2018 Monmouth Hawks football team

2018 Monmouth Hawks football
Conference Big South Conference
2018 record 3–2 (0–0 Big South)
Head coach Kevin Callahan (26th season)
Offensive coordinator Kevin Morris (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Andy Bobik (24th season)
Home stadium Kessler Stadium
(Capacity: 3,200)
2018 Big South football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 Kennesaw State  1 –0     5 –1  
Campbell  0 –0     5 –1  
Monmouth  0 –0     3 –2  
Charleston Southern  0 –0     1 –3  
Gardner–Webb  0 –0     1 –5  
Presbyterian  0 –1     2 –2  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Monmouth Hawks football team represents Monmouth University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by 26th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and play their home games at Kessler Field in West Long Branch, New Jersey as members of the Big South Conference.

Previous season

The Hawks finished the 2017 season 9–3, 4–1 in Big South play to finish in second place. They were invited to the FCS Playoffs, where they were defeated in the first round.

Preseason

Big South poll

In the Big South preseason poll released on July 23, 2018, the Hawks were predicted to finish in second place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Kennesaw State107 (17)
2Monmouth82 (1)
3Charleston Southern75
4Gardner–Webb52
5Campbell36
6Presbyterian26

Preseason All-Big South team

The Big South released their preseason all-Big South team on July 23, 2018, with the Hawks having six players at seven positions selected along with two more on the honorable mention list.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 6:30 p.m. at Eastern Michigan*
ESPN+ L 17–51 14,357
September 8 3:00 p.m. Hampton*
ESPN+ W 56–28 3,092
September 15 6:00 p.m. at Lafayette*
Stadium W 24–20 4,325
September 22 4:30 p.m. at Princeton*
ESPN+ L 9–51 11,068
September 29 1:00 p.m. Wagner*
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
ESPN+ W 54–47 3,971
October 13 1:00 p.m. Bucknell*
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
ESPN+
October 20 1:00 p.m. Campbelldagger
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
ESPN3
October 27 2:30 p.m. at Presbyterian
ESPN+
November 3 1:00 p.m. Charleston Southern
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
ESPN3
November 10 12:00 p.m. Kennesaw State
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
ESPN3
November 17 1:30 p.m. at Gardner–Webb
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Eastern Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 3 7 7 17
Eagles 13 17 14 7 51
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Hampton

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 14 0 7 7 28
Hawks 7 21 21 7 56
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2017 MON, 30–23

at Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 6 9 6 3 24
Leopards 13 7 0 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2017 MON, 31–12

at Princeton

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 9 0 0 0 9
Tigers 14 16 14 0 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Wagner

1 2 3 4 Total
Seahawks 21 12 7 7 47
Hawks 8 21 3 22 54
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–10 2015 MON, 31–16

Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0
Hawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2017 MON, 35–13

Campbell

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Camels 0
Hawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Presbyterian

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0
Blue Hose 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–2 2017 MON, 42–21

Charleston Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0
Hawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 MON, 23–20

Kennesaw State

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0
Hawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 2017 KSU, 52–21

at Gardner–Webb

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0
Runnin' Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2017 MON, 41–14

Ranking movements

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 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV RV  
Coaches RV NR

References

  1. ↑ "Kennesaw State Voted 2018 Preseason Football Favorite". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference.
  2. ↑ "Burks, Armstrong Headline 2018 Preseason All-Conference Team". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference.
  3. ↑ "2018 Football Schedule". monmouthhawks.com. Monmouth University. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
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