2018 Norfolk State Spartans football team

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2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 12 North Carolina A&T $		6	–	1					9	–	2
Bethune–Cookman		5	–	2					7	–	5
Florida A&M		5	–	2					6	–	5
South Carolina State		4	–	3					5	–	6
Howard		4	–	3					4	–	6
North Carolina Central		3	–	4					5	–	6
Morgan State		3	–	4					4	–	7
Norfolk State		2	–	5					4	–	7
Delaware State		2	–	5					3	–	8
Savannah State		1	–	6					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 Norfolk State Spartans football team represents Norfolk State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by third-year head coach Latrell Scott and play their home games at William "Dick" Price Stadium. They are a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 2017 season 4–7, 4–4 in MEAC play to finish in sixth place.

Preseason

MEAC preseason poll

In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Spartans were picked to finish in sixth place.

Predicted finish	Team
1	North Carolina A&T
2	Howard
3	North Carolina Central
4	Bethune–Cookman
5	Florida A&M
6	Norfolk State
7	South Carolina State
8	Savannah State
9	Morgan State
10	Delaware State

Preseason All-MEAC Teams

The Spartans had seven players at eight positions selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.

Offense

2nd team

Marcus Taylor – WR

Wes Jones – C

Kenneth Kirby – OL

3rd team

Aaron Savage – RB

Defense

1st team

Nigel Chavis – LB

2nd team

J.T. Wahee – DB

3rd team

Deshaywn Middleton – DL

Special teams

1st team

Marcus Taylor – RS

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Virginia State*	William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	ESPN3	W 34–13	15,173
September 8	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 James Madison*	William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	ESPN3	L 0-17	6,482
September 22	6:00 p.m.	at South Carolina State*	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium Orangeburg, SC	ESPN3	W 17-7	7,820
September 29	4:00 p.m.	Delaware State	William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	ESPN3	W 54-28	7,103
October 6	4:00 p.m.	at Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN3	L 0-17	26,045
October 20	2:00 p.m.	North Carolina Central	William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	ESPN3 or +
October 27	3:00 p.m.	at Savannah State	Ted Wright Stadium Savannah, GA	ESPN3 or +
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at North Carolina A&T	BB&T Stadium Greensboro, NC	ESPN3 or +
November 10	1:00 p.m.	Howard	William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	ESPN3 or +
November 17	1:00 p.m.	Morgan State	William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	ESPN3 or +
December 1		at Liberty*	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Despite also being a member of the MEAC, the game vs South Carolina State will be considered an non conference game and have no effect on the MEAC standings.

Game summaries

Virginia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	7	0	6	0	13
Spartans	7	3	7	17	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–27–1	2017	VSU, 14–10

James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 2 Dukes	17				17
Spartans	0				0

See also: 2018 James Madison Dukes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2017	JMU, 75–14

Due to inclement weather, the JMU–Norfolk State game was mutually ended after the first quarter.

at South Carolina State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	7	0	3	17
Bulldogs	0	0	7	0	7

See also: 2018 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–18	2016	NSU, 13–10

Delaware State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	0	14	14	28
Spartans	6	21	20	7	54

See also: 2018 Delaware State Hornets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–15	2017	NSU, 17–7

at Florida A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	0	0	0	0
Rattlers	0	3	0	14	17

See also: 2018 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–13	2017	NSU, 35–28

North Carolina Central

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles					0
Spartans					0

See also: 2018 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–9	2017	NSU, 28–21

at Savannah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Tigers					0

See also: 2018 Savannah State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–3	2017	SSU, 27–9

at North Carolina A&T

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Aggies					0

See also: 2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–30	2017	NCAT, 35–7

Howard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison					0
Spartans					0

See also: 2018 Howard Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–18	2017	HOW, 28–24

Morgan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears					0
Spartans					0

See also: 2018 Morgan State Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–11	2017	NSU, 45–32

at Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Flames					0

See also: 2018 Liberty Flames football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	2014	LU, 17–0

This game was originally scheduled for September 15, but was moved to December 1 due to Hurricane Florence.

Coaching staff

2018 Norfolk State Spartans coaching staff

Head Coach Head Coach – Latrell Scott Offensive Coaches Associate head coach/tight ends – Andrew Faison Wide receivers/special teams – Dyrell Roberts Assistant head coach/running backs – B.T. Sherman Offensive line– Kris Sweet Tight ends – Josh Firm Defensive Coaches Defensive coordinator/inside linebackers – Matt Dawson Defensive backs – Cordell Taylor Outside linebackers – Zach Tenuta Defensive line – Justin Williamson Administrative staff Director of football operations – Shawn Hunt Source:Last updated 7/13/18