2018 Delta State Statesmen football team

The 2018 Delta State Statesmen football team will represent Delta State University in the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They will be led by sixth-year head coach Todd Cooley. The Statesmen will played their home games at McCool Stadium and are members of the Gulf South Conference.

2018 Delta State Statesmen football
ConferenceGulf South Conference
2018 record2-8 (2-6 GSC)
Head coachTodd Cooley (6th season)
Offensive coordinatorJoel Williams (6th season)
Defensive coordinatorJerry Partridge (2nd season)
Home stadiumParker Field at Horace McCool Stadium
(Capacity: 8,125)
2018 Gulf South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 Valdosta State $^  8 –0     14 –0  
No. 16 West Georgia ^  7 –1     10 –2  
Florida Tech ^  5 –3     8 –4  
West Alabama ^  5 –3     8 –4  
West Florida  4 –4     6 –5  
North Greenville  3 –4     4 –6  
Delta State  2 –6     2 –8  
Mississippi College  1 –6     3 –7  
Shorter  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

Preseason

Gulf South Conference coaches poll

On August 2, 2018, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Statesmen predicted to finish in 4th place in the conference.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1West Alabama62 (6)
2West Florida59 (3)
3West Georgia44
4Delta State41
5Valdosta State38
6Florida Tech32
7North Greenville24
8Mississippi College16
9Shorter8

Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Team

The Statesmen had three players at three positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[2]

Schedule

Delta State 2018 football schedule consists of five home and away games in the regular season. The Statesmen will host GSC foes Mississippi College, North Greenville, Shorter, and West Florida, and will travel to Florida Tech, Valdosta State, West Alabama and West Georgia.

The Statesmen will host one of the two non-conference games against Grand Valley State from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and will travel to Tarleton State from the Lone Star Conference.

Three of the ten games will be broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[3]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 p.m.at Tarleton State*
L 13–444,781
September 86:00 p.m.No. 8 Grand Valley State*
L 10-215,514
September 156:00 p.m.at Florida Tech
ESPN3L 12-303,567
September 226:00 p.m.North Greenville
  • McCool Stadium
  • Cleveland, MS
L 20-336,660
September 296:00 p.m.No. 11 West Florida
  • McCool Stadium
  • Cleveland, MS
L 21-305,678
October 612:00 p.m.at No. 10 Valdosta State
L 28-592,036
October 132:00 p.m.at West Alabama
ESPN3L 14-173,872
October 256:00 p.m.Shorter
  • McCool Stadium
  • Cleveland, MS
ESPN3W 46-203,333
November 32:00 p.m.at No. 3 West Georgia
L 17-293,281
November 106:00 p.m.Mississippi College
  • McCool Stadium
  • Cleveland, MS (Rivalry)
W 28-215,432
Schedule Source:[4]

Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final 
AFCA RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Game summaries

at Tarleton State
1 2 3 4 Total
Statesmen 3 3 0 7 13
Texans 6 17 21 0 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
3-0 September 2, 2017 W 34-16

Grand Valley State
1 2 3 4 Total
Lakers 0 7 7 7 21
Statesmen 3 0 7 0 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
0-1 December 10, 2006 L 30-49

at Florida Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Statesmen 0 6 6 0 12
Panthers 21 9 0 0 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
3-2 November 11, 2017 W 42-20

North Greenville
1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 14 3 13 3 33
Statesmen 10 0 3 7 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
2-0 November 4, 2017 W 33-30OT

West Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
Argonauts 3 3 10 14 30
Statesmen 7 14 0 0 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
2-0 October 14, 2017 W 28-25

at Valdosta State
1 2 3 4 Total
Statesmen 14 14 0 0 28
Blazers 14 14 17 14 59
Overall record Last meeting Result
20-16-1 October 21, 2017 L 13-34

at West Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Statesmen 7 0 7 0 14
Tigers 7 7 0 3 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
35-25-3 October 7, 2017 L 26-29

Shorter
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 6 7 0 7 20
Statesmen 14 14 18 0 46
Overall record Last meeting Result
5-1 September 23, 2017 W 54-20

at West Georgia
1 2 3 4 Total
Statesmen 7 10 0 0 17
Wolves 3 9 10 7 29
Overall record Last meeting Result
19-13 September 16, 2017 W 17-7

Mississippi College
1 2 3 4 Total
Choctaws 0 14 0 7 21
Statesmen 7 7 14 0 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
21-15-2 September 30, 2017 W 30-17

References
  1. "West Alabama Tops GSC Football Preseason Poll". Gulf South Conference. August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  2. https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gulfsouthconference.com/documents/2018/8/2/Football_2018_Preseason_All_GSC_Table.pdf
  3. "GSC Announces 2018 Football Game of the Week Schedule". Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  4. "2018 Delta State Statesmen Football Schedule". Delta State University of Athletics. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
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