Louisiana Tech·Conference USA

2018 — The Winning Chapter

Louisiana Tech's 2018 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final result Bowl season Won the Hawaii Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Sout Ala 30-26 W vs Southern 54-17 L @ LSU 21-38 W @ Nort Tex 29-27 L vs UAB 7-28 W @ UTSA 31-3 W vs UTEP 31-24 W @ Flor Atl 21-13 L @ Miss St 3-45 W vs Rice 28-13 L @ Sout Mis 20-21 L vs West Ken 15-30 W vs Hawai'i 31-14 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Louisiana Tech 54, Southern 17. A 37-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Louisiana Tech 3, Mississippi State 45. A 42-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Louisiana Tech beat Hawai'i 31-14 in the postseason.

"Dunkin' Dogs"
— Louisiana Tech fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 is a middle chapter for Louisiana Tech — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.