2018 Towson Tigers football team

2018 Towson Tigers football
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATS No. 17
FCS Coaches No. 18
2018 record 4–1 (2–0 CAA)
Head coach Rob Ambrose (10th season)
Offensive coordinator Jared Ambrose (6th season)
Defensive coordinator Lyndon Johnson (2nd season)
Home stadium Johnny Unitas Stadium
(Capacity: 11,198)
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 Towson Tigers football team represents Towson University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by tenth-year head coach Rob Ambrose and play their home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium. They are a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2017 season 5–6, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.

Preseason

CAA Poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Tigers were predicted to finish in tenth place.[1] They did not have any players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.at Morgan State*
MeTV Baltimore/SPORTSfever/ESPN3W 36–109,209
September 812:00 p.m.at Wake Forest*
ACCN ExtraL 20–5123,619
September 153:30 p.m.at No. 10 Villanova
FCS/FSGOW 45–355,719
September 294:00 p.m.[2]The Citadel*No. 25
CAA.tvW 44–277,323
October 64:00 p.m.[2]No. 13 Stony BrookNo. 23
  • Johnny Unitas Stadium
  • Towson, MD
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveW 52–284,614
October 134:00 p.m.[2]William & MaryNo. 17
  • Johnny Unitas Stadium
  • Towson, MD
CAA.tv
October 203:30 p.m.at Albany
October 273:30 p.m.at Delaware
FCS/FSGO
November 34:00 p.m.[2]Maine
  • Johnny Unitas Stadium
  • Towson, MD
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive
November 1012:00 p.m.at Elon
November 172:00 p.m.[2]James Madison
  • Johnny Unitas Stadium
  • Towson, MD
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive

Game summaries

at Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 14 14 5 36
Bears 7 0 3 0 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–6 2017 W, 10–0

at Wake Forest

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 14 6 0 0 20
Demon Deacons 14 24 3 10 51
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 21 14 7 3 45
No. 10 Wildcats 14 7 7 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–8 2017 W, 24–9

The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 3 7 14 3 27
No. 25 Tigers 7 17 17 3 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Stony Brook

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
2–3 2017 L, 17–25

William & Mary

1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 0
No. 17 Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–9 2017 W, 26–14

at Albany

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Great Danes 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2013 W, 44–17

at Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Fightin' Blue Hens 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–11 2017 W, 18–17

Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–6 2015 W, 10–7

at Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Phoenix 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–2 2017 L, 30–33 2OT

James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
Dukes 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–20–1 2015 L, 30–51

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 NR NR NR RV 25 23 17  
Coaches NR NR NR RV RV 24 18

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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Home Football Game Times Announced". Towson Athletics. May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
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