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American college football season
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 [ edit ] OVC media poll [ edit ] On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Tigers predicted to finish in fourth place.[1] [2]
Media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Jacksonville State
134 (14)
2
Austin Peay
114 (1)
3
UT Martin
96
4
Tennessee State 91
5
Eastern Illinois
83
6
Eastern Kentucky
64
7
Murray State
39
8
Southeast Missouri State
35
9
Tennessee Tech
19
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Jacksonville State
126 (14)
2
Austin Peay
112 (4)
3
UT Martin
95
4
Eastern Illinois
73
5
Eastern Kentucky
69
6
Tennessee State 64
7
Southeast Missouri State
62
8
Murray State
24
9
Tennessee Tech
23
Preseason All-OVC team [ edit ] The Tigers had three players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[3]
Offense
Steven Newbold – WR
Defense
Vincent Sellers – DB
Dajour Nesbeth – DB
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 p.m. Bethune–Cookman * ESPN+ W 34–314,069 September 8 6:00 p.m. vs. Jackson State * FSS Cancelled [a] September 15 5:00 p.m. at Hampton * Cancelled [b] September 22 2:00 p.m. at Eastern Illinois ESPN+ W 41–407,670 September 29 3:00 p.m. at Vanderbilt * SECN L 27–3127,340 October 6 6:00 p.m. at Austin Peay ESPN3 L 34–4912,201 October 13 1:00 p.m. at Murray State ESPN+ L 21–453,318 October 20 4:30 p.m. Tennessee Tech Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN ESPN+ W 41–1417,283 November 3 1:00 p.m. at No. 25 Southeast Missouri State ESPN+ L 21–383,481 November 10 2:00 p.m. No. 8 Jacksonville State ESPN+ L 14–416,718 November 17 2:00 p.m. UT Martin Hale Stadium Nashville, TN ESPN+ W 31–28 OT 3,618 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
^ The Jackson State game was cancelled due to inclement weather.
^ The Hampton game was cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence .
Game summaries [ edit ] Bethune–Cookman [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
3
0
0
3
Tigers
14
7
3
10
34
At Eastern Illinois [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
13
13
15
41
Panthers
17
7
7
9
40
At Vanderbilt [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
13
7
7
27
Commodores
0
10
14
7
31
At Austin Peay [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
14
6
7
34
Governors
7
14
21
7
49
At Murray State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
14
0
0
7
21
Racers
3
21
14
7
45
Tennessee Tech [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Eagles
0
0
0
14
14
Tigers
17
10
14
0
41
At Southeast Missouri State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
14
7
0
21
No. 25 Redhawks
3
21
14
0
38
Jacksonville State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 8 Gamecocks
20
7
0
14
41
Tigers
7
0
0
7
14
UT Martin [ edit ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Skyhawks
0
3
7
15 3
28
Tigers
0
12
3
10 6
31
References [ edit ]
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