2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football
Conference Northeast Conference
2018 record 3–3 (1–0 NEC)
Head coach Pete Rossomando (5th season)
Offensive coordinator Ryan McCarthy
Defensive coordinator Andrew Christ
Home stadium Arute Field
(Capacity: 5,500)
2018 NEC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Bryant  2 –0     4 –1  
Sacred Heart  1 –0     3 –2  
Central Connecticut  1 –0     3 –3  
Saint Francis (PA)  0 –0     2 –3  
Duquesne  0 –1     3 –3  
Wagner  0 –1     1 –5  
Robert Morris  0 –2     1 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team represents Central Connecticut State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team is led by fifth-year head coach Pete Rossomando and play their home games at Arute Field. They are a member of the Northeast Conference.

Previous season

The Blue Devils finished the 2017 season 8–4, 6–0 in NEC play to win the conference title. They received the NEC's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, their first FCS playoff appearance in school history, where they were defeated by New Hampshire in the First Round.

Preseason

NEC coaches poll

The NEC released their preseason coaches poll on July 24, 2018, with the Blue Devils predicted to become NEC champions.[1]

Predicted finish Team
1Central Connecticut
2Duquesne
3Bryant
4Saint Francis
5Wagner
6Sacred Heart
7Robert Morris

Preseason All-NEC team

The Blue Devils placed seven players on the preseason all-NEC team.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.at Ball State*
ESPN+L 6–429,801
September 76:00 p.m.Lincoln (PA)*
NECFRW 55–05,115
September 155:00 p.m.Columbia*
  • Arute Field
  • New Britain, CT
NECFRL 24–413,789
September 221:00 p.m.at Fordham*
StadiumW 24–137,134
September 296:00 p.m.at Lafayette*
StadiumL 24–315,295
October 612:00 p.m.at Robert Morris
NECFRW 56–351,844
October 131:00 p.m.at Bryant
NECFR
October 201:00 p.m.Sacred Heartdagger
ESPN3
October 2712:00 p.m.Wagner
  • Arute Field
  • New Britain, CT
November 1012:00 p.m.at Saint Francis
ESPN3
November 1712:00 p.m.Duquesne
  • Arute Field
  • New Britain, CT
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Ball State

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 0 0 6 6
Cardinals 7 14 14 7 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Lincoln (PA)

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 0 0 0 0
Blue Devils 27 14 7 7 55
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Columbia

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 14 3 10 14 41
Blue Devils 7 7 0 10 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2009 CCSU, 22–13

at Fordham

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 10 7 7 0 24
Rams 0 6 7 0 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 FORD, 38–13

at Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 7 10 0 7 24
Leopards 7 7 7 10 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2016 LAF, 24–10

at Robert Morris

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 21 14 7 14 56
Colonials 14 7 14 0 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–17 2017 CCSU, 42–14

at Bryant

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–4 2017 CCSU, 31–14

Sacred Heart

1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 0
Blue Devils 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–8 2017 CCSU, 26–15

Wagner

1 2 3 4 Total
Seahawks 0
Blue Devils 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–16 2017 CCSU, 51–45 4OT

at Saint Francis (PA)

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0
Red Flashes 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–5 2017 CCSU, 28–10

Duquesne

1 2 3 4 Total
Dukes 0
Blue Devils 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–5 2017 CCSU, 28–27

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 RV NR NR NR NR  
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

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