2018 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

2018 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 23
FCS Coaches No. 24
2018 record 6–1 (4–0 SoCon)
Head coach Randy Sanders (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Mike Rader (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Billy Taylor (4th season)
Home stadium William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
(Capacity: 7,694)
2018 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 23 East Tennessee State  4 –0     6 –1  
No. 6 Wofford  3 –1     4 –2  
Mercer  2 –1     3 –3  
Furman  2 –1     2 –3  
Chattanooga  3 –2     5 –2  
Samford  2 –2     3 –4  
Western Carolina  1 –3     3 –3  
The Citadel  1 –3     1 –4  
VMI  0 –5     0 –6  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represents East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season and are in the third year of their second stint as football members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They are led by first-year head coach Randy Sanders and play their home games at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium.[1]

Previous season

The Buccaneers finished the 2017 season 4–7, 2–6 in SoCon play to finish in eighth place.

On December 8, head coach Carl Torbush announced his retirement.[2] He finished at ETSU with a three-year record of 11–22.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Buccaneers predicted to finish in eighth place.[3] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Buccaneers also predicted to finish in eighth place.[4]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford204 (20)
2Furman174 (2)
3Wofford163 (1)
4Mercer133
5Western Carolina114
6Chattanooga88
7The Citadel83
8East Tennessee State53
9VMI23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford63 (7)
2Wofford53 (1)
3Furman52 (1)
4Western Carolina39
5Chattanooga34
6Mercer32
7The Citadel28
8East Tennessee State15
9VMI8

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Buccaneers placed five players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:30 p.m.Mars Hill*
ESPN+W 28–78,518
September 84:00 p.m.at Tennessee*
SECNL 3–5996,464
September 14[lower-alpha 1]2:30 p.m.at VMI
ESPN+W 27–242,764
September 227:30 p.m.Furman
  • William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
  • Johnson City, TN
ESPN3W 29–278,453
September 297:30 p.m.Chattanooga
  • William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
  • Johnson City, TN
ESPN+W 17–149,277
October 63:35 p.m.Gardner–Webb*dagger
  • William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
  • Johnson City, TN
ESPN+W 45–08,501
October 132:00 p.m.at The CitadelNo. 23
ESPN3W 26–2311,043
October 201:30 p.m.at Wofford
ESPN+
October 273:30 p.m.Western Carolina
  • William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
  • Johnson City, TN
ESPN+
November 33:00 p.m.at Mercer
ESPN+
November 171:00 p.m.Samford
  • William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
  • Johnson City, TN
ESPN3
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. ↑ This game was originally schedule for September 15. It was moved up one day in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

Mars Hill

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Lions 7 0 0 0 7
Buccaneers 0 7 7 14 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2002 ETSU, 20–10

at Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 3 0 3
Volunteers 10 28 7 14 59
Overall record Last meeting Result
First Meeting

at VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 7 6 7 7 27
Keydets 0 17 7 0 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–9 2017 ETSU, 24–6

Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 7 6 14 0 27
Buccaneers 3 3 7 16 29
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–25 2017 FUR, 56–35

Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0 0 0 14 14
Buccaneers 14 3 0 0 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–22–1 2017 CHAT, 10–3

Gardner–Webb

1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
Buccaneers 7 10 14 14 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2015 GWU, 28–3

at The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Buccaneers 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–11 2017 CIT, 31–25

at Wofford

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0
Terriers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–12 2017 WOF, 31–24

Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 0
Buccaneers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–23–1 2017 WCU, 49–10

at Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0
Bears 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2017 ETSU, 26–23

Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Buccaneers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–4 2017 SAM, 42–7

References

  1. 1 2 "ETSU football unveils 2018 schedule". ETSUBucs.com. January 16, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.etsubucs.com/football/news/2017-18/14576/torbush-announces-retirement-as-etsu-head-football-coach/
  3. ↑ http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735859&DB_OEM_ID=4000
  4. ↑ http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735863&DB_OEM_ID=4000
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