2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Conference	Big South Conference
Record	5–6 (3–2 Big South)
Head coach	Mark Tucker (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Zane Vance (2nd season)
Home stadium	Buccaneer Field (Capacity: 4,000)

2018 Big South Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Kennesaw State $^		5	–	0					11	–	2
Monmouth		4	–	1					8	–	3
Charleston Southern		3	–	2					5	–	6
Gardner–Webb		2	–	3					3	–	8
Campbell		1	–	4					6	–	5
Presbyterian		0	–	5					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Mark Tucker and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in third place.

Previous season

The Buccaneers finished the 2017 season 6–5, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in third place.

Preseason

Big South poll

In the Big South preseason poll released on July 23, 2018, the Buccaneers were predicted to finish in third place.

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Kennesaw State	107 (17)
2	Monmouth	82 (1)
3	Charleston Southern	75
4	Gardner–Webb	52
5	Campbell	36
6	Presbyterian	26

Preseason All-Big South team

The Big South released their preseason all-Big South team on July 23, 2018, with the Buccaneers having seven players selected along with three more on the honorable mention list.

Offense

Kameron Brown – WR

Defense

Solomon Brown – DL

Johnny Robinson – DL

J.D. Sosebee – LB

Shadarius Hopkins – DB

Special teams

Kyle Reighard – P

Taz Lindsey – PR

Honorable mention

Brandon Rowland – DB

Tyler Tekac – K

Ethan Ray – LS

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:30 p.m.	at Florida*	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	SECN	L 6–53	81,164
September 22	6:00 p.m.	No. 12 Elon*	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC	ESPN+	L 22–31	2,465
September 29	2:00 p.m.	at Hampton*	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	ESPN+	W 48–14	5,124
October 6	6:00 p.m.	at Savannah State*	Ted Wright Stadium Savannah, GA	ESPN3	L 3–23	2,970
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Virginia–Lynchburg*	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC	ESPN+	W 58–6	1,473
October 20	6:00 p.m.	Presbyterian	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC	ESPN+	W 41–7	2,000
October 27	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 Kennesaw State	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC	ESPN+	L 10–38	1,242
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at Monmouth	Kessler Stadium West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	L 3–37	1,492
November 10	3:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC	ESPN+	W 16–0	1,640
November 17	2:00 p.m.	at Campbell	Barker–Lane Stadium Buies Creek, NC	ESPN+	W 12–7	4,348
November 29	7:00 p.m.	at The Citadel*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN+	L 14–43	7,877
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

at Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	0	0	6	6
Gators	10	28	13	2	53

See also: 2018 Florida Gators football team

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Phoenix	3	7	21	0	31
Buccaneers	13	6	3	0	22

See also: 2018 Elon Phoenix football team

at Hampton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	14	21	6	7	48
Pirates	0	14	0	0	14

See also: 2018 Hampton Pirates football team

at Savannah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	3	0	0	3
Tigers	7	7	0	9	23

See also: 2018 Savannah State Tigers football team

Virginia–Lynchburg

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dragons	0	0	0	6	6
Buccaneers	3	20	14	21	58

See also: Virginia–Lynchburg Dragons

Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose	7	0	0	0	7
Buccaneers	0	17	17	7	41

See also: 2018 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 2 Owls	7	17	7	7	38
Buccaneers	3	7	0	0	10

See also: 2018 Kennesaw State Owls football team

at Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	0	3	0	3
Hawks	7	17	3	10	37

See also: 2018 Monmouth Hawks football team

Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
Buccaneers	3	13	0	0	16

See also: 2018 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

at Campbell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	9	3	0	12
Fighting Camels	0	0	7	0	7

See also: 2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team

at The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	14	0	0	14
Bulldogs	14	23	3	3	43

See also: 2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team