2018_Louisiana_Tech_Bulldogs_football_team

2018 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
2018 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
Hawaii Bowl champion
Hawaii Bowl, W 31–14 vs. Hawaii
Conference	Conference USA
	West Division
Record	8–5 (5–3 C-USA)
Head coach	Skip Holtz (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Todd Fitch (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Blake Baker (4th season)
Base defense	Multiple
Captains	O'Shea Dugas (Sr. year); Teddy Veal (Sr. year); Jaylon Ferguson (Sr. year); Dae'Von Washington (Sr. year);
Home stadium	Joe Aillet Stadium
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

American college football season

The 2018 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented Louisiana Tech University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs played their home games at the Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They were led by sixth-year head coach Skip Holtz. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl where they defeated Hawaii.

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2018 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Rhashid Bonnette	Jr
QB	`3`	Aaron Allen	Fr
WR	`4`	Alfred Smith	So
WR	`6`	Adrian Hardy	So
QB	`8`	J'Mar Smith	Jr
WR	`9`	Teddy Veal	Sr
QB	`10`	Westin Elliott	Jr
WR	`11`	Jon Randall Belton	So
QB	`13`	Nate Cox	Fr
WR	`13`	Isaiah Graham	Jr
WR	`14`	Praise Okorie	So
RB/WR	`15`	Kam McKnight	Sr
TE	`16`	Zach Cousar	So
WR	`19`	Smoke Harris	Fr
RB	`22`	Israel Tucker	So
RB	`23`	Jaqwis Dancy	Jr
WR	`24`	Joshua Matthews	Fr
WR	`27`	Cualan Williams	Fr
RB	`29`	DeAndre Marcus	Fr
RB	`30`	Jordan Myles	Fr
RB	`31`	Justin Henderson	So
WR/RB	`41`	Bobby Holly	Jr
OL	`54`	Hanner Shipley	Sr
OL	`55`	Drew Kirkpatrick	Jr
OL	`56`	Jacob Adams	Fr
OL	`57`	DeVante Lovett	Jr
OL	`59`	Noah Pitre	Fr
OL	`61`	Ethan Reed	Jr
OL	`62`	Abraham Delfin	Fr
OL	`64`	Joshua Mote	Fr
OL	`65`	Kody Russey	So
OL	`66`	Shane Carpenter	Sr
OL	`68`	Justin Throckmorton	Fr
OL	`69`	Drake Carroll	Fr
OL	`72`	Christian Henderson	Fr
OL	`73`	Willie Allen	So
OL	`74`	O'Shea Dugas	Sr
OL	`75`	Michael Rodriguez	Sr
OL	`76`	Biron Rossell	Fr
OL	`77`	Gewhite Stallworth	Sr
OL	`78`	Taylor Fondel	So
WR	`80`	Griffin Hebert	Fr
WR	`81`	Cee Jay Powell	So
TE	`82`	Peyton Braswell	Jr
WR	`83`	Jake Norris	So
WR	`84`	Javonte Woodard	Jr
WR	`86`	Wayne Toussant	Fr
WR	`87`	George Scott	So
WR	`89`	Tahj Magee	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`2`	Connor Taylor	Jr
LB	`3`	Trey Baldwin	Jr
CB	`5`	Michael Sam	Jr
S	`7`	Jaiden Cole	So
S	`8`	Brandon Floyd	Jr
S	`10`	James Jackson	Jr
S	`14`	Daniel Lewis	Sr
LB	`16`	Reggie Cleveland	So
CB	`17`	Brodrick Calhoun	Fr
CB	`18`	Zach Hannibal	So
S	`20`	Kollin Hurt	Fr
CB	`21`	Amik Robertson	So
CB	`24`	L'Jarius Sneed	Jr
S	`25`	Bee Jay Williamson	Fr
S	`26`	Jacorion Andrews	Fr
S	`28`	Jordan Baldwin	Sr
CB	`30`	Aaron Roberson	Jr
CB	`32`	Trey Spencer	Sr
LB	`33`	Dae'von Washington	Sr
LB	`35`	Collin Scott	Jr
CB	`37`	Ephraim Kitchen	Jr
S	`38`	Darryl Lewis	Jr
LB	`39`	Randy Hogan	Sr
S	`42`	Derek Turner	Fr
S	`43`	Xavier Lodge	Fr
LB	`44`	Brandon Durman	Sr
DE	`45`	Jaylon Ferguson	Sr
S	`46`	Ezekiel Barnett	So
DE	`47`	Eric Kendzior	Jr
LB	`48`	Alex Zayed	So
LB	`49`	Isaiah Windmon	Fr
DT	`50`	Chris Spence	So
DT	`52`	D. J. Jackson	Fr
LB	`56`	Jacob Adams	Fr
DT	`58`	Charles Adeola	Jr
DE	`86`	Willie Baker	So
DT	`90`	Courtney Wallace	Jr
DE	`91`	Steven Shaw	Fr
DT	`92`	La'Dante Davenport	Jr
DE	`93`	Immanuel Turner	Sr
DT	`94`	Jordan Bradford	Sr
DE	`95`	Matthew Ydarraga	Sr
DT	`96`	Ka'Derrion Mason	Jr
DE	`97`	Milton Williams	Fr
DE	`98`	Tristan Allen	Fr
DT	`99`	Keonatye Garner	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`18`	Will Parker	Sr
K	`29`	Brady Farlow	Jr
K	`34`	Bailey Hale	Jr
P	`36`	Davan Dyer	Sr
LS	`40`	Kyle Conrad	So
LS	`49`	Reeves Blankenship	Fr

Head coach

Skip Holtz (Notre Dame)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Blake Baker (Tulane)
Defensive coordinator, safeties
Todd Fitch (Ohio Wesleyan)
Offensive coordinator, wide receivers
Joe Sloan (East Carolina)
Assistant coach, inside receivers
Jeff Burris (Notre Dame)
Assistant coach, cornerbacks
Brian Gamble (Texas A&M)
Assistant coach, linebackers
Robert McFarland (McNeese State)
Assistant coach, offensive line
Rick Petri (Missouri-Rolla)
Assistant coach, defensive line
Tim Rattay (Louisiana Tech)
Assistant coach, quarterbacks
Tony Ball (Chattanooga)
Assistant coach, running backs
Erik Link (Drake)
Special teams coordinator

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: April 20, 2019

Game summaries

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Predicted finish	Team
West Division
1	North Texas
2	Louisiana Tech
3	UAB
4	Southern Miss
5	UTSA
T–6	Rice
T–6	UTEP

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at South Alabama*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN+	W 30–26	13,457
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Southern*	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	ESPN+	W 54–17	22,926
September 22	6:00 p.m.	at No. 6 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	ESPNU	L 21–38	102,321
September 29	6:30 p.m.	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	beIN	W 29–27	30,105
October 6	6:00 p.m.	UAB	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	Stadium	L 7–28	18,983
October 13	6:00 p.m.	at UTSA	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	W 31–3	20,057
October 20	2:30 p.m.	UTEP	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	ESPN+	W 31–24	18,972
October 26	5:30 p.m.	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	CBSSN	W 21–13	14,948
November 3	6:30 p.m.	at No. 21 Mississippi State*	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	SECN	L 3–45	58,709
November 10	6:00 p.m.	Rice	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	ESPN+	W 28–13	15,283
November 17	2:30 p.m.	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS (Rivalry in Dixie)	Stadium	L 20–21	19,142
November 24	11:00 a.m.	Western Kentucky	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	CBSSN	L 15–30	11,459
December 22	9:30 p.m.	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Hawaii Bowl)	ESPN	W 31–14	30,911
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	10	7	7	31
Roadrunners	0	0	3	0	3

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
(LT) Bulldogs	3	0	0	0	3
No. 18 (MSST) Bulldogs	21	10	7	7	45

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	3	7	3	13
Bulldogs	0	7	14	7	28

2018_Louisiana_Tech_Bulldogs_football_team

2018 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

Preseason

Award watch lists

Preseason All-Conference USA team

Preseason media poll

Roster

Schedule

Radio

Game summaries

At South Alabama

Southern

At LSU

At North Texas

UAB

At UTSA

UTEP

At Florida Atlantic

At Mississippi State

Rice

At Southern Miss

Western Kentucky

Vs. Hawaii (Hawaii Bowl)

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Middle Tennessee x	7	–	1	8	–	6
Marshall	6	–	2	9	–	4
FIU	6	–	2	9	–	4
Charlotte	4	–	4	5	–	7
Florida Atlantic	3	–	5	5	–	7
Old Dominion	2	–	6	4	–	8
Western Kentucky	2	–	6	3	–	9
West Division
UAB x$	7	–	1	11	–	3
North Texas	5	–	3	9	–	4
Louisiana Tech	5	–	3	8	–	5
Southern Miss	5	–	3	6	–	5
UTSA	2	–	6	3	–	9
UTEP	1	–	7	1	–	11
Rice	1	–	7	2	–	11
Championship: UAB 27, Middle Tennessee 25
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

Award	Player	Position	Year
Chuck Bednarik Award^[1]	Jaylon Ferguson	DE	SR
Fred Biletnikoff Award^[2]	Teddy Veal	WR	SR
Jim Thorpe Award^[3]	Amik Robertson	CB	SO
Bronko Nagurski Trophy^[4]	Jaylon Ferguson	DE	SR
Outland Trophy^[5]	O'Shea Dugas	OL	SR
Wuerffel Trophy^[6]	J'Mar Smith	QB	JR
Ted Hendricks Award^[7]	Jaylon Ferguson	DE	SR
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award^[8]	J'Mar Smith	QB	JR