2018 Tennessee State Tigers football team

2018 Tennessee State Tigers football
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
2018 record 2–2 (1–1 OVC)
Head coach Rod Reed (9th season)
Offensive coordinator Jeff Parker (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Garry Fisher (2nd season)
Home stadium Nissan Stadium
(Capacity: 69,143)
Hale Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
2018 OVC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Jacksonville State  3 –0     4 –1  
Murray State  2 –0     2 –3  
Southeast Missouri State  1 –1     3 –2  
Eastern Kentucky  1 –1     2 –3  
Tennessee State  1 –1     2 –2  
UT Martin  1 –1     1 –4  
Austin Peay  1 –2     3 –3  
Eastern Illinois  1 –2     1 –5  
Tennessee Tech  0 –3     0 –6  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Tennessee State Tigers football team represents Tennessee State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by ninth-year head coach Rod Reed and play their home games at Nissan Stadium and Hale Stadium. They are members of the Ohio Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2017 season 6–5, 2–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for seventh place.

Preseason

OVC media poll

On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Tigers predicted to finish in fourth place.[1] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Tigers predicted to finish in sixth place.[2]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State134 (14)
2Austin Peay114 (1)
3UT Martin96
4Tennessee State91
5Eastern Illinois83
6Eastern Kentucky64
7Murray State39
8Southeast Missouri State35
9Tennessee Tech19
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State126 (14)
2Austin Peay112 (4)
3UT Martin95
4Eastern Illinois73
5Eastern Kentucky69
6Tennessee State64
7Southeast Missouri State62
8Murray State24
9Tennessee Tech23

Preseason All-OVC team

The Tigers had three players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.Bethune–Cookman*
ESPN+W 34–314,069
September 86:00 p.m.vs. Jackson State*
FSS Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
September 155:00 p.m.at Hampton*
 Cancelled[lower-alpha 2]
September 222:00 p.m.at Eastern Illinois
ESPN+W 41–407,670
September 293:00 p.m.at Vanderbilt*
SECNL 27–3127,340
October 66:00 p.m.at Austin Peay
ESPN3L 34–4912,201
October 131:00 p.m.at Murray State
ESPN+
October 204:30 p.m.Tennessee Techdagger
  • Nissan Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
ESPN+
November 31:00 p.m.at Southeast Missouri State
ESPN+
November 102:00 p.m.Jacksonville State
ESPN+
November 172:00 p.m.UT Martin
  • Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
ESPN+
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
  1. ↑ The Jackson State game was cancelled due to inclement weather.
  2. ↑ The Hampton game was cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

Bethune–Cookman

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 3 0 0 3
Tigers 14 7 3 10 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–2 2016 TSU, 31–24

at Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 13 13 15 41
Panthers 17 7 7 9 40
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–13 2017 EIU, 19–16

at Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 13 7 7 27
Commodores 0 10 14 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2016 VANDY, 35–17

at Austin Peay

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 14 6 7 34
Governors 7 14 21 7 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–7 2017 APSU, 21–17

at Murray State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Racers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–15 2016 MUR, 38–31

Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–12 2017 TTU, 30–26

at Southeast Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Redhawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–11 2017 TSU, 23–30

Jacksonville State

1 2 3 4 Total
Gamecocks 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–10 2017 JSU, 36–6

UT Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–11 2017 UTM, 31–16

References

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