American college football season
The 2018 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team represented Mississippi Valley State University as a member of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by first-year head coach Vincent Dancy , the Delta Devils compiled an overall record of 1–10 and a mark of 1–6 in conference play, placing last out of five teams in the SWAC's East Division. Mississippi Valley State played home games at Rice–Totten Stadium in Itta Bena, Mississippi .
During the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Delta Devils were predicted to finish last in the East Division.[ 1]
East Division Predicted finish Team Votes 1 Alcorn State 95 2 Alabama State 72 3 Jackson State 55 4 Alabama A&M 51 5 Mississippi Valley State 27
Presason All-SWAC Team [ edit ] The Delta Devils had two players selected to Preseason All-SWAC Teams.
1st team
Quinn McElfresh – Sr. WR
1st team
Patrick Harbin – Sr. LB
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 6:00 p.m. at North Dakota * L 7–358,884 September 8 6:00 p.m. at No. 13 Jacksonville State * ESPN+ L 0–7121,864 September 22 6:00 p.m. Alcorn State L 20–56N/A October 6 6:00 p.m. at Bethune–Cookman * L 27–4110,278 October 13 2:00 p.m. at Jackson State L 7–2329,500 October 20 2:00 p.m. Arkansas–Pine Bluff Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS W 48–47 2OT October 27 2:00 p.m. at Texas Southern L 14–425,782 November 3 2:00 p.m. at Grambling State L 19–2416,151 November 10 1:00 p.m. Hampton * Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS L 39–541,408 November 17 1:00 p.m. Alabama A&M Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS L 14–421,879 1:00 p.m. at Alabama State L 24–31 OT 11,593 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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1 2 3 4 Total Delta Devils 0 7 0 0 7 Fighting Hawks 14 7 7 7 35
At Jacksonville State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Delta Devils 0 0 0 0 0 No. 13 Gamecocks 15 21 21 14 71
1 2 3 4 Total Braves 10 17 14 15 56 Delta Devils 7 0 7 6 20
1 2 3 4 Total Delta Devils 7 7 6 7 27 Wildcats 0 28 6 7 41
1 2 3 4 Total Delta Devils 0 0 7 0 7 Tigers 14 6 0 3 23
[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Golden Lions 0 17 10 7 7 6 47 Delta Devils 0 6 7 21 7 7 48
1 2 3 4 Total Delta Devils 0 0 7 7 14 Tigers 7 14 7 14 42
1 2 3 4 Total Delta Devils 6 7 6 0 19 Tigers 3 14 7 0 24
1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 28 12 14 0 54 Delta Devils 7 17 7 8 39
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 21 14 0 42 Delta Devils 7 0 7 0 14
1 2 3 4 OT Total Delta Devils 7 7 10 0 0 24 Hornets 7 7 0 10 7 31
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