2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

The 2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Mark Tucker and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in third place.

2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
ConferenceBig South Conference
2018 record5–6 (3–2 Big South)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorZane Vance (2nd season)
Home stadiumBuccaneer Field
(Capacity: 4,000)
2018 Big South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 5 Kennesaw State $^  5 0     11 2  
Monmouth  4 1     8 3  
Charleston Southern  3 2     5 6  
Gardner–Webb  2 3     3 8  
Campbell  1 4     6 5  
Presbyterian  0 5     2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Buccaneers finished the 2017 season 6–5, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in third place.

Preseason

Big South poll

In the Big South preseason poll released on July 23, 2018, the Buccaneers were predicted to finish in third place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Kennesaw State107 (17)
2Monmouth82 (1)
3Charleston Southern75
4Gardner–Webb52
5Campbell36
6Presbyterian26

Preseason All-Big South team

The Big South released their preseason all-Big South team on July 23, 2018, with the Buccaneers having seven players selected along with three more on the honorable mention list.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1 7:30 p.m. at Florida* SECN L 6–53 81,164
September 22 6:00 p.m. No. 12 Elon* ESPN+ L 22–31 2,465
September 29 2:00 p.m. at Hampton* ESPN+ W 48–14 5,124
October 6 6:00 p.m. at Savannah State* ESPN3 L 3–23 2,970
October 13 6:00 p.m. Virginia–Lynchburg*
  • Buccaneer Field
  • North Charleston, SC
ESPN+ W 58–6 1,473
October 20 6:00 p.m. Presbyterian
  • Buccaneer Field
  • North Charleston, SC
ESPN+ W 41–7 2,000
October 27 6:00 p.m. No. 2 Kennesaw State
  • Buccaneer Field
  • North Charleston, SC
ESPN+ L 10–38 1,242
November 3 1:00 p.m. at Monmouth ESPN3 L 3–37 1,492
November 10 3:00 p.m. Gardner–Webb
  • Buccaneer Field
  • North Charleston, SC
ESPN+ W 16–0 1,640
November 17 2:00 p.m. at Campbell ESPN+ W 12–7 4,348
November 29[lower-alpha 1] 7:00 p.m. at The Citadel* ESPN+ L 14–43 7,877
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. This game was originally scheduled for September 15, but it was rescheduled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

at Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 6 6
Gators 10 28 13 2 53

Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Phoenix 3 7 21 0 31
Buccaneers 13 6 3 0 22

at Hampton

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 14 21 6 7 48
Pirates 0 14 0 0 14

at Savannah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 3 0 0 3
Tigers 7 7 0 9 23

Virginia–Lynchburg

1 2 3 4 Total
Dragons 0 0 0 6 6
Buccaneers 3 20 14 21 58

Presbyterian

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hose 7 0 0 0 7
Buccaneers 0 17 17 7 41

Kennesaw State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 2 Owls 7 17 7 7 38
Buccaneers 3 7 0 0 10

at Monmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 3 0 3
Hawks 7 17 3 10 37

Gardner–Webb

1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
Buccaneers 3 13 0 0 16

at Campbell

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 9 3 0 12
Fighting Camels 0 0 7 0 7

at The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 14 0 0 14
Bulldogs 14 23 3 3 43

References

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