2018 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

2018 North Carolina Central Eagles football
Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
2018 record 2–3 (1–1 MEAC)
Head coach Granville Eastman (interim) (1st season)
Offensive coordinator T.C. Taylor (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Granville Eastman (5th season)
Home stadium O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
(Capacity: 10,600)
2018 MEAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Florida A&M  3 –0     4 –2  
No. 10 North Carolina A&T  2 –0     5 –1  
Norfolk State  1 –1     3 –2  
Bethune–Cookman  1 –1     3 –3  
North Carolina Central  1 –1     2 –3  
Howard  1 –1     1 –3  
South Carolina State  1 –1     1 –4  
Morgan State  0 –1     1 –4  
Savannah State  0 –2     1 –4  
Delaware State  0 –2     0 –5  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 North Carolina Central Eagles football team represents North Carolina Central University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by first-year interim head coach Granville Eastman. The Eagles play their home games at O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium. They are a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).

Previous season

The Eagles finished the 2017 season 7–4, 5–3 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

On December 8, head coach Jerry Mack resigned to become the offensive coordinator at Rice.[1] He finished at North Carolina Central with a four-year record of 31–15.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Buck Buchanan Award[2] Davanta Reynolds S SR

MEAC preseason poll

In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Eagles were picked to finish in third place.[3]

Predicted finish Team
1North Carolina A&T
2Howard
3North Carolina Central
4Bethune–Cookman
5Florida A&M
6Norfolk State
7South Carolina State
8Savannah State
9Morgan State
10Delaware State

Preseason All-MEAC Teams

The Eagles had nine players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.[4] Defensive back Davanta Reynolds was selected as the preseason defensive player of the year.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 212:00 p.m.vs. Prairie View A&M*
ESPN2L 24–4010,274
September 86:00 p.m.Saint Augustine's*
NSNW 51–146,142
September 223:30 p.m.at Duke*
ACCN ExtraL 13–5530,477
September 294:00 p.m.Florida A&M
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPN3L 14–558,451
October 62:00 p.m.Howard
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPN3W 40–356,702
October 202:00 p.m.at Norfolk State
October 272:00 p.m.at Delaware State
November 32:00 p.m.Edward Waters*dagger
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
November 104:00 p.m.at Bethune–Cookman
November 172:00 p.m.North Carolina A&T
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC (rivalry)
November 24[lower-alpha 1]at South Carolina State
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. ↑ Game originally scheduled for September 15, but moved in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

vs Prairie View A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 20 3 3 14 40
Eagles 0 7 14 3 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Saint Augustine's

1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 0 7 0 7 14
Eagles 14 9 14 14 51
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–0–1 2016 NCCU, 65–7

at Duke

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 6 0 0 13
Blue Devils 20 7 21 7 55
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–6 2017 DUKE, 60–7

Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Rattlers 24 17 7 7 55
Eagles 7 0 7 0 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–7–1 2017 NCCU, 21–14

Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 5 14 7 9 35
Eagles 7 17 7 9 40
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–9–1 2017 NCCU, 13–7

at Norfolk State

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0
Spartans 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–6 2017 NSU, 28–21

at Delaware State

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0
Hornets 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–6 2017 NCCU, 42–14

Edward Waters

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Eagles 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2010 NCCU, 20–7

at Bethune–Cookman

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–7 2017 BCU, 13–10

North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0
Eagles 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
33–49–5 2017 NCAT, 24–10

at South Carolina State

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–13 2017 NCCU, 33–28

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 NR NR NR  
Coaches NR NR NR NR

References

  1. ↑ http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/article188884189.html
  2. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ "North Carolina A&T State Picked To Win 2018 MEAC Championship". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. July 27, 2018.
  4. ↑ "NCAT's Raynard, NCCU's Reynolds Headline 2018 All-MEAC Preseason Football Team". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. July 25, 2018.
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