Previous season
The Golden Eagles finished the 2017 season 1–10, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in last place.
On November 19, 2017, head coach Marcus Satterfield was fired.[1] He finished at Tennessee Tech with a two-year record of 6–16.
Preseason
On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Golden Eagles predicted to finish in last place.[2] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Golden Eagles also predicted to finish in last place.[3]
Media poll
Predicted finish |
Team |
Votes (1st place) |
1 | Jacksonville State | 134 (14) |
2 | Austin Peay | 114 (1) |
3 | UT Martin | 96 |
4 | Tennessee State | 91 |
5 | Eastern Illinois | 83 |
6 | Eastern Kentucky | 64 |
7 | Murray State | 39 |
8 | Southeast Missouri State | 35 |
9 | Tennessee Tech | 19 |
Coaches poll
Predicted finish |
Team |
Votes (1st place) |
1 | Jacksonville State | 126 (14) |
2 | Austin Peay | 112 (4) |
3 | UT Martin | 95 |
4 | Eastern Illinois | 73 |
5 | Eastern Kentucky | 69 |
6 | Tennessee State | 64 |
7 | Southeast Missouri State | 62 |
8 | Murray State | 24 |
9 | Tennessee Tech | 23 |
Preseason All-OVC team
The Golden Eagles had two players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[4]
Defense
Tim Collins – DL
Specialists
Nick Madonia – P
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga* | | ESPN3 | L 10–34 | 9,020 |
September 6 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 7 Kennesaw State* | | ESPNU | L 10–49 | 4,118 |
September 13 | 7:00 p.m. | at Utah State* | | MW Net | L 12–73 | 15,011 |
September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 10 Jacksonville State | | ESPN+ | L 20–48 | 17,403 |
September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | Eastern Illinois | - Tucker Stadium
- Cookeville, TN
| ESPN+ | L 38–52 | 7,184 |
October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | Southeast Missouri State | - Tucker Stadium
- Cookeville, TN
| ESPN+ | L 38–70 | 4,404 |
October 20 | 4:30 p.m. | at Tennessee State | | ESPN+ | | |
October 27 | 4:00 p.m. | at Austin Peay | | ESPN+ | | |
November 3 | 1:30 p.m. | Murray State | - Tucker Stadium
- Cookeville, TN
| ESPN+ | | |
November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | at UT Martin | | ESPN+ | | |
November 17 | 1:30 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky | - Tucker Stadium
- Cookeville, TN
| ESPN+ | | |
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Game summaries
at Chattanooga
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
0 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
Mocs |
6 |
7 |
21 |
0 |
34 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
10–29 |
2014 |
CHAT, 38–17 |
Kennesaw State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
No. 7 Owls |
7 |
14 |
21 |
7 |
49 |
Golden Eagles |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–1 |
2017 |
KSU, 27–14 |
at Utah State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
Aggies |
17 |
28 |
7 |
21 |
73 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
at Jacksonville State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
3 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
20 |
No. 10 Gamecocks |
10 |
14 |
7 |
17 |
48 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
10–29 |
2017 |
JSU, 34–7 |
Eastern Illinois
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Panthers |
7 |
14 |
10 |
21 |
52 |
Golden Eagles |
10 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
38 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
6–7 |
2017 |
EIU, 24–23 |
Southeast Missouri State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Redhawks |
21 |
28 |
14 |
7 |
70 |
Golden Eagles |
3 |
14 |
7 |
14 |
38 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
14–11 |
2017 |
SEMO, 31–3 |
at Tennessee State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Tigers |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
12–18 |
2017 |
TTU, 30–26 |
at Austin Peay
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Governors |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
32–19 |
2017 |
ASPU, 35–28 |
Murray State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Racers |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Golden Eagles |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
44–38–1 |
2017 |
MUR, 31–21 |
at UT Martin
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Skyhawks |
|
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|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
18–15 |
2017 |
UTM, 24–0 |
Eastern Kentucky
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Colonels |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Golden Eagles |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
20–54 |
2017 |
EKU, 24–21 |
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