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2018 North Alabama Lions football team

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2018 North Alabama Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRyan Aplin (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorSteadman Campbell (1st season)
Home stadiumBraly Municipal Stadium
(Capacity: 14,215)
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Alabama       7 3  
Hampton       7 3  
North Dakota       6 5  

The 2018 North Alabama Lions football team represented the University of North Alabama during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Chris Willis. The Lions played their home games at Braly Municipal Stadium and were competing as an FCS Independent. They finished the season 7–3.

Previous season

The Lions finished the season 5–5, 5–3 in Gulf South Conference (GSC) play to finish in a five-way tie for second place.

This was their final season as a member of the GSC and NCAA Division II as they will begin a transition to NCAA Division I and the Football Championship Subdivision where they will be a member of the Big South Conference in 2019 after playing 2018 as an FCS independent.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1 6:00 p.m. at Southern Utah Pluto TV W 34–30 8,912
September 8 6:00 .m. at Alabama A&M W 25–20 15,100
September 15 2:30 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State ESPN+ L 7–38 18,557
September 22 6:00 p.m. Azusa Pacific Lion Vision W 37–35 5,314
September 29 5:00 p.m. at Campbell ESPN+ L 7–30 6,352
October 6 6:00 p.m. West Florida
  • Braly Municipal Stadium
  • Florence, AL
Lion Vision L 19–24 6,811
October 13 6:00 p.m. Mississippi Collegedagger
  • Braly Municipal Stadium
  • Florence, AL
Lion Vision W 34–17 9,230
October 20 2:00 p.m. at Jackson State Livestream W 24–7 19,750
November 3 1:30 p.m. Shorter
  • Braly Municipal Stadium
  • Florence, AL
Lion Vision W 41–14 6,289
November 10 1:30 p.m. North Greenville
  • Braly Municipal Stadium
  • Florence, AL
Lion Vision W 31–28 6,130

Game summaries

at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 3 10 7 14 34
Thunderbirds 0 16 7 7 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Alabama A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 8 10 0 7 25
Bulldogs 7 10 3 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–3–1 1997 UNA, 49–20

at North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 0 0 7 7
No. 1 Bison 7 10 7 14 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 1985 D-II Playoffs NDSU, 35–7

Azusa Pacific

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 6 0 14 15 35
Lions 3 6 10 18 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Campbell

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 0 7 0 7
Fighting Camels 23 0 7 0 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

West Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Argonauts 3 7 7 7 24
Lions 7 3 3 6 19
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2017 UWF, 30–7

Mississippi College

1 2 3 4 Total
Choctaws 7 7 3 0 17
Lions 21 10 0 3 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–14–2 2017 UNA, 16–7

at Jackson State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 7 7 10 0 24
Tigers 0 0 0 7 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Shorter

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 0 7 7 14
Lions 14 14 10 3 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–0 2017 UNA, 48–0

North Greenville

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 7 7 0 14 28
Lions 5 7 9 10 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–0 2016 UNA, 38–0

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCSRVRVRV
Coaches

References

  1. ^ "2018 Football Schedule". roarlions.com. University of North Alabama. Retrieved April 18, 2018.