2018 Albany Great Danes football team

2018 Albany Great Danes football
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
2018 record 2–3 (0–2 CAA)
Head coach Greg Gattuso (5th season)
Offensive coordinator Joe Davis (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator Keith Dudzinski (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator Joe Bernard (5th season)
Home stadium Bob Ford Field
(Capacity: 8,500)
2018 CAA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 17 Towson  2 –0     4 –1  
No. 16 Rhode Island  2 –1     4 –2  
No. 5 Elon  2 –0     4 –1  
No. 21 Maine  3 –0     4 –2  
No. 6 James Madison  2 –1     4 –2  
No. 19 Stony Brook  2 –1     4 –2  
Delaware  1 –1     3 –2  
William & Mary  1 –1     2 –3  
Albany  0 –2     2 –3  
New Hampshire  0 –2     1 –4  
Villanova  0 –3     3 –3  
Richmond  0 –3     2 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Albany Great Danes football team represents the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by Greg Gattuso, who is in his fifth season as head coach, and play their home games at Bob Ford Field. The Great Danes play as members of the Colonial Athletic Association for the fifth season.

Previous season

The Great Danes finished the 2017 season 4–7, 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 Great Danes were predicted to finish in ninth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1James Madison241 (21)
2New Hampshire206 (2)
3Delaware182
4Stony Brook169
5Elon168 (1)
6Villanova164
7Richmond127
8Maine81
9Albany78
10Towson74
11William & Mary55
12Rhode Island39

Preseason All-CAA Team

The Great Danes had one player selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13:30 p.m.at Pittsburgh*
ACCN ExtraL 7–3334,486
September 81:00 p.m.at Rhode Island
FCS/FSGOL 26–456,520
September 157:00 p.m.Morgan State*
W 30–276,503
September 227:00 p.m.Saint Francis (PA)*
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
W 35–283,840
October 63:30 p.m.at William & Mary
L 22–257,530
October 137:00 p.m.Richmond
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
October 203:30 p.m.Towsondagger
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
October 271:00 p.m.at Maine
FCS
November 33:30 p.m.Delaware
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
November 101:00 p.m.at New Hampshire
NBCS BOS
November 173:30 p.m.Stony Brook
FCS/FSGO
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Pittsburgh

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 7 0 0 0 7
Panthers 19 14 0 0 33
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 7 0 0 19 26
Rams 14 17 14 0 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2017 L, 14–31

Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 13 7 7 27
Great Danes 3 14 3 10 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2016 W, 26–0

Saint Francis (PA)

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 7 7 14 0 28
Great Danes 7 13 8 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–0 2016 W, 20–9

at William & Mary

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 0 13 0 9 22
Tribe 7 3 0 15 25
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 0
Spiders 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–5 2017 L, 38–41OT

Towson

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Spiders 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–3 2013 L, 17–44

at Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 0
Black Bears 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–6 2017 L, 10–12

Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Fightin' Blue Hens 0
Great Danes 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–5 2017 L, 3–22

at New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–4 2017 W, 15–0

Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
Seawolves 0
Great Danes 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–8 2017 L, 21–28

References

  1. ↑ Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Football - Schedule - The Official Athletics Site of the University at Albany". www.ualbanysports.com.
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