2018 Davidson Wildcats football team

2018 Davidson Wildcats football
Conference Pioneer Football League
2018 record 5–1 (2–1 PFL)
Head coach Scott Abell (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Jon Berlin (1st season)
Home stadium Richardson Stadium
(Capacity: 6,000)
2018 Pioneer Football League standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Drake  2 –0     3 –1  
San Diego  2 –0     3 –2  
Dayton  2 –1     3 –3  
Davidson  2 –1     5 –1  
Stetson  1 –1     3 –1  
Butler  1 –1     3 –2  
Marist  1 –1     1 –4  
Jacksonville  0 –2     1 –3  
Morehead State  0 –2     1 –4  
Valparaiso  0 –2     0 –5  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Davidson Wildcats football team represents Davidson College in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by first-year head coach Scott Abell and play their home games at Richardson Stadium. They are members of the Pioneer Football League.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2017 season 2–9, 0–8 in PFL play to finish in last place.

On November 27th, head coach Paul Nichols was fired.[1] He finished at Davidson with a five-year record of 7–43.

Preseason

Preseason All-PFL team

The PFL released their preseason all-PFL team on July 30, 2018, with the Wildcats having one player selected.[2]

Preseason coaches poll

The PFL released their preseason coaches poll on July 31, 2018, with the Wildcats predicted to finish in last place.[3]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1San Diego81 (9)
2Dayton72 (1)
3Drake58
T–4Butler48
T–4Valparaiso48
6Jacksonville47
7Marist44
8Morehead State22
9Stetson19
10Davidson11

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.Brevard*
MI-CONNW 34–134,109
September 87:00 p.m.Chowan*
  • Richardson Stadium
  • Davidson, NC
MI-CONNW 49–283,941
September 13[lower-alpha 1]7:00 p.m.Guilford*dagger
  • Richardson Stadium
  • Davidson, NC
MI-CONNW 91–612,922
September 221:00 p.m.at Dayton
L 21–424,700
September 291:00 p.m.at Valparaiso
ESPN3W 40–354,605
October 61:00 p.m.Jacksonville
  • Richardson Stadium
  • Davidson, NC
MI-CONNW 44–373,524
October 131:00 p.m.Morehead State
  • Richardson Stadium
  • Davidson, NC
MI-CONN
October 201:00 p.m.at Marist
October 271:00 p.m.Stetson
  • Richardson Stadium
  • Davidson, NC
MI-CONN
November 105:00 p.m.at San Diego
November 171:00 p.m.Butler
  • Richardson Stadium
  • Davidson, NC
MI-CONN
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. ↑ Originally scheduled for September 15, moved up in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

Brevard

1 2 3 4 Total
Tornados 0 0 6 7 13
Wildcats 13 21 0 0 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2017 DAV, 30–7

Chowan

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 7 6 0 15 28
Wildcats 21 21 0 7 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Guilford

1 2 3 4 Total
Quakers 6 20 13 22 61
Wildcats 30 27 14 20 91
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–9–1 2017 DAV, 42–21

at Dayton

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 14 0 0 7 21
Flyers 0 14 21 7 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–13 2017 DAY, 48–22

at Valparaiso

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 14 20 0 6 40
Crusaders 14 7 7 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–4 2016 VALPO, 24–20

Jacksonville

1 2 3 4 Total
Dolphins 6 3 0 28 37
Wildcats 16 7 21 0 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–14 2017 JACK, 35–21

Morehead State

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–13 2017 MORE, 21–14

at Marist

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0
Red Foxes 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–9 2017 MAR, 31–9

Stetson

1 2 3 4 Total
Hatters 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–5 2017 STET, 28–17

at San Diego

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0
Toreros 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–11 2017 USD, 63–7

Butler

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–6 2016 BUT, 20–17

References

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