | |
OL | Reggie Bain | RSr. | style= | Florida Atlantic | |
O’Shea Dugas | Sr. | style= | Louisiana Tech | ||
Levi Brown | RJr. | style= | Marshall | ||
Chandler Brewer | Sr. | style= | Middle Tennessee | ||
Justice Powers | Sr. | style= | UAB | ||
First Team defense | |||||
DL | Alex Highsmith | RJr. | style= | Charlotte | |
Jaylon Ferguson | RSr. | style= | Louisiana Tech | ||
LaDarius Hamilton | Jr. | style= | North Texas | ||
Oshane Ximines | Sr. | style= | Old Dominion | ||
Jacques Turner | RJr. | style= | Southern Miss | ||
LB | Sage Lewis | RJr. | style= | FIU | |
Darius Harris | RSr. | style= | Middle Tennessee | ||
EJ Ejiya | RSr. | style= | North Texas | ||
DB | Amik Robertson | So. | style= | Louisiana Tech | |
Malik Gant | RJr. | style= | Marshall | ||
Reed Blankenship | So. | style= | Middle Tennessee | ||
Kemon Hall | Sr. | style= | North Texas | ||
First Team Special Teams | |||||
PK | Cole Hedlund | Gr. | style= | North Texas | |
P | Jack Fox | Sr. | style= | Rice | |
RT | Isaiah Harper | Sr. | style= | Old Dominion | |
Maurice Alexander | RJr. | style= | FIU | ||
ST | Matt Beardall | Jr. | style= | Marshall |
Power 5 Conferences | Record | |
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ACC | 1–3 | |
Big Ten | 0–2 | |
Big 12 | 0–3 | |
Pac-12 | 0–1 | |
SEC | 1–10 | |
Power 5 Total | 2–19 |
Group of 5 Conferences | Record | |
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American | 2–3 | |
Mountain West | 2–3 | |
MAC | 2–0 | |
Sun Belt | 2–4 | |
Group of 5 Total | 8–10 |
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 | Total | Average | % of Capacity |
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Charlotte | Jerry Richardson Stadium | 15,314 | 9,240 | 19,151 † | 8,204 | 11,610 | 8,687 | 13,371 | 61,023 | 10,171 | 66.4% | |
FIU | Riccardo Silva Stadium | 20,000 | 17,082 | 14,695 | 14,937 | 16,002 | 13,741 | 18,478 † | 14,862 | 109,797 | 15,685 | 78.4% |
Florida Atlantic | FAU Stadium | 29,419 | 24,101 † | 19,017 | 18,205 | 14,948 | 14,400 | 11,638 | 102,309 | 17,052 | 58.0% | |
Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet Stadium | 28,562 | 22,926 † | 18,983 | 18,972 | 15,283 | 11,459 | 87,623 | 17,525 | 61.4% | ||
Marshall | Joan C. Edwards Stadium | 38,227 | 24,304 | 32,349 † | 25,979 | 23,825 | 19,418 | 18,502 | 144,377 | 24,063 | 62.9% | |
Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium | 30,788 | 16,227 | 17,299 | 23,825 † | 16,617 | 14,411 | 88,379 | 17,676 | 57.4% | |||
North Texas | Apogee Stadium | 30,850 | 29,519 | 18,538 | 30,105 † | 18,252 | 25,379 | 18,338 | 140,131 | 23,355 | 75.7% | |
Old Dominion | Foreman Field | 20,118 | 19,243 | 20,532 † | 20,118 | 19,725 | 18,062 | 20,118 | 117,798 | 19,633 | 97.6% | |
Rice | Rice Stadium | 47,000 | 20,050 | 26,390 † | 19,170 | 18,916 | 18,420 | 18,083 | 121,029 | 20,172 | 42.9% | |
Southern Miss | M. M. Roberts Stadium | 36,000 | 29,176 † | 19,579 | 20,159 | 21,259 | 20,375 | 19,142 | 129,690 | 21,615 | 60.0% | |
UAB | Legion Field | 71,594 | 27,124 † | 21,991 | 25,395 | 28,014 | 17,605 | 25,618 | 145,747 | 24,291 | 33.9% | |
UTEP | Sun Bowl Stadium | 51,500 | 17,271 | 19,412 † | 12,809 | 10,787 | 9,690 | 14,962 | 84,931 | 14,155 | 27.5% | |
UTSA | Alamodome | 65,000 | 42,071 † | 29,205 | 20,176 | 20,057 | 16,874 | 19,874 | 148,257 | 24,710 | 38.0% | |
WKU | Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium | 22,113 | 15,178 | 20,176 † | 13,269 | 15,138 | 6,221 | 69,982 | 13,996 | 63.3% | ||
Sept 3 | Mason Fine, QB, North Texas | James Jackson, S, Louisiana Tech | Quez Watkins, PR, Southern Miss. | |
Sept 10 | Chris Robison, QB, Florida Atlantic | Rashad Smith, LB, Florida Atlantic | Jonathan Cruz, K, Charlotte | |
Sept 17 | Mason Fine, QB, North Texas | Nate Brooks, CB, North Texas | Keegan Brewer, PR, North Texas | |
Sept 22 | Blake LaRussa, QB, Old Dominion | Oshane Ximines, DE, Old Dominion | Jared Sacket, K, UTSA | |
Sept 29 | Tyre Brady, WR, Marshall Brent Stockstill, QB, Middle Tennessee | Jaylon Ferguson, DE, Louisiana Tech | Bailey Hale, K, Louisiana Tech | |
Oct 6 | Brent Stockstill, QB, Middle Tennessee | Jovante Moffatt, S, Middle Tennessee | Kerrith Whyte, KR, Florida Atlantic | |
Oct 13 | Tyler King, RB, Marshall Xavier Ubosi, WR, UAB | Juwan Foggie, LB, Charlotte | José Borregales, K, FIU | |
Oct 20 | Spencer Brown, RB, UAB | Malik Thompson, DL, Marshall | Isaiah Harper, KR, Old Dominion | |
Oct 27 | DeAndre Torrey, RB, North Texas | Reed Blankenship, S, Middle Tennessee | Jonathan Cruz, K, Charlotte | |
Nov 3 | Devin Singletary, RB, Florida Atlantic | Alex Highsmith, DE, Charlotte | Crews Holt, K, Middle Tennessee | |
Nov 10 | Brent Stockstill, QB, Middle Tennessee | Tre’ Crawford, LB, UAB | Nick Rice, K, Old Dominion | |
Nov 17 | DeAndre Torrey, RB, North Texas | Sage Lewis, LB, FIU Omari Cobb, LB, Marshall | Isaiah Harper, KR, Old Dominion | |
Nov 24 | Juma Otoviano, RB, Rice | DQ Thomas, LB, Middle Tennessee | Jonathan Cruz, K, Charlotte |