# 2018 Texas State Bobcats football team

The 2018 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas, and competed in the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Everett Withers. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place in the West Division.
On November 18, head coach Everett Withers was fired. Defensive coordinator Chris Woods served as the interim head coach in their final game of the season. Withers finished at Texas State with a three-year record of 7–28. On November 28, West Virginia offensive coordinator Jake Spavital was hired as head coach for Texas State.

## Preseason
### Award watch lists

| Award | Player | Position | Year |
| Wuerffel Trophy | Tyler Watts | WR | SR |

### Sun Belt coaches poll

On July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Bobcats predicted to finish in last place in the West Division.
West Division :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 49 (9) |
| 2 | Louisiana–Monroe | 37 |
| 3 | South Alabama | 26 (1) |
| 4 | Louisiana | 25 |
| 5 | Texas State | 13 |

### Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams

The Bobcats had three players at four positions selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 11:00 a.m. | at Rutgers* | HighPoint.com StadiumPiscataway, NJ | BTN | L 7–35 | 40,124 |
| September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | Texas Southern* | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | KNVA | W 36–20 | 15,440 |
| September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | at South Alabama | Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL | ESPN+ | L 31–41 | 16,051 |
| September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | at UTSA* | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX (I-35 Rivalry) | ESPN+ | L 21–25 | 29,205 |
| October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | Louisiana | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | ESPN+ | L 27–42 | 17,062 |
| October 11 | 6:30 p.m. | Georgia Southern | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | ESPNU | L 13–15 | 9,545 |
| October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Monroe | Malone StadiumMonroe, LA | ESPN3 | L 14–20 | 13,235 |
| October 27 | 6:00 p.m. | New Mexico State* | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | ESPN3 | W 27–20 | 15,045 |
| November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at Georgia State | Georgia State StadiumAtlanta, GA | ESPN+ | W 40–31 | 11,312 |
| November 10 | 3:00 p.m. | Appalachian State | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | ESPN3 | L 7–38 | 11,482 |
| November 17 | 2:30 p.m. | at Troy | Veterans Memorial StadiumTroy, AL | ESPN+ | L 7–12 | 20,437 |
| November 24 | 3:00 p.m. | Arkansas State | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | ESPN3 | L 7–33 | 10,115 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Rutgers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Scarlet Knights | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |

### Texas Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| Bobcats | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 36 |

### At South Alabama

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Jaguars | 3 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 41 |

### At UTSA

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

### Louisiana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 7 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
| Bobcats | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 27 |

### Georgia Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| Bobcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 |

### At Louisiana–Monroe

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Warhawks | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA
* Date: October 20
* Game time: 6:00 p.m. CDT
* Game weather: 65° · Partly Cloudy · N – 12 mph.
* Game attendance: 13,235
* Referee: Marshall Lewis
* TV: ESPN3
Game information :
First quarter
TXST - Tyler Vitt 7-yard TD run, Clayton Stewart kick good, 8:38 (TXST 7-0)
ULM - Austin Vaughn 2-yard TD run, Craig Ford kick good, 6:47 (TIE 7-7)
Second quarter
ULM - Ford 43-yard field goal, 11:10 (ULM 10-7)
ULM - Brandius Batiste 27-yard TD pass from Caleb Evans, Ford kick good, 4:41 (ULM 17-7)
Third quarter
ULM - Ford 30-yard field goal, 0:44 (ULM 20-7)
Fourth quarter
TXST - Robert Brown Jr., 4-yard TD run, Stewart kick good, 7:18 (ULM 20-14)
Leading Passers
ULM - Caleb Evans - 13/29, 124 yards, TD
TXST - Tyler Vitt - 15/25, 115 yards
Leading Rushers
ULM - Caleb Evans - 14 carries, 85 yards
TXST - Robert Brown Jr. - 10 carries, 46 yards, TD
Leading Receivers
ULM - Marcus Green - 3 receptions, 36 yards
TXST - Keenen Brown - 4 receptions, 50 yards :

### New Mexico State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Bobcats | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 27 |

### At Georgia State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 13 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 40 |
| Panthers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 31 |

### Appalachian State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
| Bobcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### At Troy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Trojans | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 |

### Arkansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Wolves | 7 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 33 |
| Bobcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

## Coaching staff

After the 2017 season, Texas State hired Kyle Hoke as their 10th assistant coach. Defensive coordinator, Randall McCray, left San Marcos to join the coaching staff of the Arizona Cardinals, and Director of Football Operations, John Streicher, joined the staff of the Tennessee Titans. Withers promoted equipment manager, Zack Lucas, to Director of Football Operations. Oklahoma Offensive Quality Coach Chris Woods was hired to replace Randall McCray as the Defensive Coordinator by Withers. Co-Offensive Coordinator Parker Fleming left San Marcos to become the Special Teams Quality Control at Ohio State. On November 18, 2018 just after the second to last game of the 2018 season Everett Withers was released as the 19th Head Football Coach of Texas State after lack of success and improvement for the program. Defensive Coordinator Chris Woods became the interim coach for the season finale in Bobcat Stadium against Arkansas State. Coach Everett Withers was replaced by West Virginia offensive coordinator Jake Spavital.
| Name | Position | Year | Former Texas State positions held | Alma mater |
| Everett Withers | Head Coach | 2016 | | Appalachian State 1985 |
| Brett Elliott | Quarterback Coach | 2018 | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks 2016 | Linfield College 2005 |
| Chris Woods | Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers, Interim Head Coach | 2018 | | Davidson 1991 |
| Zak Kuhr | Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs | 2017 | | Florida 2013 |
| Preston Mason | Outside Linebackers | 2017 | Defensive Graduate Assistant 2016, Safeties 2017 | Appalachian State 2014 |
| Adrian Mayes | Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator | 2016 | Offensive Line | Kansas 2008 |
| Ron Antoine | Wide Receivers | 2016 | Running Backs/Tight Ends | Colorado State 1997 |
| Kyle Hoke | Secondary | 2018 | | Ball State 2012 |
| Jules Montinar | Cornerbacks/Special Teams Coordinator | 2016 | Cornerbacks 2016-2017 | Eastern Kentucky 2009 |
| Issac Mooring | Defensive Line | 2017 | | North Carolina 2003 |
| Eric Mateos | Offensive Line | 2017 | | Southwest Baptist 2011 |
| Zack Lucas | Director of Football Operations | 2015 | Equipment Manager 2015-2017, Asst Eq Manager 2012 | Oklahoma State 2010 |
| Michael George | Director of Player Personnel | 2016 | | Washington University in St. Louis 2005 |
| Clayton Barnes | Director of Player Development | 2017 | Offensive Line Intern 2016 | Texas A&M 2015 |