# 2018 UTSA Roadrunners football team

The 2018 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Roadrunners played their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by third-year head coach Frank Wilson. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.

## Preseason
### Award watch lists

| Award | Player | Position | Year |
| Lou Groza Award | Jared Sackett | K | SO |
| Wuerffel Trophy | Jalen Rhodes | RB | SR |
| Wuerffel Trophy | Josiah Tauaefa | LB | JR |
| Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award | Jalen Rhodes | RB | SR |

### Preseason All-CUSA team

Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Roadrunners having two players selected.
Defense
Kevin Strong – DL
Josiah Tauaefa – LB

### Preseason media poll

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Roadrunners predicted to finish in fifth place in the West Division.
West Division :
| Predicted finish | Team |
| 1 | North Texas |
| 2 | Louisiana Tech |
| 3 | UAB |
| 4 | Southern Miss |
| 5 | UTSA |
| T–6 | Rice |
| T–6 | UTEP |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 9:30 p.m. | at Arizona State* | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ | FS1 | L 7–49 | 50,188 |
| September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | Baylor* | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | CBSSN | L 20–37 | 42,071 |
| September 15 | 3:00 p.m. | at Kansas State* | Bill Snyder Family Football StadiumManhattan, KS | FSN | L 17–41 | 50,618 |
| September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | Texas State* | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX (I-35 Rivalry) | ESPN+ | W 25–21 | 29,205 |
| September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | UTEP | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | ESPN+ | W 30–21 | 20,176 |
| October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | at Rice | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | ESPN3 | W 20–3 | 19,170 |
| October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | ESPN+ | L 3–31 | 20,057 |
| October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | at Southern Miss | M. M. Roberts StadiumHattiesburg, MS | ESPN+ | L 17–27 | 21,259 |
| November 3 | 6:30 p.m. | at UAB | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | beIN | L 3–52 | 17,605 |
| November 10 | 6:00 p.m. | FIU | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | ESPN+ | L 7–45 | 16,874 |
| November 17 | 1:30 p.m. | at Marshall | Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV | Stadium | L 0–23 | 18,502 |
| November 24 | 6:00 p.m. | North Texas | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | ESPN+ | L 21–24 | 19,874 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### At Arizona State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Sun Devils | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 49 |

### Baylor

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 37 |
| Roadrunners | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |

### At Kansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Wildcats | 10 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 41 |
UTSA's defense gave up over 400 yards to Kansas State and dropped their record to 0-3, where Kansas State advanced to 2-1 for the season. UTSA head coach Frank Wilson said, "Unfortunately we did not always execute to the fullest, but I think take away a couple of big-play opportunities, they weren't going methodically down the field and just shoving us around. We held them to some third-down opportunities, but we just couldn't get them off the field."

### Texas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Roadrunners | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 25 |

### UTEP

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Roadrunners | 7 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 30 |

### At Rice

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Owls | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |

### Louisiana Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |

### At Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Golden Eagles | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 27 |

### At UAB

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Blazers | 21 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 52 |

### FIU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 0 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 45 |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |

### At Marshall

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thundering Herd | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23 |

### North Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mean Green | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |