2018 Savannah State Tigers football team

2018 Savannah State Tigers football
Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
2018 record 1–5 (0–3 MEAC)
Head coach Erik Raeburn (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Bill Rychel (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Chad Williams (3rd season)
Home stadium Ted Wright Stadium
(Capacity: 8,500)
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 Savannah State Tigers football team represents Savannah State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers are members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They are led by third-year head coach Erik Raeburn and play their home games at Ted Wright Stadium.

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2017 season 3–8, 3–5 in MEAC play to finish in seventh place.

Preseason

MEAC preseason poll

In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Tigers were picked to finish in eighth place.[1]

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 Tigers had five players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 308:00 p.m.at UAB*
ESPN+L 0–5227,124
September 86:00 p.m.at No. 22 (FBS) Miami (FL)*
ESPN3L 0–7760,307
September 151:00 p.m.at Howard
 Postponed[lower-alpha 1]
September 224:00 p.m.at Florida A&M
ESPN3L 13–3116,644
September 296:00 p.m.Bethune–Cookman
ESPN3L 20–355,018
October 66:00 p.m.Charleston Southern*
  • Ted Wright Stadium
  • Savannah, GA
ESPN3W 23–32,970
October 136:00 p.m.Morgan State
  • Ted Wright Stadium
  • Savannah, GA
ESPN3L 11–182,655
October 273:00 p.m.Norfolk Statedagger
  • Ted Wright Stadium
  • Savannah, GA
ESPN3
November 32:00 p.m.at Delaware State
ESPN+
November 101:00 p.m.North Carolina A&T
  • Ted Wright Stadium
  • Savannah, GA
ESPN3
November 171:30 p.m.at South Carolina State
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time


  1. ↑ This game has been postponed in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.[3]

Game summaries

at UAB

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 0 0 0
Blazers 7 21 10 14 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Miami (FL)

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 0 0 0
No. 22 (FBS) Hurricanes 7 21 21 28 77
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2013 MIA, 77–7

at Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Bison 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–9 2016 SSU, 31–27

at Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 0 0 6 13
Rattlers 0 3 14 14 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–9 2017 FAMU, 20–14

Bethune–Cookman

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 14 14 0 35
Tigers 7 7 0 6 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–39–2 2017 BCU, 24–12

Charleston Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 3 0 0 3
Tigers 7 7 0 9 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–7 2017 CSU, 52–27

Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 3 8 7 0 18
Tigers 0 3 8 0 11
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–10 2017 MORG, 48–28

Norfolk State

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–10 2017 SSU, 27–9

at Delaware State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Hornets 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 SSU, 35–21

North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 2017 NCAT, 36–17

at South Carolina State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–19 2017 SSU, 34–10

References

  1. ↑ "North Carolina A&T State Picked To Win 2018 MEAC Championship". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. July 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ "NCAT's Raynard, NCCU's Reynolds Headline 2018 All-MEAC Preseason Football Team". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. July 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Hurricane Florence Forces Postponement Of Howard/Savannah State Football Game". www.ssuathletics.com. Savannah State Athletics. September 12, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
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