# 2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

The 2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team represented Abilene Christian University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by second-year head coach Adam Dorrel and played their home games at Anthony Field at Wildcat Stadium. They played as 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.

## Preseason
### Preseason All-Conference Teams

On July 12, 2018, the Southland announced their Preseason All-Conference Teams, with the Wildcats placing one player on the second team.
* Bollu Onifade – So. DB

### Preseason Poll

On July 19, 2018, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Wildcats predicted to finish in seventh place.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 187 (10) |
| 2 | Nicholls State | 173 (6) |
| 3 | Central Arkansas | 170 (5) |
| 4 | McNeese State | 159 (1) |
| 5 | Southeastern Louisiana | 119 |
| 6 | Stephen F. Austin | 90 |
| 7 | Abilene Christian | 89 |
| 8 | Northwestern State | 86 |
| 9 | Incarnate Word | 53 |
| 10 | Lamar | 52 |
| 11 | Houston Baptist | 32 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 7:00 p.m. | at Baylor* | McLane StadiumWaco, TX | FSN | L 27–55 | 45,330 |
| September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | Angelo State* | Wildcat StadiumAbilene, TX | ACU Stretch ($) | W 41–24 | 9,287 |
| September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | at Houston Baptist | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | ESPN3 | W 38–13 | 2,038 |
| September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | at Stephen F. Austin | Homer Bryce StadiumNacogdoches, TX | ESPN+ | L 21–24 | 6,281 |
| September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | Incarnate Word | Wildcat StadiumAbilene, TX | ESPN+ | L 34–44 | 9,751 |
| October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 9 McNeese State | Cowboy StadiumLake Charles, LA | Cowboy Insider | L 21–24 | 10,001 |
| October 13 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 11 Nicholls | Wildcat StadiumAbilene, TX | ESPN3 | W 28–12 | 10,973 |
| October 20 | 7:00 p.m. | at Southeastern Louisiana | Strawberry StadiumHammond, LA | SLC Digital | W 48–27 | 4,724 |
| November 3 | 2:00 pm | Northwestern State | Wildcat StadiumAbilene, TX | ACU Stretch | W 49–47 | 6,936 |
| November 10 | 2:30 pm | at Sam Houston State | Bowers StadiumHuntsville, TX | ELVN/SLC Digital | W 17–10 | 6,914 |
| November 17 | 2:00 pm | Central Arkansas | Wildcat StadiumAbilene, TX | ESPN+ | L 7–16 | 8,006 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### At Baylor

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| Bears | 17 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 55 |

### At Houston Baptist

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 38 |
| Huskies | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 |

### At Stephen F. Austin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Lumberjacks | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### Incarnate Word

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 14 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 44 |
| Wildcats | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 34 |

### At McNeese State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| No. 9 Cowboys | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### Nicholls

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 11 Colonels | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |

### At Southeastern Louisiana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 3 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 48 |
| Lions | 0 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 27 |

### Northwestern State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Demons | 7 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 47 |
| Wildcats | 14 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 49 |

### At Sam Houston State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Bearkats | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |

### Central Arkansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |