2018 Jacksonville Dolphins football team

2018 Jacksonville Dolphins football
Conference Pioneer Football League
2018 record 1–3 (0–2 PFL)
Head coach Ian Shields (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Ian Shields (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Alan Darlin (2nd season)
Home stadium D. B. Milne Field
(Capacity: 5,000)
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 Jacksonville Dolphins football team represents Jacksonville University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by third-year head coach Ian Shields and play their home games at D. B. Milne Field. They are members of the Pioneer Football League.

Previous season

The Dolphins finished the 2017 season 7–4, 5–3 in PFL play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.

Preseason

Preseason All-PFL team

The PFL released their preseason all-PFL team on July 30, 2018, with the Dolphins having two players selected.[1]

Preseason coaches poll

The PFL released their preseason coaches poll on July 31, 2018, with the Dolphins predicted to finish in sixth place.[2]

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 11:00 p.m.St. Augustine's*
ESPN3W 63–142,417
September 86:00 p.m.at Mercer*
ESPN3L 3–4510,200
September 151:00 p.m.Walsh*
  • D. B. Milne Field
  • Jacksonville, FL
ESPN3 Cancelled [lower-alpha 1]
September 291:00 p.m.Drake
  • D. B. Milne Field
  • Jacksonville, FL
ESPN3L 9–411,738
October 61:00 p.m.at Davidson
L 37–443,524
October 131:00 p.m.Maristdagger
  • D. B. Milne Field
  • Jacksonville, FL
ESPN3
October 201:00 p.m.at Stetson
October 271:00 p.m.at San Diego
November 312:00 p.m.Butler
  • D. B. Milne Field
  • Jacksonville, FL
ESPN3
November 101:00 p.m.at Valparaiso
November 171:00 p.m.Dayton
  • D. B. Milne Field
  • Jacksonville, FL
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. ↑ This game has been cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

St. Augustine's

1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 0 7 0 7 14
Dolphins 14 21 28 0 63
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Dolphins 0 0 0 3 3
Bears 7 24 14 0 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2017 MERC, 48–7

Drake

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 14 17 0 10 41
Dolphins 0 0 2 7 9
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–13 2017 DRAKE, 52–7

at Davidson

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

Marist

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Foxes 0
Dolphins 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–3 2017 JACK, 44–37

at Stetson

1 2 3 4 Total
Dolphins 0
Hatters 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–0 2017 JACK, 13–10

at San Diego

1 2 3 4 Total
Dolphins 0
Toreros 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–6 2017 USD, 63–10

Butler

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Dolphins 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–3 2017 BUT, 37–22

at Valparaiso

1 2 3 4 Total
Dolphins 0
Crusaders 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–3 2017 JACK, 20–17

Dayton

1 2 3 4 Total
Flyers 0
Dolphins 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–4 2016 DAY, 36–16

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pioneer-football.org/news/archives/2018/1361/twelve-first-team-all-pfl-returnees-highlight-preseason-all-pfl-team/
  2. ↑ http://www.pioneer-football.org/news/archives/2018/1362/defending-champion-san-diego-edges-dayton-in-pfl-preseason-coaches-poll/


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