2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Conference Big South Conference
2018 record 1–3 (0–0 Big South)
Head coach Mark Tucker (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Zane Vance (2nd season)
Home stadium Buccaneer Field
(Capacity: 4,000)
2018 Big South football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 Kennesaw State  1 –0     5 –1  
Campbell  0 –0     5 –1  
Monmouth  0 –0     3 –2  
Charleston Southern  0 –0     1 –3  
Gardner–Webb  0 –0     1 –5  
Presbyterian  0 –1     2 –2  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represents Charleston Southern University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by second-year head coach Mark Tucker and play their home games at Buccaneer Field. They are a member of the Big South Conference.

Previous season

The Buccaneers finished the 2017 season 6–5, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in third place.

Preseason

Big South poll

In the Big South preseason poll released on July 23, 2018, the Buccaneers were predicted to finish in third place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Kennesaw State107 (17)
2Monmouth82 (1)
3Charleston Southern75
4Gardner–Webb52
5Campbell36
6Presbyterian26

Preseason All-Big South team

The Big South released their preseason all-Big South team on July 23, 2018, with the Buccaneers having seven players selected along with three more on the honorable mention list.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1 7:30 p.m. at Florida*
SECN L 6–53 81,164
September 22 6:00 p.m. No. 12 Elon*
ESPN+ L 22–31 2,465
September 29 2:00 p.m. at Hampton*
ESPN+ W 48–14 5,124
October 6 6:00 p.m. at Savannah State*
ESPN3 L 3–23 2,970
October 13 6:00 p.m. Virginia–Lynchburg*
  • Buccaneer Field
  • North Charleston, SC
October 20 6:00 p.m. Presbyteriandagger
  • Buccaneer Field
  • North Charleston, SC
October 27 6:00 p.m. Kennesaw State
  • Buccaneer Field
  • North Charleston, SC
November 3 1:00 p.m. at Monmouth
November 10 3:00 p.m. Gardner–Webb
  • Buccaneer Field
  • North Charleston, SC
November 17 2:00 p.m. at Campbell
November 29[lower-alpha 1] at The Citadel*
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. ↑ This game was originally scheduled for September 15, but it was rescheduled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

at Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 6 6
Gators 10 28 13 2 53
Overall record Last Meeting Result
0–1 2009 FLA, 62–3

Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Phoenix 3 7 21 0 31
Buccaneers 13 6 3 0 22
Overall record Last Meeting Result
0–4 2017 ELON, 19–17

at Hampton

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 14 21 6 7 48
Pirates 0 14 0 0 14
Overall record Last Meeting Result
First meeting

at Savannah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 3 0 0 3
Tigers 7 7 0 9 23
Overall record Last Meeting Result
7–0 2017 CSU, 52–27

Virginia–Lynchburg

1 2 3 4 Total
Dragons 0
Buccaneers 0
Overall record Last Meeting Result
First meeting

Presbyterian

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hose 0
Buccaneers 0
Overall record Last Meeting Result
11–14 2017 CSU, 7–0

Kennesaw State

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0
Buccaneers 0
Overall record Last Meeting Result
2–1 2017 KSU, 38–0

at Monmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0
Hawks 0
Overall record Last Meeting Result
3–1 2017 MON, 23–20

Gardner–Webb

1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 0
Buccaneers 0
Overall record Last Meeting Result
7–11 2017 CSU, 10–9

at Campbell

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0
Fighting Camels 0
Overall record Last Meeting Result
2–0 2014 CSU, 34–10

at The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last Meeting Result
5–5 2015 CSU, 14–6

References

  1. ↑ "Kennesaw State Voted 2018 Preseason Football Favorite". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference.
  2. ↑ "Burks, Armstrong Headline 2018 Preseason All-Conference Team". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference.
  3. ↑ "2018 Charleston Southern Football Schedule". csusports.com. Charleston Southern University. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
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