2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

The 2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Dewayne Alexander and played their home games at Tucker Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in last place.

2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
2018 record1–10 (1–7 OVC)
Head coachDewayne Alexander (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorTre Lamb (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDonnie Suber (1st season)
Home stadiumTucker Stadium
(Capacity: 16,500)
2018 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 Jacksonville State $^  7 –1     8 –3  
No. 15 Southeast Missouri State ^  6 –2     8 –3  
Eastern Kentucky  5 –2     7 –4  
Murray State  5 –3     5 –6  
Tennessee State  3 –4     4 –5  
Eastern Illinois  3 –5     3 –8  
Austin Peay  3 –5     5 –6  
UT Martin  2 –6     2 –9  
Tennessee Tech  1 –7     1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Golden Eagles finished the 2017 season 1–10, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in last place.

On November 19, 2017, head coach Marcus Satterfield was fired.[1] He finished at Tennessee Tech with a two-year record of 6–16.

Preseason

OVC media poll

On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Golden Eagles predicted to finish in last place.[2] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Golden Eagles also predicted to finish in last place.[3]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State134 (14)
2Austin Peay114 (1)
3UT Martin96
4Tennessee State91
5Eastern Illinois83
6Eastern Kentucky64
7Murray State39
8Southeast Missouri State35
9Tennessee Tech19
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State126 (14)
2Austin Peay112 (4)
3UT Martin95
4Eastern Illinois73
5Eastern Kentucky69
6Tennessee State64
7Southeast Missouri State62
8Murray State24
9Tennessee Tech23

Preseason All-OVC team

The Golden Eagles had two players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[4]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 p.m.at Chattanooga*
ESPN3L 10–349,020
September 66:00 p.m.No. 7 Kennesaw State*
ESPNUL 10–494,118
September 137:00 p.m.at Utah State*
MW NetL 12–7315,011
September 226:00 p.m.at No. 10 Jacksonville State
ESPN+L 20–4817,403
September 296:00 p.m.Eastern Illinois
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
ESPN+L 38–527,184
October 66:00 p.m.Southeast Missouri State
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
ESPN+L 38–704,404
October 204:30 p.m.at Tennessee State
ESPN+L 14–4117,283
October 274:00 p.m.at Austin Peay
ESPN+L 10–417,236
November 31:30 p.m.Murray State
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
ESPN+W 27–248,788
November 102:00 p.m.at UT Martin
ESPN+L 13–382,736
November 171:30 p.m.Eastern Kentucky
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
ESPN+L 6–374,559

Game summaries

at Chattanooga
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 7 3 0 10
Mocs 6 7 21 0 34
See also: 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–29 2014 CHAT, 38–17

Kennesaw State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Owls 7 14 21 7 49
Golden Eagles 3 0 0 7 10
See also: 2018 Kennesaw State Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 KSU, 27–14

at Utah State
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 3 3 3 3 12
Aggies 17 28 7 21 73
See also: 2018 Utah State Aggies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Jacksonville State
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 3 3 7 7 20
No. 10 Gamecocks 10 14 7 17 48
See also: 2018 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–29 2017 JSU, 34–7

Eastern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 14 10 21 52
Golden Eagles 10 0 7 21 38
See also: 2018 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–7 2017 EIU, 24–23

Southeast Missouri State
1 2 3 4 Total
Redhawks 21 28 14 7 70
Golden Eagles 3 14 7 14 38
See also: 2018 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–11 2017 SEMO, 31–3

at Tennessee State
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 14 14
Tigers 17 10 14 0 41
See also: 2018 Tennessee State Tigers football team and Sgt. York Trophy
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–18 2017 TTU, 30–26

at Austin Peay
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 3 7 0 10
Governors 6 14 21 0 41
See also: 2018 Austin Peay Governors football team and Sgt. York Trophy
Overall record Last meeting Result
32–19 2017 ASPU, 35–28

Murray State
1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 7 0 10 7 24
Golden Eagles 14 3 7 3 27
See also: 2018 Murray State Racers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
44–38–1 2017 MUR, 31–21

at UT Martin
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 13 0 0 13
Skyhawks 14 14 3 7 38
See also: 2018 UT Martin Skyhawks football team and Sgt. York Trophy
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–15 2017 UTM, 24–0

Eastern Kentucky
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 0 13 7 17 37
Golden Eagles 0 3 3 0 6
See also: 2018 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–54 2017 EKU, 24–21

References
  1. "Head football coach Marcus Satterfield relieved of duties, national search to begin immediately". Tennessee Tech Athletics. November 19, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  2. http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/media-pollsters-tab-jacksonville-state-as-2018-ovc-football-preseason-favorites.aspx
  3. http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/jacksonville-state-picked-as-2018-ohio-valley-conference-football-favorites.aspx?path=football
  4. http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/semos-terry-jsus-bridges-named-ovc-preseason-football-players-of-the-year.aspx?path=football
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