2018 Tennessee State Tigers football team

The 2018 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University 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. They were members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 4–5, 3–4 in OVC play to finish in fifth place.

2018 Tennessee State Tigers football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
2018 record4–5 (3–4 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Parker (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorGarry Fisher (2nd season)
Home stadiumNissan Stadium
(Capacity: 69,143)
Hale Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
2018 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 Jacksonville State $^  7 –1     8 –3  
No. 15 Southeast Missouri State ^  6 –2     8 –3  
Eastern Kentucky  5 –2     7 –4  
Murray State  5 –3     5 –6  
Tennessee State  3 –4     4 –5  
Eastern Illinois  3 –5     3 –8  
Austin Peay  3 –5     5 –6  
UT Martin  2 –6     2 –9  
Tennessee Tech  1 –7     1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2017 season 6–5, 2–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for seventh place.

Preseason

OVC media poll

On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Tigers predicted to finish in fourth place.[1] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Tigers predicted to finish in sixth place.[2]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State134 (14)
2Austin Peay114 (1)
3UT Martin96
4Tennessee State91
5Eastern Illinois83
6Eastern Kentucky64
7Murray State39
8Southeast Missouri State35
9Tennessee Tech19
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State126 (14)
2Austin Peay112 (4)
3UT Martin95
4Eastern Illinois73
5Eastern Kentucky69
6Tennessee State64
7Southeast Missouri State62
8Murray State24
9Tennessee Tech23

Preseason All-OVC team

The Tigers had three players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[3]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.Bethune–Cookman*
ESPN+W 34–314,069
September 86:00 p.m.vs. Jackson State*
FSS Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
September 155:00 p.m.at Hampton*
 Cancelled[lower-alpha 2]
September 222:00 p.m.at Eastern Illinois
ESPN+W 41–407,670
September 293:00 p.m.at Vanderbilt*
SECNL 27–3127,340
October 66:00 p.m.at Austin Peay
ESPN3L 34–4912,201
October 131:00 p.m.at Murray State
ESPN+L 21–453,318
October 204:30 p.m.Tennessee Tech
  • Nissan Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
ESPN+W 41–1417,283
November 31:00 p.m.at No. 25 Southeast Missouri State
ESPN+L 21–383,481
November 102:00 p.m.No. 8 Jacksonville State
ESPN+L 14–416,718
November 172:00 p.m.UT Martin
  • Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
ESPN+W 31–28 OT3,618
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
  1. The Jackson State game was cancelled due to inclement weather.
  2. The Hampton game was cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

Bethune–Cookman
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 3 0 0 3
Tigers 14 7 3 10 34
See also: 2018 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team

at Eastern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 13 13 15 41
Panthers 17 7 7 9 40
See also: 2018 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

at Vanderbilt
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 13 7 7 27
Commodores 0 10 14 7 31
See also: 2018 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

at Austin Peay
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 14 6 7 34
Governors 7 14 21 7 49
See also: 2018 Austin Peay Governors football team and Sgt. York Trophy

at Murray State
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 14 0 0 7 21
Racers 3 21 14 7 45
See also: 2018 Murray State Racers football team

Tennessee Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 14 14
Tigers 17 10 14 0 41
See also: 2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team and Sgt. York Trophy

at Southeast Missouri State
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 14 7 0 21
No. 25 Redhawks 3 21 14 0 38
See also: 2018 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

Jacksonville State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Gamecocks 20 7 0 14 41
Tigers 7 0 0 7 14
See also: 2018 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

UT Martin
1 2 3 4OT Total
Skyhawks 0 3 7 153 28
Tigers 0 12 3 106 31
See also: 2018 UT Martin Skyhawks football team and Sgt. York Trophy

References
  1. http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/media-pollsters-tab-jacksonville-state-as-2018-ovc-football-preseason-favorites.aspx
  2. http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/jacksonville-state-picked-as-2018-ohio-valley-conference-football-favorites.aspx?path=football
  3. http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/semos-terry-jsus-bridges-named-ovc-preseason-football-players-of-the-year.aspx?path=football
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