2018 North Greenville Crusaders football team

The 2018 North Greenville Crusaders football team will represent North Greenville University during the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They will be led by sixth-year head coach Jeff Farrington. The Crusaders will play their home games at Younts Stadium, and are members of the Gulf South Conference.

2018 North Greenville Crusaders football
ConferenceGulf South Conference
2018 record4–6 (3–4 GSC)
Head coachJeff Farrington (6th season)
Offensive coordinatorTrey Elder[1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGreg Harris (5th season)
Home stadiumYounts Stadium
(Capacity: 5,000)
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

The 2018 season marks as the first season as members of the Gulf South Conference.[2]

Preseason

Gulf South Conference coaches poll

On August 2, 2018, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Crusaders predicted to finish in 7th place in the conference.[3]

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 Crusaders had no players selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[4]

Schedule

North Greenville 2018 football schedule consists of five home and six away games in the regular season. The Crusaders will host GSC foes Mississippi College, Shorter, West Alabama, and West Florida, and will travel to Delta State, Florida Tech, Valdosta State, and West Georgia.[5]

The Crusaders will host one of the three non-conference games against Lenoir–Rhyne from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC), and will travel to North Alabama, which is a FCS Independent team and Tusculum from the SAC.

Two of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[6]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.at Tusculum*
W 13–32,920
September 87:00 p.m.Lenoir–Rhyne*
L 24-513,486
September 157:00 p.m.Mississippi College
  • Younts Stadium
  • Tigerville, SC
 Canceled[a]
September 226:00 p.m.at Delta State
W 33-206,660
September 297:00 p.m.No. 21 West Alabama
  • Younts Stadium
  • Tigerville, SC
ESPN3W 20-163,695
October 62:00 p.m.at No. 5 West Georgia
ESPN3L 7-311,788
October 132:30 p.m.Shorter
  • Younts Stadium
  • Tigerville, SC
W 41-73,102
October 203:00 p.m.at No. 7 Valdosta State
L 21-445,514
October 271:00 p.m.West Florida
  • Younts Stadium
  • Tigerville, SC
L 10-262,687
November 32:00 p.m.at Florida Tech
L 7-372,800
November 102:30 p.m.at North Alabama*
L 28-316,130
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source:[5]
^[a] The game between Mississippi College and North Greenville was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Florence.[7] The game will not be rescheduled.

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 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Game summaries

at Tusculum
1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 3 7 3 13
Pioneers 0 0 3 0 3
Overall record Last meeting Result
6-3 August 31, 2017 W 34-33

Lenoir–Rhyne
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 27 10 14 51
Crusaders 3 7 0 14 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
4-5 September 9, 2017 L 10-22

at Delta State
1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 14 3 13 3 33
Statesmen 10 0 3 7 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
0-2 November 4, 2017 L 30-33OT

West Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 0 9 0 16
Crusaders 0 10 0 10 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
1-1 November 11, 2017 L 26-29

at West Georgia
1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 0 0 7 7
Wolves 7 17 7 0 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Shorter
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 7 0 0 7
Crusaders 6 14 14 7 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
1-1 November 22, 2014 W 42-16

at Valdosta State
1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 0 7 14 21
Blazers 13 10 7 14 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

West Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
Argonauts 7 6 13 0 26
Crusaders 0 3 0 7 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Florida Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 0 7 0 7
Panthers 20 10 7 0 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
1-1 October 14, 2017 L 31-42

at North Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 7 7 0 14 28
Lions 5 7 9 10 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
0-4 December 3, 2016 L 0-38

References
  1. "Trey Elder tabbed as NGU's next offensive coordinator" (Press release). North Greenville University Department of Athletics. March 7, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  2. "North Greenville Joins GSC as Football Affiliate". Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  3. "West Alabama Tops GSC Football Preseason Poll". Gulf South Conference. August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  4. https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gulfsouthconference.com/documents/2018/8/2/Football_2018_Preseason_All_GSC_Table.pdf
  5. "NGU football releases 2018 schedule" (Press release). North Greenville University Department of Athletics. January 9, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  6. "GSC Announces 2018 Football Game of the Week Schedule". Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  7. "MC football game against NGU canceled ahead of Hurricane Florence". WLBT3. September 12, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
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