2018 West Alabama Tigers football team
| 2018 West Alabama Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Gulf South Conference |
| 2018 record | 4–2 (1–2 GSC) |
| Head coach | Brett Gilliland (5th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Don Bailey (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Steve Sisa (2nd season) |
| Home stadium |
Tiger Stadium (Capacity: 7,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Valdosta State | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 West Georgia | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 West Florida | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Tech | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Greenville | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Alabama | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi College | 0 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delta State | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shorter | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of October 15, 2018; Rankings from AFCA Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2018 West Alabama Tigers football team will represent University of West Alabama during the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They will be led by fifth-year head coach Brett Gilliland. The Tigers will play their home games at Tiger Stadium and are members of the Gulf South Conference.
Preseason
Gulf South Conference coaches poll
On August 2, 2018, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Tigers predicted to finish in 1st place in the conference.[1]
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | West Alabama | 62 (6) |
| 2 | West Florida | 59 (3) |
| 3 | West Georgia | 44 |
| 4 | Delta State | 41 |
| 5 | Valdosta State | 38 |
| 6 | Florida Tech | 32 |
| 7 | North Greenville | 24 |
| 8 | Mississippi College | 16 |
| 9 | Shorter | 8 |
Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Team
The Tigers had seven players at seven positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[2]
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Offense Brandon Anderson – OT Qua Boyd – TE Call Dyer – C Harry Satterwhite – QB Defense Darius Ellis – DL Terry Samuel – LB Special Teams Zach Gaines – P |
Schedule
West Alabama 2018 football schedule consists of six home and five away games in the regular season. The Tigers will host GSC foes Delta State, Florida Tech, Valdosta State, and West Florida, and will travel to Mississippi College, North Greenville, Shorter, and West Georgia.[3]
The Tigers will host two of the three non-conference games against Lenoir–Rhyne from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) and Miles College from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and will travel to Limestone, which is an independent team.
Three of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[4]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result |
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| August 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Lenoir–Rhyne* | No. 12 | W 36–32 | ||
| September 6 | 6:00 p.m. | Miles College* | No. 11 |
| W 37–21 | |
| September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | Valdosta State | No. 8 |
| L 24–58 | |
| September 22 | 12:00 p.m. | at Limestone* | No. 23 |
| W 16–13 | |
| September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | at North Greenville | No. 21 | ESPN3 | L 16–20 | |
| October 6 | 12:00 p.m. | at Shorter | W 48–17 | |||
| October 13 | 2:00 p.m. | Delta State |
| ESPN3 | ||
| October 20 | 1:00 p.m. | at West Georgia | ||||
| October 27 | 4:00 p.m. | Florida Tech |
| ESPN3 | ||
| November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | at Mississippi College |
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| November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | West Florida |
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- Schedule Source:[5]
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final | ||||||||
| AFCA | 12 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 21 | RV | NR | ||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "West Alabama Tops GSC Football Preseason Poll". Gulf South Conference. August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ↑ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gulfsouthconference.com/documents/2018/8/2/Football_2018_Preseason_All_GSC_Table.pdf
- ↑ "TIGERS OPEN 2018 FOOTBALL SEASON WITH THREE HOME GAMES" (Press release). University of West Alabama Department of Athletics. January 29, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- ↑ "GSC Announces 2018 Football Game of the Week Schedule". Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ↑ "2018 West Alabama Tigers Football Schedule". University of West Alabama Department of Athletics. Retrieved July 5, 2018.