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American college football season
The 2018 Towson Tigers football team represented Towson University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by tenth-year head coach Rob Ambrose and played their home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium . They are a member of the Colonial Athletic Association . They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Duquesne .
Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2017 season 5–6, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.
Preseason
CAA Poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Tigers were predicted to finish in tenth place.[ 1] They did not have any players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
James Madison
241 (21)
2
New Hampshire
206 (2)
3
Delaware
182
4
Stony Brook
169
5
Elon
168 (1)
6
Villanova
164
7
Richmond
127
8
Maine
81
9
Albany
78
10
Towson
74
11
William & Mary
55
12
Rhode Island
39
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 7:00 p.m. at Morgan State * MeTV Baltimore /SPORTSfever/ESPN3W 36–109,209
September 8 12:00 p.m. at Wake Forest * ACCN Extra L 20–5123,619
September 15 3:30 p.m. at No. 10 Villanova FCS /FSGO W 45–355,719
September 29 4:00 p.m.[ 2] The Citadel * No. 25 CAA.tv W 44–277,323
October 6 4:00 p.m.[ 2] No. 13 Stony Brook No. 23 Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveW 52–284,614
October 13 4:00 p.m.[ 2] William & Mary No. 17 Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD CAA.tv W 29–138,022
October 20 3:30 p.m. at Albany No. 13 UAlbany Live Events[ 3] W 56–287,029
October 27 3:30 p.m. at No. 21 Delaware No. 10 FCS/FSGO L 36–4014,593
November 3 4:00 p.m.[ 2] No. 23 Maine No. 15 Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive L 28–357,356
November 10 12:00 p.m. at No. 7 Elon No. 20 CAA.tv W 41–105,927
November 17 2:00 p.m.[ 2] No. 7 James Madison No. 15 Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive L 17–387,208
November 24 2:00 p.m.[ 2] Duquesne No. 16 ESPN3 L 10–312,158
[ 4]
Game summaries
at Morgan State
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
3
14
14
5
36
Bears
7
0
3
0
10
at Wake Forest
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
14
6
0
0
20
Demon Deacons
14
24
3
10
51
at Villanova
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
21
14
7
3
45
No. 10 Wildcats
14
7
7
7
35
The Citadel
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
3
7
14
3
27
No. 25 Tigers
7
17
17
3
44
Stony Brook
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 13 Seawolves
0
14
7
7
28
No. 23 Tigers
21
14
10
7
52
William & Mary
1
2
3
4
Total
Tribe
0
13
0
0
13
No. 17 Tigers
7
3
7
12
29
at Albany
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 13 Tigers
10
28
11
7
56
Great Danes
7
14
0
7
28
at Delaware
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Tigers
5
13
10
8
36
No. 21 Fightin' Blue Hens
0
6
21
13
40
Maine
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Black Bears
7
14
7
7
35
No. 15 Tigers
0
7
14
7
28
at Elon
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 20 Tigers
7
7
10
17
41
No. 7 Phoenix
0
3
7
0
10
James Madison
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 7 Dukes
7
17
7
7
38
No. 15 Tigers
7
3
0
7
17
FCS Playoffs
Duquesne–First Round
1
2
3
4
Total
Dukes
0
3
14
14
31
No. 16 Tigers
7
3
0
0
10
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS — — — RV 25 23 17 13 10 15 20 15 16 20 Coaches — — — RV RV 24 18 14 10 15 20 16 19 22
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