2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team

2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football
Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division East Division
2018 record 2–3 (1–1 SWAC)
Head coach Connell Maynor (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Travis Pearson (3rd season)
Home stadium Louis Crews Stadium
(Capacity: 21,000)
2018 SWAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Alcorn State  2 –0     4 –1  
Alabama A&M  1 –1     2 –3  
Jackson State  0 –1     1 –2  
Alabama State  0 –1     1 –3  
Mississippi Valley State  0 –1     0 –3  
West Division
Prairie View A&M  2 –0     3 –3  
Southern  1 –1     2 –3  
Grambling State  1 –1     1 –3  
Texas Southern  0 –0     1 –3  
Arkansas–Pine Bluff  0 –1     1 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team represents Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs are led by first-year head coach Connell Maynor and play their home games at Louis Crews Stadium in Huntsville, Alabama as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2017 season 4–7, 3–4 in SWAC play to finish in third place in the East Division.

Preseason

SWAC football media day

During the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Bulldogs were predicted to finish fourth in the East Division.[1]

Media poll

East Division
Predicted finishTeamVotes
1Alcorn State95
2Alabama State72
3Jackson State55
4Alabama A&M51
5Mississippi Valley State27

Presason All-SWAC Team

The Bulldogs had three players selected to Preseason All-SWAC Teams.

Offense

2nd team

Jordan Bentley – Jr. RB

Defense

1st team

Vernon Moland – Sr. DL

Dylan Hamilton – Sr. DB

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.Miles*
W 37–011,900
September 86:00 p.m.North Alabama*
  • Louis Crews Stadium
  • Huntsville, AL
L 20–2515,100
September 156:00 p.m.at Cincinnati*
ESPN3L 7–6328,834
September 224:00 p.m.vs. Southern
L 27–2920,000
September 292:00 p.m.at Jackson State
W 21–1630,472
October 66:00 p.m.at Texas Southern
W 42–21
October 132:00 p.m.Alcorn Statedagger
  • Louis Crew Stadium
  • Huntsville, AL
October 272:30 p.m.vs. Alabama State
November 32:30 p.m.at Arkansas–Pine Bluff
November 101:00 p.m.Grambling State
  • Louis Crew Stadium
  • Huntsville, AL
November 171:00 p.m.at Mississippi Valley State
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Miles

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 0 0 0 0 0
Bulldogs 10 14 7 6 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–9–2 2001 ALAM, 21–17

North Alabama

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

at Cincinnati

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 7 0 7
Bearcats 28 14 14 7 63
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2015 CINCI, 52–10

vs Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 6 9 14 0 29
Bulldogs 21 0 0 6 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–12 2017 SU, 35–14

at Jackson State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 7 14 0 21
Tigers 10 6 0 0 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–16 2017 JSU, 10–7

at Texas Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–4 2017 ALAM, 30–13

Alcorn State

1 2 3 4 Total
Braves 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–10–1 2017 ALCORN, 47–22

vs Alabama State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
38–41–3 2017 ALST, 21–16

at Arkansas–Pine Bluff

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Lions 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–6 2017 ALAM, 27–14

Grambling State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–20 2016 GRAM, 56–17

at Mississippi Valley State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–8 2017 ALAM, 49–14

References

  1. ↑ http://www.swac.org/news/2018/7/11/swac-football-all-conference-preseason-teams-released.aspx
  2. ↑ Schedule
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