American college football season
2018 Villanova Wildcats football |
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Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
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Record | 5–6 (2–6 CAA) |
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Head coach | - Mark Ferrante (2nd season)
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Offensive coordinator | Sam Venuto (20th season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Joe Trainer (2nd season) |
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Home stadium | Villanova Stadium |
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The 2018 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Mark Ferrante and played their home games at Villanova Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 5–6, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.
Preseason
CAA Poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in sixth place.[1]
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 |
Preseason All-CAA Team
The Wildcats had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team including quarterback Trevor Knight being selected as offensive player of the year.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 12:00 p.m. | at Temple* | No. 19 | | ESPNews | W 19–17 | 32,357 |
September 8 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lehigh* | No. 12 | | Stadium | W 31–9 | 5,104 |
September 15 | 3:30 p.m. | Towson | No. 10 | | FCS/FSGO | L 35–45 | 5,719 |
September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | Bucknell* | No. 15 | - Villanova Stadium
- Villanova, PA
| | W 49–7 | 9,341 |
September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Stony Brook | No. 13 | | FCS/FSGO | L 27–29 | 7,720 |
October 6 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 25 Maine | No. 19 | | FCS | L 10–13 | 6,894 |
October 13 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 6 James Madison | | - Villanova Stadium
- Villanova, PA
| FCS/FSGO | L 0–37 | 5,219 |
October 27 | 3:30 p.m. | New Hampshire | | - Villanova Stadium
- Villanova, PA
| CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive | L 0–34 | 3,919 |
November 3 | 3:00 p.m. | at Richmond | | | NBCS WA | W 45–21 | 8,117 |
November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | William & Mary | | - Villanova Stadium
- Villanova, PA
| FCS/FSGO | L 17–24 | 4,105 |
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 17 Delaware | | | NBCS PHIL/SNY | W 42–21 | 18,752 |
- *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 Temple
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 19 Wildcats | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
Owls | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
At Lehigh
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 12 Wildcats | 7 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
Mountain Hawks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
Towson
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 45 |
No. 10 Wildcats | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Bucknell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bison | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
No. 15 Wildcats | 28 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 49 |
At Stony Brook
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 13 Wildcats | 7 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
No. 18 Seawolves | 0 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 29 |
At Maine
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 19 Wildcats | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
No. 25 Black Bears | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
James Madison
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 6 Dukes | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 37 |
Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Hampshire
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
UNH Wildcats | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
Nova Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
At Richmond
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wildcats | 7 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 45 |
Spiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
William & Mary
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tribe | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
At Delaware
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wildcats | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
No. 17 Fightin' Blue Hens | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 19 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 13–T | 19 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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Coaches | 19 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 25 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | |
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References
- ^ Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Villanova Football Schedule". Villanova. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
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