North Texas·Conference USA

2018 — The Winning Chapter

North Texas's 2018 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-4
Final result Bowl season Lost the New Mexico Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -2.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs SMU 46-23 W vs Inca Wor 58-16 W @ Arkansas 44-17 W @ Liberty 47-7 L vs Loui Tec 27-29 W @ UTEP 27-24 W vs Sout Mis 30-7 L @ UAB 21-29 W vs Rice 41-17 L @ Old Dom 31-34 W vs Flor Atl 41-38 W @ UTSA 24-21 L vs Utah Sta 13-52 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: North Texas 58, Incarnate Word 16. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: North Texas 13, Utah State 52. A 39-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: North Texas fell to Utah State 13-52 in the postseason.

"GMG"
— North Texas fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 is a middle chapter for North Texas — 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.