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2018 Northern Colorado

2–⁠9 (2–⁠6 Big Sky).

Schedule and results

Northern Colorado in 2018, game by game: lost vs. McNeese 14–17; lost at South Dakota 28–43; lost vs. Sacramento State 25–28; lost at Weber State 28–45; lost vs. North Dakota 13–38; lost vs. UC Davis 36–49; lost at Portland State 14–35; won vs. Northern Arizona 42–14; won at Southern Utah 42–39; lost vs. Eastern Washington 13–48; lost at Montana State 7–35+28−35Lost 14–17 vs. McNeese-3McNeeseLost 28–43 at South Dakota-15South DakotaLost 25–28 vs. Sacramento State-3Sacramento StateLost 28–45 at Weber State-17Weber StateLost 13–38 vs. North Dakota-25North DakotaLost 36–49 vs. UC Davis-13UC DavisLost 14–35 at Portland State-21Portland StateWon 42–14 vs. Northern Arizona+28Northern ArizonaWon 42–39 at Southern Utah+3Southern UtahLost 13–48 vs. Eastern Washington-35Eastern Washing…Lost 7–35 at Montana State-28Montana State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsMcNeeseL 14–⁠1736%
Sep 8atSouth DakotaL 28–⁠4325%
Sep 15vsSacramento StateL 25–⁠2841%
Sep 22atWeber StateL 28–⁠4516%
Sep 29vsNorth DakotaL 13–⁠3848%
Oct 6vsUC DavisL 36–⁠4928%
Oct 13atPortland StateL 14–⁠3539%
Oct 20vsNorthern ArizonaW 42–⁠1431%
Oct 27atSouthern UtahW 42–⁠3927%
Nov 3vsEastern WashingtonL 13–⁠4823%
Nov 10atMontana StateL 7–⁠3525%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Montana State 35–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Big Sky.

In program history: The 29th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 56 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
2–⁠6 11th in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
262–⁠391
Coach
—
Elo
1173 −69 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−31.9 No. 80 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jon Boyer
Defensive coordinator
Marty English
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

2018 Big Sky standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Eastern Washington9–⁠112–⁠3
Weber State7–⁠110–⁠3
UC Davis7–⁠210–⁠3
Montana State5–⁠38–⁠5
Idaho State4–⁠36–⁠5
Montana4–⁠36–⁠5
Cal Poly4–⁠55–⁠6
Portland State3–⁠44–⁠7
Northern Arizona2–⁠54–⁠6
Idaho2–⁠54–⁠7
Northern Colorado2–⁠62–⁠9
Sacramento State1–⁠62–⁠8
Southern Utah1–⁠71–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.