2018 Towson Tigers football team

2018 Towson Tigers football
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 10–31 vs. Duquesne
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATS	No. 20
FCS Coaches	No. 22
Record	7–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach	Rob Ambrose (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jared Ambrose (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Lyndon Johnson (2nd season)
Home stadium	Johnny Unitas Stadium (Capacity: 11,198)

2018 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Maine $^		7	–	1					10	–	4
No. 9 James Madison ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 16 Stony Brook ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
No. 20 Towson ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
No. 24 Delaware ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
No. 19 Elon ^		4	–	3					6	–	5
Rhode Island		4	–	4					6	–	5
William & Mary		3	–	4					4	–	6
New Hampshire		3	–	5					4	–	7
Villanova		2	–	6					5	–	6
Richmond		2	–	6					4	–	7
Albany		1	–	7					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

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. 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*		Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	MeTV Baltimore/SPORTSfever/ESPN3	W 36–10	9,209
September 8	12:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest*		BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN Extra	L 20–51	23,619
September 15	3:30 p.m.	at No. 10 Villanova		Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	FCS/FSGO	W 45–35	5,719
September 29	4:00 p.m.	The Citadel*	No. 25	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	CAA.tv	W 44–27	7,323
October 6	4:00 p.m.	No. 13 Stony Brook	No. 23	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive	W 52–28	4,614
October 13	4:00 p.m.	William & Mary	No. 17	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	CAA.tv	W 29–13	8,022
October 20	3:30 p.m.	at Albany	No. 13	Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	UAlbany Live Events	W 56–28	7,029
October 27	3:30 p.m.	at No. 21 Delaware	No. 10	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	FCS/FSGO	L 36–40	14,593
November 3	4:00 p.m.	No. 23 Maine	No. 15	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive	L 28–35	7,356
November 10	12:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Elon	No. 20	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	CAA.tv	W 41–10	5,927
November 17	2:00 p.m.	No. 7 James Madison	No. 15	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive	L 17–38	7,208
November 24	2:00 p.m.	Duquesne	No. 16	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 10–31	2,158
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Morgan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	3	14	14	5	36
Bears	7	0	3	0	10

See also: 2018 Morgan State Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–6	2017	W, 10–0

at Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	14	6	0	0	20
Demon Deacons	14	24	3	10	51

See also: 2018 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	21	14	7	3	45
No. 10 Wildcats	14	7	7	7	35

See also: 2018 Villanova Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–8	2017	W, 24–9

The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	3	7	14	3	27
No. 25 Tigers	7	17	17	3	44

See also: 2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Seawolves	0	14	7	7	28
No. 23 Tigers	21	14	10	7	52

See also: 2018 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	2017	L, 17–25

William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tribe	0	13	0	0	13
No. 17 Tigers	7	3	7	12	29

See also: 2018 William & Mary Tribe football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–9	2017	W, 26–14

at Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Tigers	10	28	11	7	56
Great Danes	7	14	0	7	28

See also: 2018 Albany Great Danes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2013	W, 44–17

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

See also: 2018 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–11	2017	W, 18–17

Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Black Bears	7	14	7	7	35
No. 15 Tigers	0	7	14	7	28

See also: 2018 Maine Black Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–6	2015	W, 10–7

at Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Tigers	7	7	10	17	41
No. 7 Phoenix	0	3	7	0	10

See also: 2018 Elon Phoenix football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–2	2017	L, 30–33 2OT

James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 7 Dukes	7	17	7	7	38
No. 15 Tigers	7	3	0	7	17

See also: 2018 James Madison Dukes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–20–1	2015	L, 30–51

FCS Playoffs

Duquesne–First Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dukes	0	3	14	14	31
No. 16 Tigers	7	3	0	0	10

See also: 2018 Duquesne Dukes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ 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