American college football season
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.
On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Tigers predicted to finish in fourth place.[ 1] [ 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 [ edit ] The Tigers had three players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[ 3]
Offense
Steven Newbold – WR
Defense
Vincent Sellers – DB
Dajour Nesbeth – DB
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 p.m. Bethune–Cookman * ESPN+ W 34–314,069 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 41–407,670 September 29 3:00 p.m. at Vanderbilt * SECN L 27–3127,340 October 6 6:00 p.m. at Austin Peay ESPN3 L 34–4912,201 October 13 1:00 p.m. at Murray State ESPN+ L 21–453,318 October 20 4:30 p.m. Tennessee Tech Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN ESPN+ W 41–1417,283 November 3 1:00 p.m. at No. 25 Southeast Missouri State ESPN+ L 21–383,481 November 10 2:00 p.m. No. 8 Jacksonville State ESPN+ L 14–416,718 November 17 2:00 p.m. UT Martin Hale Stadium Nashville, TN ESPN+ W 31–28 OT 3,618 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
^ The Jackson State game was cancelled due to inclement weather. ^ The Hampton game was cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence . 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 3 0 0 3 Tigers 14 7 3 10 34
At Eastern Illinois [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 13 13 15 41 Panthers 17 7 7 9 40
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 13 7 7 27 Commodores 0 10 14 7 31
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 7 14 6 7 34 Governors 7 14 21 7 49
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 14 0 0 7 21 Racers 3 21 14 7 45
1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 0 0 0 14 14 Tigers 17 10 14 0 41
At Southeast Missouri State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 14 7 0 21 No. 25 Redhawks 3 21 14 0 38
1 2 3 4 Total No. 8 Gamecocks 20 7 0 14 41 Tigers 7 0 0 7 14
1 2 3 4 OT Total Skyhawks 0 3 7 15 3 28 Tigers 0 12 3 10 6 31
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