2018 Alabama State Hornets football team

2018 Alabama State Hornets football
Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division East Division
2018 record 1–4 (0–1 SWAC)
Head coach Donald Hill-Eley (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Mark Orlando (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Osita Alaribe (2nd season)
Home stadium New ASU Stadium
(Capacity: 26,500)
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 State Hornets football team represents Alabama State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Hornets are led by first head coach Donald Hill-Eley and play their home games at the New ASU Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The Hornets finished the 2017 season 5–6, 4–3 in SWAC play to finish in second 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 Hornets were predicted to finish second 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 Hornets had six players selected to Preseason All-SWAC Teams.

Offense

2nd team

Darryl Pearson Jr. – So. QB

Tytus Howard – Sr. OL

Defense

2nd team

Christian Clark – Jr. DL

Darron Johnson – Jr. LB

Jeffrey Hill – Sr. DB

Special teams

2nd team

George Golden – So. KR

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 15:00 p.m.Tuskegee*
W 26–20 OT26,222
September 86:30 p.m.at No. 7 (FBS) Auburn*
SECNL 9–6384,806
September 155:00 p.m.at No. 7 Kennesaw State*
ESPN+L 13–628,799
September 226:00 p.m.at Grambling State
L 0–347,359
October 62:00 p.m.at Alcorn State
L 25–28 5OT
October 134:00 p.m.at South Alabama*
ESPN3L 7–45
October 27vs. Alabama A&M
November 32:00 p.m.Texas Southern
  • New ASU Stadium
  • Montgomery, AL
November 102:00 p.m.Jackson State
  • New ASU Stadium
  • Montgomery, AL
November 171:00 p.m.at Prairie View A&M
November 222:00 p.m.Mississippi Valley Statedagger
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[2]

Game summaries

Tuskegee

1 2 3 4OT Total
Golden Tigers 7 6 7 00 20
Hornets 0 10 3 76 26
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–64–4 2017 TUSK, 14–6

at Auburn

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 2 7 0 9
No. 7 (FBS) Tigers 21 21 7 14 63
Overall record Last meeting Result
First Meeting

at Kennesaw State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 3 3 7 0 13
No. 7 Owls 14 28 20 0 62
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 KSU, 20–14

at Grambling State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 0 0 0 0
Tigers 21 3 3 7 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–27 2017 GRAM, 24–7

at Alcorn State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0
Braves 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–22–1 2017 ALCORN, 24–10

at South Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0
Jaguars 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
First Meeting

vs Alabama A&M

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

Texas Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Hornets 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–13–2 2017 ALST, 23–16

Jackson State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Hornets 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–31–1 2017 ALST, 13–3

at Prairie View A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0
Panthers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–10–1 2017 PVAM, 34–0

Mississippi Valley State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0
Hornets 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–16–1 2017 ALST, 16–10

References

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