2018 Jackson State Tigers football team

2018 Jackson State Tigers football
Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division East Division
2018 record 1–2 (0–1 SWAC)
Head coach Tony Hughes (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Hal Mumme (1st season)
Defensive coordinator John Hendrick (3rd season)
Home stadium Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,492)
2018 SWAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Alcorn State  2 –0     4 –1  
Alabama A&M  1 –1     2 –3  
Jackson State  0 –1     1 –2  
Alabama State  0 –1     1 –3  
Mississippi Valley State  0 –1     0 –3  
West Division
Prairie View A&M  2 –0     3 –3  
Southern  1 –1     2 –3  
Grambling State  1 –1     1 –3  
Texas Southern  0 –0     1 –3  
Arkansas–Pine Bluff  0 –1     1 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Jackson State Tigers football team represents Jackson State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers are led by second-year head coach Tony Hughes and play their home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2017 season 3–8, 3–4 in SWAC play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.

Preseason

SWAC football media day

During the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Tigers were predicted to finish third in the East Division.[1] They did not have any players selected to any of the Presason All-SWAC Teams.

Media poll

East Division
Predicted finishTeamVotes
1Alcorn State95
2Alabama State72
3Jackson State55
4Alabama A&M51
5Mississippi Valley State27

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.at Southern Miss*
ESPN+L 7–5529,176
September 86:00 p.m.vs. Tennessee State*
 Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
September 154:30 p.m.at Florida A&M*
W 18–1617,643
September 294:00 p.m.Alabama A&M
L 16–2130,472
October 62:30 p.m.at Arkansas–Pine Bluff
W 30–27
October 132:00 p.m.Mississippi Valley Statedagger
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
October 202:00 p.m.North Alabama*
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
October 276:00 p.m.at Southern
November 32:00 p.m.Prairie View A&M
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
November 102:00 p.m.at Alabama State
November 172:00 p.m.at Alcorn State
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
  1. ↑ The Tennessee State game was cancelled due to inclement weather.

Game summaries

at Southern Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 7 0 7
Golden Eagles 14 27 7 7 55
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2002 USM, 55–7

at Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 6 9 3 18
Rattlers 7 0 9 0 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–7–2 2014 JSU, 22–17

Alabama A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 7 14 0 21
Tigers 10 6 0 0 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–11 2017 JSU, 10–7

at Arkansas–Pine Bluff

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Golden Lions 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–14–1 2017 APBU, 34–27

Mississippi Valley State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
56–6–2 2017 JSU, 24–5

North Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Jaguars 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–34 2017 SU, 34–29

Prairie View A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
37–18–2 2017 PVAM, 38–9

at Alabama State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Hornets 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
31–16–1 2017 ALST, 13–3

at Alcorn State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Braves 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
44–34–2 2017 JSU, 7–3

References

  1. ↑ http://www.swac.org/news/2018/7/11/swac-football-all-conference-preseason-teams-released.aspx
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