American college football season
2018 Miami RedHawks football |
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
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Division | East Division |
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Record | 6–6 (6–2 MAC) |
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Head coach | - Chuck Martin (5th season)
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Co-offensive coordinator | George Barnett (5th season) |
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Co-offensive coordinator | Eric Koehler (5th season) |
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Offensive scheme | Multiple |
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Co-defensive coordinator | John Hauser (3rd season) |
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Co-defensive coordinator | Spence Nowinsky (1st season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Yager Stadium |
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The 2018 Miami RedHawks football team represented Miami University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Chuck Martin and played their home games at Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 6–2 in MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the East division. Despite being bowl eligible, they were not invited to a bowl game.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
Preseason media poll
The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the RedHawks predicted to finish in third place in the East Division.[9]
East Division |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | Ohio | 140 (21) |
2 | Buffalo | 112 (1) |
3 | Miami | 95 (2) |
4 | Akron | 74 |
5 | Bowling Green | 58 |
6 | Kent State | 25 |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 3:30 p.m. | Marshall* | | ESPN+ | L 28–35 | 15,827 |
September 8 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. Cincinnati* | | ESPN3/FOX 19 | L 0–21 | 16,062 |
September 15 | 3:30 p.m. | at Minnesota* | | BTN | L 3–26 | 41,162 |
September 22 | 3:00 p.m. | at Bowling Green | | ESPN+ | W 38–23 | 14,380 |
September 29 | 3:30 p.m. | Western Michigan | | ESPN+ | L 39–40 | 15,012 |
October 6 | 3:30 p.m. | at Akron | | ESPN+ | W 41–17 | 22,437 |
October 13 | 2:30 p.m. | Kent State | | ESPN+ | W 31–6 | 5,003 |
October 20 | 12:00 p.m. | at Army* | | CBSSN | L 30–31 2OT | 38,016 |
October 30 | 8:00 p.m. | at Buffalo | | ESPN2 | L 42–51 | 15,682 |
November 7 | 7:00 p.m. | Ohio | | ESPNU | W 30–28 | 15,975 |
November 14 | 8:00 p.m. | at Northern Illinois | | ESPNU | W 13–7 | 4,878 |
November 20 | 7:00 p.m. | Ball State | | ESPN+ | W 42–21 | 17,639 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Source:[10]
Game summaries
Marshall
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Thundering Herd | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
RedHawks | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
Vs. Cincinnati
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
RedHawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bearcats | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
At Minnesota
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
RedHawks | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Golden Gophers | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
At Bowling Green
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
RedHawks | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
Falcons | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 23 |
Western Michigan
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Broncos | 14 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 40 |
RedHawks | 17 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 39 |
At Akron
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
RedHawks | 0 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 41 |
Zips | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Kent State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Golden Flashes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
RedHawks | 0 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
At Army
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
RedHawks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 30 |
Black Knights | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
At Buffalo
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
RedHawks | 14 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 42 |
Bulls | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 51 |
Ohio
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bobcats | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
RedHawks | 7 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
At Northern Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
RedHawks | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
Huskies | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Ball State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Cardinals | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
RedHawks | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
13th game proposal
Miami was one of four bowl-eligible teams that did not receive a bowl game invitation. The university unsuccessfully attempted to schedule a 13th game with Louisiana-Monroe, which also did not go to a bowl.[11]
References
- ^ "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Doak Walker Award Candidates". July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ "2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ "Watch List for 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ® Presented by A. O. Smith Announced". August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ "Manning Award: See which quarterbacks made the preseason watch list for 2018". August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ "NIU & Ohio Picked as Divisional Winners in 2018 MAC Football Media Preseason Poll".
- ^ Miami (OH) RedHawks 2018 football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
- ^ Vinel, Chris (December 4, 2018). "Miami football done for season". The Miami Student. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
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