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American college football season
The 2018 Murray State Racers football team represented Murray State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fourth-year head coach Mitch Stewart and played their home games at Roy Stewart Stadium . They were members of the Ohio Valley Conference . They finished the season 5–6, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place.
On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Racers predicted to finish in seventh place.[ 1] [ 2]
Media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Jacksonville State
134 (14)
2
Austin Peay
114 (1)
3
UT Martin
96
4
Tennessee State
91
5
Eastern Illinois
83
6
Eastern Kentucky
64
7
Murray State 39
8
Southeast Missouri State
35
9
Tennessee Tech
19
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Jacksonville State
126 (14)
2
Austin Peay
112 (4)
3
UT Martin
95
4
Eastern Illinois
73
5
Eastern Kentucky
69
6
Tennessee State
64
7
Southeast Missouri State
62
8
Murray State 24
9
Tennessee Tech
23
Preseason All-OVC team [ edit ] The Colonels had two players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[ 3]
Defense
Kenney Wooten – DL
Specialists
Gabriel Vicente – K
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 6:00 p.m. Southern Illinois * ESPN+ L 10–496,350 September 8 6:00 p.m. at No. 17 Central Arkansas * ESPN+ L 13–266,121 September 15 11:00 a.m. at Kentucky * SECN L 10–4848,217 September 29 6:00 p.m. UT Martin Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY ESPN+ W 45–3811,137 October 6 6:00 p.m. at Eastern Illinois ESPN+ W 48–413,063 October 13 1:00 p.m. Tennessee State Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY ESPN+ W 45–213,318 October 20 2:00 p.m. at Eastern Kentucky ESPN+ W 34–610,440 October 27 3:00 p.m. No. 12 Jacksonville State Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY ESPN+ L 15–428,053 November 3 1:30 p.m. at Tennessee Tech ESPN+ L 24–278,788 November 10 1:00 p.m. No. 21 Southeast Missouri State Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY ESPN+ W 40–382,087 November 17 4:00 p.m. at Austin Peay ESPN+ L 23–487,113 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
1
2
3
4
Total
Salukis
7
21
14
7
49
Racers
3
7
0
0
10
At Central Arkansas [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Racers
3
10
0
0
13
No. 17 Bears
7
13
0
6
26
1
2
3
4
Total
Racers
0
3
0
7
10
Wildcats
7
10
17
14
48
1
2
3
4
Total
Skyhawks
3
7
14
14
38
Racers
14
17
7
7
45
At Eastern Illinois [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Racers
10
14
14
10
48
Panthers
7
10
17
7
41
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
14
0
0
7
21
Racers
3
21
14
7
45
At Eastern Kentucky [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Racers
0
10
14
10
34
Colonels
3
0
3
0
6
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Gamecocks
14
7
7
14
42
Racers
6
3
6
0
15
1
2
3
4
Total
Racers
7
0
10
7
24
Golden Eagles
14
3
7
3
27
Southeast Missouri State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 21 Redhawks
17
14
0
7
38
Racers
0
7
17
16
40
1
2
3
4
Total
Racers
10
7
0
6
23
Governors
14
7
7
20
48
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ]
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