2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team
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Conference | Big South Conference |
2018 record | 5–6 (3–2 Big South) |
Head coach |
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Defensive coordinator | Zane Vance (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Buccaneer Field (Capacity: 4,000) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Kennesaw State $^ | 5 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monmouth | 4 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charleston Southern | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gardner–Webb | 2 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campbell | 1 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Presbyterian | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Mark Tucker and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in third place.
Previous season[]
The Buccaneers finished the 2017 season 6–5, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in third place.
Preseason[]
Big South poll[]
In the Big South preseason poll released on July 23, 2018, the Buccaneers were predicted to finish in third place.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Kennesaw State | 107 (17) |
2 | Monmouth | 82 (1) |
3 | Charleston Southern | 75 |
4 | Gardner–Webb | 52 |
5 | Campbell | 36 |
6 | Presbyterian | 26 |
Preseason All-Big South team[]
The Big South released their preseason all-Big South team on July 23, 2018, with the Buccaneers having seven players selected along with three more on the honorable mention list.[2]
Offense Kameron Brown – WR |
Defense Solomon Brown – DL Johnny Robinson – DL J.D. Sosebee – LB Shadarius Hopkins – DB |
Special teams Kyle Reighard – P Taz Lindsey – PR |
Honorable mention Brandon Rowland – DB Tyler Tekac – K Ethan Ray – LS |
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 1 | 7:30 p.m. | at Florida* | SECN | L 6–53 | 81,164 | |||
September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 12 Elon* | ESPN+ | L 22–31 | 2,465 | |||
September 29 | 2:00 p.m. | at Hampton* | ESPN+ | W 48–14 | 5,124 | |||
October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | at Savannah State* | ESPN3 | L 3–23 | 2,970 | |||
October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Virginia–Lynchburg* |
| ESPN+ | W 58–6 | 1,473 | ||
October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | Presbyterian![]() |
| ESPN+ | W 41–7 | 2,000 | ||
October 27 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 2 Kennesaw State |
| ESPN+ | L 10–38 | 1,242 | ||
November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at Monmouth | ESPN3 | L 3–37 | 1,492 | |||
November 10 | 3:00 p.m. | Gardner–Webb |
| ESPN+ | W 16–0 | 1,640 | ||
November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | at Campbell | ESPN+ | W 12–7 | 4,348 | |||
November 29[a] | 7:00 p.m. | at The Citadel* | ESPN+ | L 14–43 | 7,877 | |||
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- ^ This game was originally scheduled for September 15, but it was rescheduled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.
- Source:[3]
Game summaries[]
at Florida[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Gators | 10 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 53 |
Elon[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 12 Phoenix | 3 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
Buccaneers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
at Hampton[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Buccaneers | 14 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 48 |
Pirates | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
at Savannah State[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Tigers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 23 |
Virginia–Lynchburg[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Dragons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Buccaneers | 3 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 58 |
Presbyterian[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Hose | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Buccaneers | 0 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 41 |
Kennesaw State[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 2 Owls | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
Buccaneers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
at Monmouth[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Hawks | 7 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 37 |
Gardner–Webb[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buccaneers | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
at Campbell[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
Fighting Camels | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
at The Citadel[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Bulldogs | 14 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 43 |
References[]
- ^ "Kennesaw State Voted 2018 Preseason Football Favorite". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference.
- ^ "Burks, Armstrong Headline 2018 Preseason All-Conference Team". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference.
- ^ "2018 Charleston Southern Football Schedule". csusports.com. Charleston Southern University. Archived from the original on April 17, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
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