American college football season
2018 Tennessee State Tigers football |
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Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
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Record | 4–5 (3–4 OVC) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Jeff Parker (4th season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Garry Fisher (2nd season) |
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Home stadium | Nissan Stadium Hale Stadium |
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The 2018 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at Nissan Stadium and Hale Stadium. Tennessee State finished the season 4–5 overall and 3–4 in OVC play to place fifth.
Preseason
On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Tigers predicted to finish in fourth place.[1] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Tigers predicted to finish in sixth place.[2]
Media poll Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | Jacksonville State | 134 (14) |
2 | Austin Peay | 114 (1) |
3 | UT Martin | 96 |
4 | Tennessee State | 91 |
5 | Eastern Illinois | 83 |
6 | Eastern Kentucky | 64 |
7 | Murray State | 39 |
8 | Southeast Missouri State | 35 |
9 | Tennessee Tech | 19 |
Coaches poll Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | Jacksonville State | 126 (14) |
2 | Austin Peay | 112 (4) |
3 | UT Martin | 95 |
4 | Eastern Illinois | 73 |
5 | Eastern Kentucky | 69 |
6 | Tennessee State | 64 |
7 | Southeast Missouri State | 62 |
8 | Murray State | 24 |
9 | Tennessee Tech | 23 |
Preseason All-OVC team
The Tigers had three players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[3]
Offense Steven Newbold – WR Defense Vincent Sellers – DB Dajour Nesbeth – DB |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | Bethune–Cookman* | | ESPN+ | W 34–3 | 14,069 |
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. Jackson State* | | FSS | Cancelled[a] | |
September 15 | 5:00 p.m. | at Hampton* | | | Cancelled[b] | |
September 22 | 2:00 p.m. | at Eastern Illinois | | ESPN+ | W 41–40 | 7,670 |
September 29 | 3:00 p.m. | at Vanderbilt* | | SECN | L 27–31 | 27,340 |
October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | at Austin Peay | | ESPN3 | L 34–49 | 12,201 |
October 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at Murray State | | ESPN+ | L 21–45 | 3,318 |
October 20 | 4:30 p.m. | Tennessee Tech![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Nissan Stadium
- Nashville, TN
| ESPN+ | W 41–14 | 17,283 |
November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Southeast Missouri State | | ESPN+ | L 21–38 | 3,481 |
November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 8 Jacksonville State | | ESPN+ | L 14–41 | 6,718 |
November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | UT Martin | - Hale Stadium
- Nashville, TN
| ESPN+ | W 31–28 OT | 3,618 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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- ^ The Jackson State game was cancelled due to inclement weather.
- ^ The Hampton game was cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.
Game summaries
Bethune–Cookman
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wildcats | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Tigers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 34 |
At Eastern Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 0 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 41 |
Panthers | 17 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 40 |
At Vanderbilt
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
Commodores | 0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
At Austin Peay
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 7 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 34 |
Governors | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 49 |
At Murray State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Racers | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
Tennessee Tech
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Golden Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Tigers | 17 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 41 |
At Southeast Missouri State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
No. 25 Redhawks | 3 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 38 |
Jacksonville State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 8 Gamecocks | 20 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 41 |
Tigers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
UT Martin
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
Skyhawks | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 28 |
Tigers | 0 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
References
- ^ "Media Pollsters Tab Jacksonville State as 2018 OVC Football Preseason Favorites".
- ^ "Jacksonville State Picked as 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Football Favorites".
- ^ "SEMO's Terry, JSU's Bridges Named OVC Preseason Football Players of the Year".
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