2018 Hampton Pirates football team

The 2018 Hampton Pirates football team represents Hampton University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by first-year head coach Robert Prunty and play their home games at Armstrong Stadium. They will compete as a FCS independent.

2018 Hampton Pirates football
ConferenceIndependent
2018 record7–3
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian White (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorHank Hughes (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorRyan Anderson (1st season)
Home stadiumArmstrong Stadium
(Capacity: 17,000)
2018 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Alabama   –     7 –3  
Hampton   –     7 –3  
North Dakota   –     6 –5  

On November 16, 2017, the school announced they would become a full member of the Big South Conference in 2018.[1] Due to scheduling reasons, they were to remain in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) for football in 2018.[2] However, the MEAC refused to allow Hampton to remain in the conference, with no MEAC schools agreeing to play them, forcing the Pirates to become an FCS independent for 2018 before joining the Big South in 2019.

Previous season

In their final season as a member of the MEAC, the Pirates finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

On November 20, 2017, head coach Connell Maynor resigned to become the head coach at Alabama A&M.[3] He finished at Hampton with a four-year record of 20–25.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.Shaw
ESPN+W 38–107,123
September 83:00 p.m.at Monmouth
ESPN+L 28–563,092
September 156:00 p.m.Tennessee State
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
ESPN+ Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
September 225:00p.m.at No. 25 Northern Iowa
ESPN3L 0–449,116
September 292:00 p.m.Charleston Southern
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
ESPN+L 14–485,124
October 62:00 p.m.Lane
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
ESPN+W 41–85,123
October 1312:00 p.m.at Presbyterian
ESPN+W 24–232,108
October 272:00 p.m.Virginia–Lynchburg
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
ESPN+W 51–288,750
November 31:00 p.m.at SUNY Maritime
W 51–10468
November 102:00 p.m.at Mississippi Valley State
W 54–391,408
November 171:00 p.m.St. Andrews
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
ESPN+W 44–176,514
  1. The Tennessee State game was cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

Shaw
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 7 0 3 10
Pirates 10 14 7 7 38

at Monmouth
1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 14 0 7 7 28
Hawks 7 21 21 7 56
See also: 2018 Monmouth Hawks football team

at Northern Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0
No. 25 Panthers 10 10 21 3 44
See also: 2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Charleston Southern
1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 14 21 6 7 48
Pirates 0 14 0 0 14
See also: 2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

Lane
1 2 3 4 Total
Dragons 0 0 8 0 8
Pirates 17 3 14 7 41

at Presbyterian
1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 0 10 7 24
Blue Hose 10 7 0 6 23
See also: 2018 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

Virginia–Lynchburg
1 2 3 4 Total
Dragons 7 21 0 0 28
Pirates 20 10 7 14 51

at SUNY Maritime
1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 21 7 16 7 51
Privateers 0 3 0 7 10

at Mississippi Valley State
1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 28 12 14 0 54
Delta Devils 7 17 7 8 39
See also: 2018 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team

St. Andrews
1 2 3 4 Total
Knights 0
Pirates 0

References
  1. Johnson, Dave (November 16, 2017). "Hampton to leave MEAC for Big South". Daily Press. Hampton University Moves to The Big South Conference during this mornings Press Conference at in Hampton.
  2. Winkler, Adam (February 20, 2018). "Conference quarrel: MEAC responds to Hampton's claims of conference punishing Pirates for leaving". WTKR.
  3. Johnson, Dave (November 20, 2017). "Maynor resigns as HU football coach". Daily Press. Connell Maynor has resigned as Hampton University's football coach.
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