The 2018 West Alabama Tigers football team represented University of West Alabama during the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Brett Gilliland. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium and are members of the Gulf South Conference.
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NCAA Division II First Round, L 35–41 vs. Bowie State | |
Conference | Gulf South Conference |
Record | 8–4 (5–3 GSC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Don Bailey (3rd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Steve Sisa (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Tiger Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Valdosta State $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 West Georgia ^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Tech ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Alabama ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Florida | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Greenville | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delta State | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi College | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shorter | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preseason
editGulf South Conference coaches poll
editOn August 2, 2018, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Tigers predicted to finish in 1st place in the conference.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | West Alabama | 62 (6) |
2 | West Florida | 59 (3) |
3 | West Georgia | 44 |
4 | Delta State | 41 |
5 | Valdosta State | 38 |
6 | Florida Tech | 32 |
7 | North Greenville | 24 |
8 | Mississippi College | 16 |
9 | Shorter | 8 |
Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Team
editThe Tigers had seven players at seven positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[2]
Offense Brandon Anderson – OT Qua Boyd – TE Call Dyer – C Harry Satterwhite – QB Defense Darius Ellis – DL Terry Samuel – LB Special teams Zach Gaines – P |
Schedule
editWest Alabama 2018 football schedule consists of six home and five away games in the regular season. The Tigers will host GSC foes Delta State, Florida Tech, Valdosta State, and West Florida, and will travel to Mississippi College, North Greenville, Shorter, and West Georgia.[3]
The Tigers will host two of the three non-conference games against Lenoir–Rhyne from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) and Miles College from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and will travel to Limestone, which is an independent team.
Three of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[4]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Lenoir–Rhyne* | No. 12 | W 36–32 | 3,248 | ||
September 6 | 6:00 p.m. | Miles* | No. 11 |
| W 37–21 | 4,543 | |
September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | Valdosta State | No. 8 |
| L 24–58 | 3,285 | |
September 22 | 12:00 p.m. | at Limestone* | No. 23 |
| W 16–13 | 1,632 | |
September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | at North Greenville | No. 21 | ESPN3 | L 16–20 | 3,695 | |
October 6 | 12:00 p.m. | at Shorter | W 48–17 | 1,384 | |||
October 13 | 2:00 p.m. | Delta State |
| ESPN3 | W 17–14 | 3,872 | |
October 20 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 3 West Georgia | L 25–27 | 3,687 | |||
October 27 | 4:00 p.m. | Florida Tech |
| ESPN3 | W 29–22 | 5,106 | |
November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | at Mississippi College | W 24–3 | 4,347 | |||
November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | West Florida |
| W 45–7 | 4,303 | ||
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Bowie State |
| L 35–41 | 1,531 | ||
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Rankings
editWeek | |||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
AFCA | 12 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 21 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV |
Game summaries
editLenoir-Rhyne
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bears | 3 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 32 |
Tigers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 36 |
Miles
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Golden Bears | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Tigers | 6 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
Valdosta State
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blazers | 21 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 58 |
Tigers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
At Limestone
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tigers | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
Saints | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
At North Greenville
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tigers | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
Crusaders | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
At Shorter
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tigers | 14 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 48 |
Hawks | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
Delta State
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Statesmen | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Tigers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
At West Georgia
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tigers | 7 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 25 |
Wolves | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
Florida Tech
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Panthers | 0 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
Tigers | 14 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
At Mississippi College
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tigers | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Choctaws | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
West Florida
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Argonauts | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Tigers | 16 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 45 |
At Bowie State
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tigers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 41 |
References
edit- ^ "West Alabama Tops GSC Football Preseason Poll". Gulf South Conference. August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ^ Compete. Graduate. Impact (2018). "Gulf South Conference" (PDF). Football_2018_Preseason_All_GSC_Table.
- ^ "TIGERS OPEN 2018 FOOTBALL SEASON WITH THREE HOME GAMES" (Press release). University of West Alabama Department of Athletics. January 29, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- ^ "GSC Announces 2018 Football Game of the Week Schedule". Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ "2018 West Alabama Tigers Football Schedule". University of West Alabama Department of Athletics. Retrieved July 5, 2018.