2018_South_Florida_Bulls_football_team

2018 South Florida Bulls football
2018 South Florida Bulls football
Gasparilla Bowl, L 20–38 vs. Marshall
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	7–6 (3–5 AAC)
Head coach	Charlie Strong (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Sterlin Gilbert (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Veer and shoot
Defensive coordinator	Brian Jean-Mary (2nd season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Raymond James Stadium
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 South Florida Bulls football team

American college football season

The 2018 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, and were led by second-year head coach Charlie Strong. The Bulls competed as members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 3–5 in AAC play to finish in fourth place in the East Division. They were invited to the Gasparilla Bowl where they lost to Marshall.

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The 2018 Bulls became the first team in college football history to start a season 7–0 and lose their final six games.^[1]

Game summaries

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Award	Player	Position	Year
John Mackey Award^[2]	Mitchell Wilcox	TE	JR
Outland Trophy^[3]	Marcus Norman	T	JR
Wuerffel Trophy^[4]	Jaymon Thomas	DB	SR

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	No. 12 (FCS) Elon*		Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN3	W 34–14	31,217
September 8	12:00 p.m.	Georgia Tech*		Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ABC/ESPN2	W 49–38	34,182
September 15	3:30 p.m.	vs. Illinois*		Soldier Field Chicago, IL	BTN	W 25–19	21,725
September 22	8:00 p.m.	East Carolina		Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPNews	W 20–13	34,562
October 6	3:30 p.m.	at Massachusetts*		Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ELVN	W 58–42	7,988
October 12	7:00 p.m.	at Tulsa	No. 23	H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	ESPN	W 25–24	16,142
October 20	7:00 p.m.	UConn	No. 21	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	CBSSN	W 38–30	42,127
October 27	3:30 p.m.	at Houston	No. 21	TDECU Stadium Houston, TX	ABC/ESPN2	L 36–57	31,631
November 3	3:30 p.m.	Tulane		Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	CBSSN	L 15–41	31,388
November 10	7:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Cincinnati		Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPNU	L 23–35	29,310
November 17	12:00 a.m.	at Temple		Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPNews	L 17–27	21,029
November 23	4:00 p.m.	No. 8 UCF		Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (War on I–4)	ESPN	L 10–38	57,626
December 20	8:00 p.m.	Marshall*		Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (Gasparilla Bowl)	ESPN	L 20–38	14,135
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 (FCS) Phoenix	0	0	7	7	14
Bulls	7	17	7	3	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yellow Jackets	17	0	14	7	38
Bulls	14	7	7	21	49

v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 11 UCF x$	8	–	0	12	–	1
Temple	7	–	1	8	–	5
No. 24 Cincinnati	6	–	2	11	–	2
South Florida	3	–	5	7	–	6
East Carolina	1	–	7	3	–	9
UConn	0	–	8	1	–	11
West Division
Memphis xy	5	–	3	8	–	6
Houston x	5	–	3	8	–	5
Tulane x	5	–	3	7	–	6
SMU	4	–	4	5	–	7
Navy	2	–	6	3	–	10
Tulsa	2	–	6	3	–	9
Championship: UCF 56, Memphis 41
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	7	0	0	18	25
Fighting Illini	10	6	3	0	19

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Bulls	3	0	7	15	25
Golden Hurricane	7	3	14	0	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	7	0	7	16	30
No. 21 Bulls	0	7	17	14	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave	7	20	7	7	41
Bulls	3	0	6	6	15