2018 North Alabama Lions football team
The 2018 North Alabama Lions football team represented the University of North Alabama during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Chris Willis. The Lions played their home games at Braly Municipal Stadium and were competing as an FCS Independent. They finished the season 7–3.
2018 North Alabama Lions football | |
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Conference | Independent |
2018 record | 7–3 |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Ryan Aplin (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Steadman Campbell (1st season) |
Home stadium | Braly Municipal Stadium (Capacity: 14,215) |
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North Alabama | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hampton | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Dakota | – | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
The Lions finished the season 5–5, 5–3 in Gulf South Conference (GSC) play to finish in a five-way tie for second place.
This was their final season as a member of the GSC and NCAA Division II as they will begin a transition to NCAA Division I and the Football Championship Subdivision where they will be a member of the Big South Conference in 2019 after playing 2018 as an FCS independent.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Southern Utah | Pluto TV | W 34–30 | 8,912 | |||
September 8 | 6:00 .m. | at Alabama A&M | W 25–20 | 15,100 | ||||
September 15 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 1 North Dakota State | ESPN+ | L 7–38 | 18,557 | |||
September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | Azusa Pacific | Lion Vision | W 37–35 | 5,314 | |||
September 29 | 5:00 p.m. | at Campbell | ESPN+ | L 7–30 | 6,352 | |||
October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | West Florida |
| Lion Vision | L 19–24 | 6,811 | ||
October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Mississippi College |
| Lion Vision | W 34–17 | 9,230 | ||
October 20 | 2:00 p.m. | at Jackson State | Livestream | W 24–7 | 19,750 | |||
November 3 | 1:30 p.m. | Shorter |
| Lion Vision | W 41–14 | 6,289 | ||
November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | North Greenville |
| Lion Vision | W 31–28 | 6,130 | ||
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Game summaries
at Southern Utah
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Lions | 3 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
Thunderbirds | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
at Alabama A&M
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Lions | 8 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 25 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
at North Dakota State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
No. 1 Bison | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
Azusa Pacific
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cougars | 6 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 35 |
Lions | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 37 |
at Campbell
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Lions | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Fighting Camels | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 30 |
West Florida
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Argonauts | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Lions | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
Mississippi College
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Choctaws | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
Lions | 21 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 34 |
at Jackson State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Lions | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Shorter
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hawks | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Lions | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 41 |
North Greenville
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Crusaders | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
Lions | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 31 |
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final | |||||||
STATS FCS | NR | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | ||||||||
Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
References
- "2018 Football Schedule". roarlions.com. University of North Alabama. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
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