2018 Robert Morris Colonials football team

2018 Robert Morris Colonials football
Conference Northeast Conference
2018 record 1–5 (0–3 NEC)
Head coach Bernard Clark (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Gabe Luvara (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Rafael Tolentino (1st season)
Home stadium Joe Walton Stadium
(Capacity: 3,000)
2018 NEC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Bryant  2 –0     4 –1  
Sacred Heart  1 –0     3 –2  
Central Connecticut  1 –0     3 –3  
Saint Francis (PA)  0 –0     2 –3  
Duquesne  0 –1     3 –3  
Wagner  0 –1     1 –5  
Robert Morris  0 –2     1 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Robert Morris Colonials football team represents Robert Morris University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by first-year head coach Bernard Clark and play their home games at Joe Walton Stadium. They are a member of the Northeast Conference.

Previous season

The Colonials finished the 2017 season 2–9, 0–6 in NEC play to finish in last place.

On November 19, head coach John Banaszak announced his retirement. He finished at Robert Morris with a four-year record of 8–34.

Preseason

NEC coaches poll

The NEC released their preseason coaches poll on July 24, 2018, with the Colonials predicted to finish in last place.[1]

Predicted finish Team
1Central Connecticut
2Duquesne
3Bryant
4Saint Francis
5Wagner
6Sacred Heart
7Robert Morris

Preseason All-NEC team

The Colonials placed two players on the preseason all-NEC team.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 11:00 p.m.at Dayton*
Facebook LiveL 28–493,012
September 812:00 p.m.Virginia State*
NECFRW 22–192,013
September 137:30 p.m.[lower-alpha 1]at No. 2 James Madison*
Stretch InternetL 7–7318,112
September 221:00 p.m.at Bryant
ESPN3L 46–493,792
October 61:00 p.m.Central Connecticutdagger
  • Joe Walton Stadium
  • Moon Township, PA
NECFRL 35–561,844
October 137:00 p.m.at Duquesne
ESPN3L 24–482,046
October 2012:00 p.m.Central State*
  • Joe Walton Stadium
  • Moon Township, PA
NECFR
October 2712:00 p.m.Saint Francis (PA)
  • Joe Walton Stadium
  • Moon Township, PA
NECFR
November 312:00 p.m.at Sacred Heart
NECFR
November 101:00 p.m.at Eastern Kentucky*
ESPN+
November 1712:00 p.m.Wagner
  • Joe Walton Stadium
  • Moon Township, PA
NECFR
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. ↑ Moved from Saturday at 6:00 p.m. in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

[3]

Game summaries

at Dayton

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonials 7 7 7 7 28
Flyers 21 7 14 7 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–17 2017 RMU, 13–10

Virginia State

1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 0 6 6 7 19
Colonials 0 7 0 15 22
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonials 0 0 0 7 7
No. 2 Dukes 21 31 14 7 73
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Bryant

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonials 0 10 21 15 46
Bulldogs 14 14 14 7 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–8 2017 BRY, 42–17

Central Connecticut

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 21 14 7 14 56
Colonials 14 7 14 0 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–7 2017 CCSU, 42–14

at Duquesne

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonials 0
Dukes 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–12 2017 DUQ, 51–14

Central State

1 2 3 4 Total
Marauders 0
Colonials 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Saint Francis (PA)

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 0
Colonials 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–8–1 2017 SFU, 36–7

at Sacred Heart

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonials 0
Pioneers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–11 2017 SHU, 21–14

at Eastern Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonials 0
Colonels 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2014 EKU, 29–10

Wagner

1 2 3 4 Total
Seahawks 0
Colonials 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–10 2017 WAG, 27–7

References

  1. ↑ http://www.northeastconference.org/news/2018/7/24/football-defending-champ-ccsu-tops-preseason-coaches-poll-places-league-high-seven-on-all-nec-team.aspx
  2. ↑ http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/northeastconference.org/documents/2018/7/24/FB_18_All_NEC_preseason_list.pdf?id=18285
  3. ↑ "2018 Robert Morris Colonials schedule".
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