2018 Central Arkansas Bears football team

2018 Central Arkansas Bears football
2018 Central Arkansas Bears football
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	6–5 (5–4 Southland)
Head coach	Nathan Brown (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Ken Collums (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Max Thurmond (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Estes Stadium
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Central Arkansas Bears football team represented the University of Central Arkansas in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were led by first-year head coach Nathan Brown and played their home games at Estes Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 5–4 in Southland play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.

Record6–5 (5–4 Southland)

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OffensivecoordinatorKen Collums (1st season)

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2018 Southland Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 14 Nicholls +^	7	–	2	9	–	4
Incarnate Word +^	6	–	2	6	–	5
Lamar ^	6	–	3	7	–	5
Abilene Christian	5	–	4	6	–	5
Central Arkansas	5	–	4	6	–	5
McNeese State	5	–	4	6	–	5
Sam Houston State	5	–	4	6	–	5
Northwestern State	4	–	5	5	–	6
Southeastern Louisiana	4	–	5	4	–	7
Stephen F. Austin	2	–	7	2	–	8
Houston Baptist	0	–	9	1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at Tulsa*	No. 16	H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	ESPN3	L 27–38	18,356
September 8	6:00 pm	Murray State*	No. 17	Estes Stadium Conway, AR	SLC Digital	W 26–13	6,121
September 15	7:00 p.m.	at Southeastern Louisiana	No. 18	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	ESPN+	W 33–25	6,485
September 29	3:00 pm	at No. 21 Sam Houston State	No. 13	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	ESPN3	L 31–34 ^OT	7,598
October 6	6:00 pm	Houston Baptist	No. 20	Estes Stadium Conway, AR	Bear Nation Network	W 66–35	10,210
October 13	3:00 p.m.	at Stephen F. Austin	No. 18	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX	ESPN3	W 27–17	5,976
October 20	6:00 pm	Northwestern State	No. 15	Estes Stadium Conway, AR	Bear Nation Network	W 38–17	6,754
October 27	6:00 p.m.	at No. 14 McNeese State	No. 13	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA (Red Beans and Rice Bowl)	ESPN3	L 21–23	11,208
November 3	6:00 pm	Lamar	No. 19	Estes Stadium Conway, AR	ELVN, CST, SLC Digital	L 24–38	10,874
November 10	3:00 pm	Incarnate Word		Estes Stadium Conway, AR	SLC Digital	L 27–40	4,457
November 17	2:00 p.m.	at Abilene Christian		Wildcat Stadium Abilene, TX	ESPN+	W 16–7	8,006
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Bears	13	0	7	7	27
• Golden Hurricane	7	14	3	14	38


1	12:49	TULSA	Hobbs 49-yard pass from Skipper (Walker kick)	TULSA 0–7

1	10:43	UCA	Cummins 19-yard FG	TULSA 3–7

1	6:23	UCA	Cummins 40-yard FG	TULSA 6–7

1	3:54	UCA	Kierr 1-yard rush (Cummins kick)	UCA 13–7

2	14:57	TULSA	Skipper 1-yard rush (Walker kick)	TULSA 13–14

2	5:10	TULSA	Brooks 1-yard rush (Walker kick)	TULSA 13–21

3	5:52	UCA	Smith 2-yard rush (Walker kick)	TULSA 20–21

3	1:25	TULSA	Walker 40-yard FG	TULSA 20–24

4	11:08	UCA	Morris fumble recovery in end zone (Cummins kick)	UCA 27–24

4	8:11	TULSA	Neph 14-yard pass from Skipper (Walker kick)	TULSA 27–31

4	7:36	TULSA	Brooks 1-yard rush (Walker kick)	TULSA 27–38

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Racers	3	10	0	0	13
• No. 17 Bears	7	13	0	6	26

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 18 Bears	0	13	14	6	33
Lions	7	3	7	8	25

Preseason