2018 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team

2018 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football
Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
2018 record 3–3 (1–1 MEAC)
Head coach Terry Sims (4th season)
Offensive coordinator Allen Suber (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Charles Jones
Home stadium Daytona Stadium
(Capacity: 9,601)
2018 MEAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Florida A&M  3 –0     4 –2  
No. 10 North Carolina A&T  2 –0     5 –1  
Norfolk State  1 –1     3 –2  
Bethune–Cookman  1 –1     3 –3  
North Carolina Central  1 –1     2 –3  
Howard  1 –1     1 –3  
South Carolina State  1 –1     1 –4  
Morgan State  0 –1     1 –4  
Savannah State  0 –2     1 –4  
Delaware State  0 –2     0 –5  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team represents Bethune–Cookman University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by forth-year head coach Terry Sims and play their home games at the newly renamed Daytona Stadium. They are a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2017 season 7–4, 6–2 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for second place.

Preseason

MEAC preseason poll

In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Wildcats were picked to finish in fourth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team
1North Carolina A&T
2Howard
3North Carolina Central
4Bethune–Cookman
5Florida A&M
6Norfolk State
7South Carolina State
8Savannah State
9Morgan State
10Delaware State

Preseason All-MEAC Teams

The Wildcats had five players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1 7:00 p.m. at Tennessee State*
ESPN+ L 3–34 14,069
September 8 4:00 p.m. Virginia–Lynchburg*
ESPN3 W 79–16 4,662
September 15 6:00 p.m. at Florida Atlantic*
Stadium L 28–49 19,017
September 22 4:30 p.m. vs. Howard
ESPN3 L 35–41 19,172
September 29 6:00 p.m. at Savannah State
ESPN3 W 35–20 5,018
October 6 4:00 p.m. Mississippi Valley State*
  • Daytona Stadium
  • Daytona Beach, FL
ESPN3 W 41–27 10,278
October 13 2:00 p.m. at South Carolina State
October 20 4:00 p.m. North Carolina A&T
  • Daytona Stadium
  • Daytona Beach, FL
October 27[lower-alpha 1] TBD at Nebraska*
BTN
November 3 4:00 p.m. at Morgan State
November 10 4:00 p.m. North Carolina Central
  • Daytona Stadium
  • Daytona Beach, FL
November 17 2:00 p.m. vs. Florida A&M
Source: Schedule
  1. ↑ Nebraska finalized an agreement to play Bethune–Cookman on October 27 at Memorial Stadium to fill an opening on their schedule and will replace the Cornhuskers’ September 1 game against Akron.[3]

Game summaries

at Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 3 0 0 3
Tigers 14 7 3 10 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–7 2016 TSU, 31–24

Virginia–Lynchburg

1 2 3 4 Total
Dragons 0 9 7 0 16
Wildcats 30 28 21 0 79
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Florida Atlantic

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 14 7 7 28
Owls 29 7 7 6 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 FAU, 45–0

vs Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 14 14 13 0 41
Wildcats 14 14 0 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–14–1 2017 HOW, 26–24

at Savannah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 14 14 0 35
Tigers 7 7 0 6 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
39–9–2 2017 BCU, 24–12

Mississippi Valley State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 7 7 6 7 27
Wildcats 0 28 6 7 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 1975 BCU, 21–6

at South Carolina State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
23–33–1 2017 BCU, 12–9

North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–16 2017 NCAT, 24–20

at Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0
Cornhuskers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0
Bears 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
23–7 2017 BCU, 41–28

North Carolina Central

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–2 2017 BCU, 13–10

vs Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Rattlers 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–49–1 2017 BCU, 29–24

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV NR NR NR NR  
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR

References

  1. ↑ "North Carolina A&T State Picked To Win 2018 MEAC Championship". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. July 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ "NCAT's Raynard, NCCU's Reynolds Headline 2018 All-MEAC Preseason Football Team". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. July 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Nebraska Announces Addition to 2018 Football Schedule". Nebraska Athletics Official Website. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
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