2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

The 2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Chanticleers were led by sixth-year head coach Joe Moglia and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. They competed as a member of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.

2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record5–7 (2–6 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJamey Chadwell (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorMarvin Sanders (1st season)
Home stadiumBrooks Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Appalachian State xy$   7 1     11 2  
Troy x   7 1     10 3  
Georgia Southern   6 2     10 3  
Coastal Carolina   2 6     5 7  
Georgia State   1 7     2 10  
West Division
Louisiana xy   5 3     7 7  
Arkansas State x   5 3     8 5  
Louisiana–Monroe   4 4     6 6  
South Alabama   2 6     3 9  
Texas State   1 7     3 9  
Championship: Appalachian State 30, Louisiana 19
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant

Preseason edit

Award watch lists edit

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Fred Biletnikoff Award[1] Malcolm Williams WR SR

Sun Belt coaches poll edit

On July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Chanticleers predicted to finish in last place of the East Division.[2]

East Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Appalachian State 46 (6)
2 Troy 44 (4)
3 Georgia State 26
4 Georgia Southern 22
5 Coastal Carolina 12

Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams edit

The Chanticleers had one player selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.[3]

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1Noonat South Carolina*SECNL 15–4975,126
September 87:00 p.m.UAB*ESPN+W 47–249,776
September 12[a]2:00 p.m.at Campbell*ESPN3W 58–212,047
September 226:00 p.m.at LouisianaESPN+W 30–2817,125
September 293:30 p.m.at TroyESPN+L 21–4523,810
October 136:00 p.m.Louisiana–Monroe
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN+L 20–4511,506
October 203:30 p.m.at UMass*ELVNW 24–1311,134
October 272:00 p.m.at Georgia StateESPN+W 37–3415,648
November 35:00 p.m.Appalachian State 
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN+L 7–2313,004
November 105:00 p.m.Arkansas State
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN+L 16–448,141
November 175:00 p.m.Georgia Southern
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN+L 17–419,886
November 233:00 p.m.at South AlabamaESPN+L 28–3110,670
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. ^ The game between Coastal Carolina and Campbell, originally scheduled to be a home game for Coastal Carolina, was relocated to Barker–Lane Stadium and moved to Wednesday September 12 due to Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries edit

At South Carolina edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 0 3 3 9 15
Gamecocks 14 14 14 7 49

UAB edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 14 10 0 0 24
Chanticleers 7 13 7 20 47

At Campbell edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 7 17 21 13 58
Fighting Camels 14 7 0 0 21

At Louisiana edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 3 13 7 7 30
Ragin' Cajuns 7 0 14 7 28

At Troy edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 0 14 7 0 21
Trojans 21 3 14 7 45

Louisiana–Monroe edit

Week Seven: Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Warhawks 14 10 71445
Chanticleers 3 10 7020

at Brooks StadiumConway, SC

  • Date: October 13
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: 76° · Sunny; clear skies · SSE – 2 mph.
  • Game attendance: 11,506
  • Referee: Jeremy Parker
  • TV: ESPN+
  • [1]
Game information

At UMass edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 3 0 14 7 24
Minutemen 3 3 7 0 13

At Georgia State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 17 3 7 10 37
Panthers 7 6 21 0 34

Appalachian State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountaineers 7 7 0 9 23
Chanticleers 7 0 0 0 7

Arkansas State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 14 13 14 3 44
Chanticleers 0 6 7 3 16

Georgia Southern edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 10 21 7 41
Chanticleers 7 3 0 7 17

At South Alabama edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 0 7 7 14 28
Jaguars 10 14 7 0 31

References edit

  1. ^ "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Mountaineers, Red Wolves Selected as Division Favorites in 2018 Sun Belt Football Coaches' Preseason Poll".
  3. ^ "Sun Belt Announces 2018 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams".