2018 Tennessee State Tigers football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record4–5 (3–4 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Parker (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorGarry Fisher (2nd season)
Home stadiumNissan Stadium
Hale Stadium
2018 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

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.

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 Techdagger
  • Nissan Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
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
ESPN+W 31–28 OT3,618
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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

At Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 13 13 15 41
Panthers 17 7 7 9 40

At Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 13 7 7 27
Commodores 0 10 14 7 31

At Austin Peay

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 14 6 7 34
Governors 7 14 21 7 49

At Murray State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 14 0 0 7 21
Racers 3 21 14 7 45

Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 14 14
Tigers 17 10 14 0 41

At Southeast Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 14 7 0 21
No. 25 Redhawks 3 21 14 0 38

Jacksonville State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Gamecocks 20 7 0 14 41
Tigers 7 0 0 7 14

UT Martin

1 2 3 4OT Total
Skyhawks 0 3 7 153 28
Tigers 0 12 3 106 31

References

  1. ↑ "Media Pollsters Tab Jacksonville State as 2018 OVC Football Preseason Favorites".
  2. ↑ "Jacksonville State Picked as 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Football Favorites".
  3. ↑ "SEMO's Terry, JSU's Bridges Named OVC Preseason Football Players of the Year".
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