2018 Furman Paladins football team

The 2018 Furman Paladins football team represented Furman University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Clay Hendrix and played their home games at Paladin Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 6–4, 6–2 in SoCon play finish in a three way tie for the SoCon championship with Wofford and East Tennessee State. After tiebreakers, they did not receive the SoCon's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs and they did not receive an at-large bid.

2018 Furman Paladins football
SoCon co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
2018 record6–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coachClay Hendrix (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorGeorge Quarles (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorChadd Staggs (2nd season)
Home stadiumPaladin Stadium
(Capacity: 16,000)
2018 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 13 Wofford +^  6 –2     9 –4  
No. 22 East Tennessee State +^  6 –2     8 –4  
Furman +  6 –2     6 –4  
Samford  5 –3     6 –5  
Chattanooga  4 –4     6 –5  
The Citadel  4 –4     5 –6  
Mercer  4 –4     5 –6  
Western Carolina  1 –7     3 –8  
VMI  0 –8     1 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Previous season

The Paladins finished the 2017 season 8–5, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Wofford in the second round.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Paladins predicted to finish in second place.[1] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Paladins predicted to finish in third place.[2]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford204 (20)
2Furman174 (2)
3Wofford163 (1)
4Mercer133
5Western Carolina114
6Chattanooga88
7The Citadel83
8East Tennessee State53
9VMI23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford63 (7)
2Wofford53 (1)
3Furman52 (1)
4Western Carolina39
5Chattanooga34
6Mercer32
7The Citadel28
8East Tennessee State15
9VMI8

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Paladins placed seven players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 112:20 p.m.at No. 2 (FBS) Clemson*No. 23
ACCNL 7–4880,048
September 86:00 p.m.at No. 15 Elon*No. 25
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveL 7–458,058
September 151:00 p.m.Colgate*
WYCW Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
September 227:30 p.m.at East Tennessee State
ESPN3L 27–298,453
September 292:00 p.m.Western Carolina
  • Paladin Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
WYCWW 44–387,201
October 131:00 p.m.No. 6 Wofford
  • Paladin Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
WYCWW 34–147,006
October 202:00 p.m.Samford
  • Paladin Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
WYCWL 25–386,016
October 272:00 p.m.at The Citadel
ESPN+W 28–178,574
November 31:00 p.m.Chattanooga
  • Paladin Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
WYCWW 16–104,332
November 101:30 p.m.at VMI
ESPN+W 49–133,922
November 173:00 p.m.at Mercer
ESPN+W 35–308,811
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. This game has been cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

at Clemson
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Paladins 0 0 0 7 7
No. 2 (FBS) Tigers 10 17 14 7 48
See also: 2018 Clemson Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–42–4 2012 CLEM, 41–7

at Elon
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Paladins 0 0 0 7 7
No. 15 Phoenix 14 14 10 7 45
See also: 2018 Elon Phoenix football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–7 2017 FCS Playoffs FUR, 28–27

at East Tennessee State
1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 7 6 14 0 27
Buccaneers 3 3 7 16 29
See also: 2018 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–7 2017 FUR, 56–35

Western Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 7 3 14 14 38
Paladins 14 17 7 6 44
See also: 2018 Western Carolina Catamounts football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–12–2 2017 FUR, 28–6

Wofford
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Terriers 0 7 7 0 14
Paladins 14 7 6 7 34
See also: 2018 Wofford Terriers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
52–32–7 2017 FCS Playoffs WOF, 28–10

Samford
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 10 0 21 7 38
Paladins 3 9 7 6 25
See also: 2018 Samford Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–10 2017 SAM, 26–20

at The Citadel
1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 7 7 0 14 28
Bulldogs 3 7 7 0 17
See also: 2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team and The Citadel–Furman football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
59–35–3 2017 FUR, 56–20

Chattanooga
1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0 0 3 7 10
Paladins 7 6 0 3 16
See also: 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–19 2017 FUR, 41–17

at VMI
1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 21 14 14 0 49
Keydets 7 0 0 6 13
See also: 2018 VMI Keydets football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–9 2017 FUR, 42–10

at Mercer
1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 7 13 9 6 35
Bears 7 3 14 6 30
See also: 2018 Mercer Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–6–2 2017 FUR, 28–21

Ranking movements
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 12 Final 
STATS FCS 23 25 RV RV NR NR NR RV NR NR RV RV RV  
Coaches 21 21 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV

References
  1. http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735859&DB_OEM_ID=4000
  2. http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735863&DB_OEM_ID=4000


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