2018 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

2018 Saint Francis Red Flash football
Conference Northeast Conference
2018 record 2–3 (0–0 NEC)
Head coach Chris Villarrial (9th season)
Offensive coordinator Eric Long
Defensive coordinator Marco Pecora
Home stadium DeGol Field
(Capacity: 3,450)
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 Saint Francis Red Flash football team represents Saint Francis University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by ninth-year head coach Chris Villarrial and play their home games at DeGol Field. They are a member of the Northeast Conference.

Previous season

The Red Flash finished the 2017 season 5–6, 3–3 in NEC play to finish in fourth place.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Walter Payton Award[1] Kamron Lewis WR SR

NEC coaches poll

The NEC released their preseason coaches poll on July 24, 2018, with the Red Flash predicted to finish in fourth place.[2]

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

Preseason All-NEC team

The Red Flash placed five players on the preseason all-NEC team.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 112:30 p.m.at Lehigh*
StadiumL 19–214,216
September 812:00 p.m.Delaware State*
NECFRW 45–141,074
September 13[lower-alpha 1]5:00 p.m.Richmond*
  • DeGol Field
  • Loretto, PA
NECFRL 27–351,234
September 227:00 p.m.at Albany*
L 28–353,840
September 294:00 p.m.West Virginia Wesleyan*
  • DeGol Field
  • Loretto, PA
NECFRW 59–31,563
October 1312:00 p.m.at Wagner
ESPN3
October 2012:00 p.m.Duquesnedagger
  • DeGol Field
  • Loretto, PA
NECFR
October 2712:00 p.m.at Robert Morris
NECFR
November 312:00 p.m.Bryant
  • DeGol Field
  • Loretto, PA
NECFR
November 1012:00 p.m.Central Connecticut
  • DeGol Field
  • Loretto, PA
ESPN3
November 1712:00 p.m.at Sacred Heart
NECFR
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. ↑ This game was originally scheduled as home game for Richmond at Robins Stadium. It was moved to DeGol Filed and moved up two days in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

at Lehigh

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 7 3 3 6 19
Mountain Hawks 0 14 7 0 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 1993 LEH, 37–0

Delaware State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 7 7 0 0 14
Red Flash 28 0 17 0 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2006 DSU, 63–28

Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
Spiders 2 7 3 23 35
Red Flash 0 3 17 7 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Albany

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 7 7 14 0 28
Great Danes 7 13 8 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–14 2016 UALB, 20–9

West Virginia Wesleyan

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0 0 0 3 3
Red Flash 21 21 3 14 59
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Wagner

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 0
Seahawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–22 2017 SFU, 31–6

Duquesne

1 2 3 4 Total
Dukes 0
Red Flash 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–36 2017 DUQ, 24–7

at Robert Morris

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

Bryant

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Red Flash 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–6 2017 SFU, 30–14

Central Connecticut

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0
Red Flash 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–6 2017 CCSU, 28–10

at Sacred Heart

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 0
Pioneers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–10 2017 SHU, 16–7

References

  1. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/northeastconference.org/documents/2018/7/24/FB_18_All_NEC_preseason_list.pdf?id=18285
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