American college football season
2018 Jackson State Tigers football |
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Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
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Division | East Division |
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Record | 5–5 (4–3 SWAC) |
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Head coach | - Tony Hughes (3rd season; first 7 games)
- John Hendrick (interim; remainder of season)
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Offensive coordinator | Hal Mumme (1st season; first 4 games) Derrick McCall (interim; remainder of season) |
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Offensive scheme | Air raid |
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Defensive coordinator | John Hendrick (3rd season) |
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Base defense | 3–4 |
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Home stadium | Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium |
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The 2018 Jackson State Tigers football team represented Jackson State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by second-year head coach Tony Hughes and played their home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
Preseason
During the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Tigers were predicted to finish third in the East Division.[1] They did not have any players selected to any of the Presason All-SWAC Teams.
East Division |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes |
1 | Alcorn State | 95 |
2 | Alabama State | 72 |
3 | Jackson State | 55 |
4 | Alabama A&M | 51 |
5 | Mississippi Valley State | 27 |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Southern Miss* | | ESPN+ | L 7–55 | 29,176 |
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. Tennessee State* | | | Cancelled[a] | |
September 15 | 4:30 p.m. | at Florida A&M* | | | W 18–16 | 17,643 |
September 29 | 4:00 p.m. | Alabama A&M | | | L 16–21 | 30,472 |
October 6 | 2:30 p.m. | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | | | W 30–27 | 4,200 |
October 13 | 2:00 p.m. | Mississippi Valley State | - Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
- Jackson, MS
| | W 23–7 | 29,500 |
October 20 | 2:00 p.m. | North Alabama* | - Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
- Jackson, MS
| | L 7–24 | 19,750 |
October 27 | 6:00 p.m. | at Southern | | | L 7–41 | 20,575 |
November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | Prairie View A&M | - Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
- Jackson, MS
| | W 34–28 | 21,729 |
November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | at Alabama State | | | W 20–2 | 14,428 |
November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | at Alcorn State | | | L 3–24 | 21,312 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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- ^ The Tennessee State game was cancelled due to inclement weather.
Game summaries
At Southern Miss
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Golden Eagles | 14 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 55 |
At Florida A&M
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
Rattlers | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
Alabama A&M
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
Tigers | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
At Arkansas–Pine Bluff
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 30 |
Golden Lions | 7 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 27 |
Mississippi Valley State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Delta Devils | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Tigers | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
North Alabama
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Lions | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
At Southern
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Jaguars | 14 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 41 |
Prairie View A&M
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Panthers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
Tigers | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 34 |
At Alabama State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
Hornets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
At Alcorn State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Braves | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
References
- ^ "Swac Football All-Conference Preseason Teams Released".
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