2018 North Alabama Lions football team

2018 North Alabama Lions football
Conference	Independent
2018 record	7–3
Head coach	Chris Willis (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Ryan Aplin (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Steadman Campbell (1st season)
Home stadium	Braly Municipal Stadium (Capacity: 14,215)
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Alabama			–						7	–	3
Hampton			–						7	–	3
North Dakota			–						6	–	5

The 2018 North Alabama Lions football team represented the University of North Alabama during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Chris Willis. The Lions played their home games at Braly Municipal Stadium and were competing as an FCS Independent. They finished the season 7–3.

Previous season[]

The Lions finished the season 5–5, 5–3 in Gulf South Conference (GSC) play to finish in a five-way tie for second place.

This was their final season as a member of the GSC and NCAA Division II as they will begin a transition to NCAA Division I and the Football Championship Subdivision where they will be a member of the Big South Conference in 2019 after playing 2018 as an FCS independent.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	Pluto TV	W 34–30	8,912
September 8	6:00 .m.	at Alabama A&M	Louis Crews Stadium Huntsville, AL		W 25–20	15,100
September 15	2:30 p.m.	at No. 1 North Dakota State	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ESPN+	L 7–38	18,557
September 22	6:00 p.m.	Azusa Pacific	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	Lion Vision	W 37–35	5,314
September 29	5:00 p.m.	at Campbell	Barker–Lane Stadium Buies Creek, NC	ESPN+	L 7–30	6,352
October 6	6:00 p.m.	West Florida	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	Lion Vision	L 19–24	6,811
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Mississippi College	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	Lion Vision	W 34–17	9,230
October 20	2:00 p.m.	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	Livestream	W 24–7	19,750
November 3	1:30 p.m.	Shorter	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	Lion Vision	W 41–14	6,289
November 10	1:30 p.m.	North Greenville	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	Lion Vision	W 31–28	6,130
Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

• Source:^[1]

Game summaries[]

at Southern Utah[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	3	10	7	14	34
Thunderbirds	0	16	7	7	30

at Alabama A&M[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	8	10	0	7	25
Bulldogs	7	10	3	0	20

at North Dakota State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	0	0	7	7
No. 1 Bison	7	10	7	14	38

Azusa Pacific[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	6	0	14	15	35
Lions	3	6	10	18	37

at Campbell[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	0	7	0	7
Fighting Camels	23	0	7	0	30

West Florida[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Argonauts	3	7	7	7	24
Lions	7	3	3	6	19

Mississippi College[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Choctaws	7	7	3	0	17
Lions	21	10	0	3	34

at Jackson State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	7	7	10	0	24
Tigers	0	0	0	7	7

Shorter[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	0	7	7	14
Lions	14	14	10	3	41

North Greenville[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	7	7	0	14	28
Lions	5	7	9	10	31

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	12	Final
STATS FCS	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References[]