2018 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

2018 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATS No. 19
FCS Coaches No. 20
2018 record 4–2 (2–1 CAA)
Head coach Chuck Priore (13th season)
Co-offensive coordinator Carmen Felus (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator Chris Bache (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Bobby McIntyre (2nd season)
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
(Capacity: 12,300)
2018 CAA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 17 Towson  2 –0     4 –1  
No. 16 Rhode Island  2 –1     4 –2  
No. 5 Elon  2 –0     4 –1  
No. 21 Maine  3 –0     4 –2  
No. 6 James Madison  2 –1     4 –2  
No. 19 Stony Brook  2 –1     4 –2  
Delaware  1 –1     3 –2  
William & Mary  1 –1     2 –3  
Albany  0 –2     2 –3  
New Hampshire  0 –2     1 –4  
Villanova  0 –3     3 –3  
Richmond  0 –3     2 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Stony Brook Seawolves football team represents Stony Brook University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Seawolves compete as sixth-year members of the Colonial Athletic Association with Chuck Priore as the head coach for his 13th season. They play their home games at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York.

Previous season

The Seawolves finished the 2017 season 10–3, 7–1 in CAA play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Lehigh in the first round before losing to James Madison in the second round.

Preseason

CAA Poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Seawolves were predicted to finish in fourth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1James Madison241 (21)
2New Hampshire206 (2)
3Delaware182
4Stony Brook169
5Elon168 (1)
6Villanova164
7Richmond127
8Maine81
9Albany78
10Towson74
11William & Mary55
12Rhode Island39

Preseason All-CAA Team

The Seawolves had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team including quarterback Trevor Knight being selected as offensive player of the year.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 110:00 a.m.at Air Force*No. 20
StadiumL 0–3833,415
September 86:00 p.m.Bryant*No. 24
WolfievisionW 50–215,708
September 156:00 p.m.at Fordham*No. 24
StadiumW 28–66,524
September 226:00 p.m.RichmondNo. 20
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveW 36–106,272
September 296:00 p.m.No. 13 VillanovaNo. 18
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
FCS/FSGOW 29–277,720
October 64:00 p.m.at No. 23 TowsonNo. 13
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveL 28–524,614
October 133:30 p.m.at New HampshireNo. 19
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveW 35–7
October 206:00 p.m.Rhode Islanddagger
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
October 273:30 p.m.at James Madison
MASN/SNY
November 101:00 p.m.Delaware
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive
November 173:30 p.m.at Albany
FCS/FSGO
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game Summaries

at Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Seawolves 0 0 0 0 0
Falcons 14 10 0 14 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Bryant

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 7 14 0 21
No. 24 Seawolves 13 7 14 16 50
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2014 L, 7–13

at Fordham

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Seawolves 7 14 7 0 28
Rams 0 0 0 6 6
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 1988 W, 3–0

Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
Spiders 3 0 7 0 10
No. 20 Seawolves 9 7 6 14 36
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–2 2017 W, 27–24

Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Wildcats 7 14 0 6 27
No. 18 Seawolves 0 6 17 6 29
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2013 W, 35–6

at Towson

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Seawolves 0 14 7 7 28
No. 23 Tigers 21 14 10 7 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2017 W, 25–17

at New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Seawolves 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–4 2017 W, 38–24

Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0
Seawolves 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–0 2017 W, 35–18

at James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
Seawolves 0
Dukes 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2015 L, 20–38

Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Fightin' Blue Hens 0
Seawolves 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2017 L, 20–24

at Albany

1 2 3 4 Total
Seawolves 0
Great Danes 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–11 2015 L, 21–38

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 20 24 24 20 18 13 19  
Coaches 22 23 21 19 17 13 20

References

  1. ↑ Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
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