2018 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team

2018 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football
Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division East Division
2018 record 0–3 (0–1 SWAC)
Head coach Vincent Dancy (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Maurice Flowers (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Derek Welch (1st season)
Home stadium Rice–Totten Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
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 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team represents Mississippi Valley State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Delta Devils are led by first-year head coach Vincent Dancy and play their home games at Rice–Totten Stadium as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

Previous season

The Delta Devils finished the 2017 season 2–9, 1–6 in SWAC play to finish in last place in the East Division.

On November 20th, it was announced that head coach Rick Comegy's contract would not be renewed.[1] He finished at Mississippi Valley State with a four-year record of 6–38.

Preseason

SWAC football media day

During the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Delta Devils were predicted to finish last in the East Division.[2]

Media poll

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

Presason All-SWAC Team

The Delta Devils had two players selected to Preseason All-SWAC Teams.

Offense

1st team

Quinn McElfresh – Sr. WR

Defense

1st team

Patrick Harbin – Sr. LB

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
August 306:00 p.m.at North Dakota*
L 7–358,884
September 86:00 p.m.at No. 13 Jacksonville State*
L 0–7121,864
September 226:00 p.m.Alcorn State
L 20–56N/A
October 66:00 p.m.at Bethune–Cookman*
L 27–41
October 132:00 p.m.at Jackson State
October 202:00 p.m.Arkansas–Pine Bluffdagger
  • Rice–Totten Stadium
  • Itta Bena, MS
October 272:00 p.m.at Texas Southern
November 32:00 p.m.at Grambling State
November 101:00 p.m.Hampton*
  • Rice–Totten Stadium
  • Itta Bena, MS
November 171:00 p.m.Alabama A&M
  • Rice–Totten Stadium
  • Itta Bena, MS
November 221:00 p.m.at Alabama State
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

at North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0 7 0 0 7
Fighting Hawks 14 7 7 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Jacksonville State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0 0 0 0 0
No. 13 Gamecocks 15 21 21 14 71
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2015 JSU, 49–7

Alcorn State

1 2 3 4 Total
Braves 10 17 14 15 56
Delta Devils 7 0 7 6 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–46–1 2017 ALCORN, 59–0

at Bethune–Cookman

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 1975 BCU, 21–6

at Jackson State

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

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Lions 0
Delta Devils 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–22–1 2017 MVSU, 38–31

at Texas Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–56–2 2017 TXSO, 38–21

at Grambling State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–52–2 2017 GRAM, 38–6

Hampton

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0
Delta Devils 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 1989 HAMP, 6–3

Alabama A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Delta Devils 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–22 2017 ALAM, 49–14

at Alabama State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0
Hornets 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–27–1 2017 ALST, 16–10

References

  1. ↑ https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/2017/11/20/mississippi-valley-state-rick-comegy-part-ways-after-four-seasons/881303001/
  2. ↑ http://www.swac.org/news/2018/7/11/swac-football-all-conference-preseason-teams-released.aspx
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