2018 South Florida Bulls football
American Athletic Conference 7–6 (3–5 AAC) Charlie Strong (2nd season) Sterlin Gilbert (2nd season) Veer and shoot Brian Jean-Mary (2nd season) 3–3–5 Raymond James Stadium
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 .
The 2018 Bulls became the first team in college football history to start a season 7–0 and lose their final six games.
The Bulls replaced 11 starters from a 10-2 season in 2017. One of the biggest storylines of the offseason was the addition of graduate transfer Blake Barnett who was named the starting quarterback following stints at Alabama and Arizona State.
Listed in the order that they were released
Award Player Position Year
John Mackey Award Mitchell Wilcox TE JR Outland Trophy Marcus Norman T JR Wuerffel Trophy Jaymon Thomas DB SR
The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Bulls predicted to finish in second place in the AAC East Division.
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Media poll (East) 1 UCF 175 (25) 2 USF 140 (5) 3 Temple 132 4 Cincinnati 91 5 UConn 51 6 East Carolina 41
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 6:00 p.m. No. 12 (FCS) Elon* Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL ESPN3 W 34–14 31,217 September 8 12:00 p.m. Georgia Tech* Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL ABC/ESPN2 W 49–38 34,182 September 15 3:30 p.m. vs. Illinois* Soldier FieldChicago, IL BTN W 25–19 21,725 September 22 8:00 p.m. East Carolina Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL ESPNews W 20–13 34,562 October 6 3:30 p.m. at Massachusetts* Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA ELVN W 58–42 7,988 .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}October 12 7:00 p.m. at Tulsa No. 23 H. A. Chapman StadiumTulsa, OK ESPN W 25–24 16,142 October 20 7:00 p.m. UConn No. 21 Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL CBSSN W 38–30 42,127 October 27 3:30 p.m. at Houston No. 21 TDECU StadiumHouston, TX ABC/ESPN2 L 36–57 31,631 November 3 3:30 p.m. Tulane Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL CBSSN L 15–41 31,388 November 10 7:00 p.m. at No. 25 Cincinnati Nippert StadiumCincinnati, OH ESPNU L 23–35 29,310 November 17 12:00 a.m. at Temple Lincoln Financial FieldPhiladelphia, PA ESPNews L 17–27 21,029 November 23 4:00 p.m. No. 8 UCF Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL (War on I–4) ESPN L 10–38 57,626 December 20 8:00 p.m. Marshall* Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL (Gasparilla Bowl) ESPN L 20–38 14,135 *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time
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No. 12 (FCS) Phoenix 0 0 7 7 14 Bulls 7 17 7 3 34
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Yellow Jackets 17 0 14 7 38 Bulls 14 7 7 21 49
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Bulls 7 0 0 18 25 Fighting Illini 10 6 3 0 19
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Pirates 7 3 3 0 13 Bulls 6 7 0 7 20
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Bulls 10 10 28 10 58 Minutemen 7 7 14 14 42
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No. 23 Bulls 3 0 7 15 25 Golden Hurricane 7 3 14 0 24
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Huskies 7 0 7 16 30 No. 21 Bulls 0 7 17 14 38
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No. 21 Bulls 0 21 15 0 36 Cougars 14 14 15 14 57
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Green Wave 7 20 7 7 41 Bulls 3 0 6 6 15
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Bulls 9 7 7 0 23 No. 25 Bearcats 7 7 21 0 35
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Bulls 7 10 0 0 17 Owls 0 0 10 17 27
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No. 8 Knights 7 10 7 14 38 Bulls 0 3 7 0 10
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Thundering Herd 21 7 3 7 38 Bulls 7 3 10 0 20
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