American college football season
The 2018 Elon Phoenix football team represented Elon University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by second-year head coach Curt Cignetti and played their home games at Rhodes Stadium . They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 6–5, 4–3 in CAA play to finish in sixth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to Wofford in the first round.
On December 14, head coach Curt Cignetti resigned to become the head coach at James Madison .[1]
Previous season [ ] The Phoenix finished the 2017 season 8–4, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Furman in the first round.
Preseason [ ] CAA Poll [ ] In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Phoenix were predicted to finish in fifth place.[2]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
James Madison
241 (21)
2
New Hampshire
206 (2)
3
Delaware
182
4
Stony Brook
169
5
Elon 168 (1)
6
Villanova
164
7
Richmond
127
8
Maine
81
9
Albany
78
10
Towson
74
11
William & Mary
55
12
Rhode Island
39
Preseason All-CAA Team [ ] The Phoenix had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
Offense
CJ Toogood – OL
Defense
Warren Messer – LB
Award watch lists [ ] Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 p.m. at South Florida * No. 12 ESPN3 L 14–3431,217 September 8 6:00 p.m. No. 25 Furman * No. 15 CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveW 45–78,058 September 15 6:00 p.m. at William & Mary No. 14 Canceled [a] September 22 6:00 p.m. at Charleston Southern * No. 12 ESPN+ W 31–222,465 September 29 1:30 p.m. New Hampshire No. 11 PAA W 30–910,856 October 6 1:30 p.m. at No. 2 James Madison No. 10 MASN /SNY W 27–2425,484 October 13 3:30 p.m. at Delaware No. 5 NBCS PHIL L 16–2819,209 October 20 1:30 p.m. Richmond No. 11 FCS /FSGO W 38–285,982 November 3 1:30 p.m. Rhode Island No. 8 PAA W 24–2110,513 November 10 12:00 p.m. No. 20 Towson No. 7 PAA L 10–415,927 November 17 12:00 p.m. at No. 16 Maine No. 14 FCS L 26–276,584 November 24 2:00 p.m. at No. 13 Wofford * No. 17 ESPN3 L 7–192,157 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
^ The William & Mary game was postponed due to Hurricane Florence ; it was intended to be rescheduled, but was canceled on September 19, 2018.[4]
Source: [5]
Game summaries [ ] at South Florida [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Phoenix
0
0
7
7
14
Bulls
7
17
7
3
34
Furman [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 25 Paladins
0
0
0
7
7
No. 15 Phoenix
14
14
10
7
45
at Charleston Southern [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Phoenix
3
7
21
0
31
Buccaneers
13
6
3
0
22
New Hampshire [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
3
6
0
0
9
No. 11 Phoenix
7
17
3
3
30
at James Madison [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Phoenix
0
7
3
17
27
No. 2 Dukes
3
6
3
12
24
at Delaware [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 5 Phoenix
7
3
6
0
16
Fightin' Blue Hens
0
7
7
14
28
Richmond [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
7
7
7
7
28
No. 11 Phoenix
14
7
14
3
38
Rhode Island [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
7
0
0
14
21
No. 8 Phoenix
0
21
0
3
24
Towson [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 20 Tigers
7
7
10
17
41
No. 7 Phoenix
0
3
7
0
10
at Maine [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 14 Phoenix
0
10
10
6
26
No. 16 Black Bears
0
13
14
0
27
FCS Playoffs [ ] at Wofford–First Round [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 17 Phoenix
0
7
0
0
7
No. 13 Terriers
3
3
10
3
19
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
12
15
14
12
11
10
5
11
8
8
7
14
17
19
Coaches
13
15
14
12
9
9
6
11
6
6
5
12
17
19
Players drafted into the NFL [ ] References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries People National championship seasons in bold
