2018 Texas Southern Tigers football team

2018 Texas Southern Tigers football
Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division West Division
2018 record 1–3 (0–0 SWAC)
Head coach Michael Haywood (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Morris Watts (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Tom Anthony (3rd season)
Home stadium BBVA Compass Stadium
(Capacity: 22,039)
2018 SWAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Alcorn State  2 –0     4 –1  
Alabama A&M  1 –1     2 –3  
Jackson State  0 –1     1 –2  
Alabama State  0 –1     1 –3  
Mississippi Valley State  0 –1     0 –3  
West Division
Prairie View A&M  2 –0     3 –3  
Southern  1 –1     2 –3  
Grambling State  1 –1     1 –3  
Texas Southern  0 –0     1 –3  
Arkansas–Pine Bluff  0 –1     1 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Texas Southern Tigers football team represents Texas Southern University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers are led by third-year head coach Michael Haywood and play their home games at a BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2017 season 2–9, 2–5 in SWAC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division.

Preseason

SWAC football media day

During the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Tigers were predicted to finish fourth in the West Division.[1]

Media poll

West Division
Predicted finishTeamVotes
1Grambling State96
2Southern78
3Prairie View A&M65
4Texas Southern31
5Arkansas–Pine Bluff30

Presason All-SWAC Team

The Tigers had one player selected to Preseason All-SWAC Teams.

Offense

2nd team

Jimmy White – So. OL

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.UT–Permian Basin*
ATT SW+W 26–161,824
September 86:00 p.m.at Texas State*
ESPN+L 20–3615,440
September 156:00 p.m.at Alcorn State*
L 15–2714,563
September 227:00 p.m.at Houston*
ESPN3L 14–7029,970
October 66:00 p.m.Alabama A&M
  • BBVA Compass Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ATT SWL 21–42
October 136:00 p.m.Grambling State
  • BBVA Compass Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ATT SW
October 20vs. Southern
October 272:00 p.m.Mississippi Valley Statedagger
  • BBVA Compass Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ATT SW
November 3at Alabama State
November 172:00 p.m.Arkansas–Pine Bluffdagger
  • BBVA Compass Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ATT SW
November 24at Prairie View A&M
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Source: Schedule

Despite also being a member of the SWAC, the game vs Alcorn State will be considered a non conference game and will have no effect on the SWAC standings.

Game summaries

UT–Permian Basin

1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 2 0 0 14 16
Tigers 13 3 7 3 26
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Texas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 7 13 20
Bobcats 3 13 10 10 36
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–9 2009 TXST, 52–18

at Alcorn State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 7 8 15
Braves 14 13 0 0 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–34–4 2009 ALCORN, 24–17

at Houston

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 7 7 14
Cougars 14 28 7 21 70
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2007 HOU, 59–6

Alabama A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–10 2017 ALAM, 30–13

Grambling State

1 2 3 4 Total
GRAM Tigers 0
TXSO Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–47–3 2017 GRAM, 50–24

vs Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–47–3 2017 SU, 33–7

Mississippi Valley State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
28–26–1 2017 TXSO, 38–21

at Alabama State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Hornets 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–18–2 2017 ALST, 23–16

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Lions 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–18–1 2017 TXSO, 24–10

at Prairie View A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Panthers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
43–28–1 2017 PVAM, 30–16

References

  1. ↑ http://www.swac.org/news/2018/7/11/swac-football-all-conference-preseason-teams-released.aspx
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