2018 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

2018 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
2018 record 3–2 (1–1 CAA)
Head coach Danny Rocco (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Matt Simon (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Chris Cosh (2nd season)
Home stadium Delaware Stadium
(Capacity: 22,000)
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 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represent the University of Delaware in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will play their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware. They are members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They are led by second-year head coach Danny Rocco.

Previous season

The Fightin' Blue Hens finished the 2017 season 7–4, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Preseason

CAA Poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Fightin' Blue Hens were predicted to finish in third 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 Fightin' Blue Hens had five players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Buck Buchanan Award[2] Nasir Adderley S SR

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.Rhode IslandNo. 15
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveL 19–2117,945
September 83:30 p.m.Lafayette*
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE
MASNW 37–012,781
September 153:30 p.m.Cornell*
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE
BHAAW 27–1014,511
September 222:00 p.m.at No. 1 North Dakota State*
ESPN+L 10–3818,883
October 63:00 p.m.at Richmond
NBCS WAW 43–288,217
October 133:30 p.m.No. 5 Elon
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE
NBCS PHIL  
October 203:30 p.m.at New Hampshire
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive  
October 273:30 p.m.Towsondagger
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE
FCS/FSGO  
November 33:30 p.m.at Albany
  
November 101:00 p.m.at Stony Brook
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive  
November 1712:00 p.m.Villanova
NBCS PHIL  
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3]

Regular season

Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 7 14 0 21
No. 15 Blue Hens 0 10 3 6 19
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–9 2015 L 0–20

This marks the first time Delaware opens with a conference game since 2007 (49–31 win at William & Mary).

Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 0 0 0 0
Blue Hens 14 7 7 9 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–7 2016 W 19–9

Cornell

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 3 0 0 7 10
Blue Hens 7 7 0 13 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2017 W 41–14

at North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hens 0 0 0 10 10
No. 1 Bison 28 7 3 0 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hens 19 14 10 0 43
Spiders 7 3 6 12 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–11 2017 W 42–35

Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Phoenix 0
Blue Hens 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2015 W 14–10

at New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hens 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–12 2015 W 31–14

Towson

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Blue Hens 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–8 2017 L 17–18

at Albany

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hens 0
Great Danes 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–2 2017 W 22–3

at Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hens 0
Seawolves 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2017 W 24–20

Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0
Blue Hens 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–29–1 2017 L 7–28

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 15 RV RV RV RV RV RV  
Coaches 16 RV RV RV RV RV RV

References

  1. ↑ Rob Washburn (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title In 2018". CAA Sports. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  2. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Football - 2018 Schedule". Delaware Athletics. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
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