2018 Florida Tech Panthers football team

2018 Florida Tech Panthers football
Conference Gulf South Conference
2018 record 5–1 (2–1 GSC)
Head coach Steve Englehart (6th season)
Offensive coordinator Jayson Martin (7th season)
Defensive coordinator Rick Minter (2nd season)
Home stadium Florida Tech Panther Stadium
(Capacity: 4,989)
2018 Gulf South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Valdosta State  4 –0     6 –0  
No. 4 West Georgia  3 –0     6 –0  
No. 10 West Florida  3 –0     5 –1  
Florida Tech  2 –1     5 –1  
North Greenville  2 –1     3 –2  
West Alabama  1 –2     4 –2  
Mississippi College  0 –3     2 –3  
Delta State  0 –4     0 –6  
Shorter  0 –4     0 –6  
As of October 15, 2018; Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2018 Florida Tech Panthers football team will represent Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) during the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They will be led by sixth-year head coach Steve Englehart. The Panthers will play their home games at Florida Tech Panther Stadium, approximately one mile from the Florida Tech campus, and are members of the Gulf South Conference.

Preseason

Gulf South Conference coaches poll

On August 2, 2018, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Panthers predicted to finish in 6th place in the conference.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1West Alabama62 (6)
2West Florida59 (3)
3West Georgia44
4Delta State41
5Valdosta State38
6Florida Tech32
7North Greenville24
8Mississippi College16
9Shorter8

Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Team

The Panthers had four players at four positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[2]

Schedule

Florida Tech 2018 football schedule consists of five home and six away games in the regular season. The Panthers will host GSC foes Delta State, Mississippi College, North Greenville, and Valdosta State, and will travel to Shorter, West Alabama, West Florida, and West Georgia.[3]

The Panthers will host one of the three non-conference games against Newberry from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) and will travel to Benedict from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Wingate also from the SAC.[4]

Two of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[5]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResult
September 16:00 p.m.at Benedict*
W 33–14
September 81:00 p.m.Newberry*
W 17–10
September 157:00 p.m.Delta State
  • Florida Tech Panther Stadium
  • Melbourne, FL
ESPN3W 30–12
September 222:00 p.m.at No. 8 West Georgia
L 21–30
September 293:00 p.m.at Wingate*
ESPN3W 26–23
October 67:00 p.m.Mississippi College
  • Florida Tech Panther Stadium
  • Melbourne, FL
W 31–24
October 131:00 p.m.No. 8 Valdosta Statedagger
  • Florida Tech Panther Stadium
  • Melbourne, FL
October 205:00 p.m.at West Florida
October 274:00 p.m.at West Alabama
ESPN3
November 32:00 p.m.North Greenville
  • Florida Tech Panther Stadium
  • Melbourne, FL
November 101:00 p.m.at Shorter
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source:[6]

Rankings

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 Final 
AFCA RV RV RV RV RV RV RV

Game summaries

at Benedict

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 16 3 7 7 33
Tigers 7 0 0 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Newberry

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolves 0
Panthers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1-2 September 3, 2016 W 42-28

Delta State

1 2 3 4 Total
Statesmen 0
Panthers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2-3 November 11, 2017 L 20-42

at West Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
Wolves 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2-3 November 4, 2017 L 13-20

at Wingate

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Mississippi College

1 2 3 4 Total
Choctaws 0
Panthers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4-0 September 23, 2017 W 35-0

Valdosta State

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 0
Panthers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1-4 October 28, 2017 L 14-42

at West Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
Argonauts 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0-2 September 30, 2017 L 21-23

at West Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3-2 October 21, 2017 W 41-39

North Greenville

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0
Panthers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1-1 October 14, 2017 W 42-31

at Shorter

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
Hawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5-0 September 16, 2017 W 31-6

References

  1. ↑ "West Alabama Tops GSC Football Preseason Poll". Gulf South Conference. August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gulfsouthconference.com/documents/2018/8/2/Football_2018_Preseason_All_GSC_Table.pdf
  3. ↑ "Football Announces 2018 Schedule" (Press release). Florida Institute of Technology Department of Athletics. March 2, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Florida Tech Panthers football adds Newberry to 2018 schedule" (Press release). Hometown News. March 26, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ "GSC Announces 2018 Football Game of the Week Schedule". Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Florida Tech unveils 2018 football schedule". Florida Today. March 2, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
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