2018 North Alabama Lions football team

2018 North Alabama Lions football
Conference Independent
2018 record 4–3
Head coach Chris Willis (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Ryan Aplin (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Steadman Campbell (1st season)
Home stadium Braly Municipal Stadium
(Capacity: 14,215)
2018 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Dakota*   –     3 –2  
North Alabama   –     3 –3  
Hampton   –     2 –3  
  • *North Dakota ineligible for Big Sky title due to transition to the Missouri Valley Football Conference.
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 North Alabama Lions football team represents the University of North Alabama during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by second-year head coach Chris Willis. The Lions play their home games at Braly Municipal Stadium and are competing as an FCS Independent.

Previous season

The Lions finished the season 5–5, 5–3 in Gulf South Conference play to finish in a five-way tie for second place.

This was their final season as a member of the GSC and NCAA Division II as they will begin a transition to NCAA Division I and the Football Championship Subdivision where they will be a member of the Big South Conference in 2019 after playing 2018 as an FCS independent.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1 6:00 p.m. at Southern Utah
Pluto TV W 34–30 8,912
September 8 6:00 .m. at Alabama A&M
W 25–20 15,100
September 15 2:30 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State
ESPN+ L 7–38 18,557
September 22 6:00 p.m. Azusa Pacific
Lion Vision W 37–35 5,314
September 29 5:00 p.m. at Campbell
ESPN+ L 7–30 6,352
October 6 6:00 p.m. West Florida
  • Braly Municipal Stadium
  • Florence, AL
Lion Vision L 19–25 6,811
October 13 6:00 p.m. Mississippi Collegedagger
  • Braly Municipal Stadium
  • Florence, AL
Lion Vision W 34–17 9,230
October 20 2:00 p.m. at Jackson State
November 3 6:00 p.m. Shorter
  • Braly Municipal Stadium
  • Florence, AL
Lion Vision
November 10 1:30 p.m. North Greenville
  • Braly Municipal Stadium
  • Florence, AL
Lion Vision

Game summaries

at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 3 10 7 14 34
Thunderbirds 0 16 7 7 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Alabama A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 8 10 0 7 25
Bulldogs 7 10 3 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–3–1 1997 UNA, 49–20

at North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 0 0 7 7
No. 1 Bison 7 10 7 14 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 1985 NDSU, 35-7

Azusa Pacific

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 6 0 14 15 35
Lions 3 6 10 18 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Campbell

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 0 7 0 7
Fighting Camels 23 0 7 0 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

West Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Argonauts 3 7 7 7 24
Lions 7 3 3 6 19
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2017 UWF, 30–7

Mississippi College

1 2 3 4 Total
Choctaws 7 7 3 0 17
Lions 21 10 0 3 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
18-14-2 2017 UNA, 16–7

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 12 Final 
STATS FCS NR RV RV RV NR NR  
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Football Schedule". roarlions.com. University of North Alabama. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
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