American college football season
The 2018 Towson Tigers football team represented Towson University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by tenth-year head coach Rob Ambrose and played their home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium . They are a member of the Colonial Athletic Association . They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Duquesne .
Previous season [ ]
The Tigers finished the 2017 season 5–6, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.
Preseason [ ]
CAA Poll [ ]
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Tigers were predicted to finish in tenth place.[1] They did not have any players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
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
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 7:00 p.m. at Morgan State * MeTV Baltimore /SPORTSfever/ESPN3W 36–109,209
September 8 12:00 p.m. at Wake Forest * ACCN Extra L 20–5123,619
September 15 3:30 p.m. at No. 10 Villanova FCS /FSGO W 45–355,719
September 29 4:00 p.m.[2] The Citadel * No. 25 CAA.tv W 44–277,323
October 6 4:00 p.m.[2] No. 13 Stony Brook No. 23 Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveW 52–284,614
October 13 4:00 p.m.[2] William & Mary No. 17 Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD CAA.tv W 29–138,022
October 20 3:30 p.m. at Albany No. 13 UAlbany Live Events[3] W 56–287,029
October 27 3:30 p.m. at No. 21 Delaware No. 10 FCS/FSGO L 36–4014,593
November 3 4:00 p.m.[2] No. 23 Maine No. 15 Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive L 28–357,356
November 10 12:00 p.m. at No. 7 Elon No. 20 CAA.tv W 41–105,927
November 17 2:00 p.m.[2] No. 7 James Madison No. 15 Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive L 17–387,208
November 24 2:00 p.m.[2] Duquesne No. 16 Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 L 10–312,158
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries [ ]
at Morgan State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
3
14
14
5
36
Bears
7
0
3
0
10
at Wake Forest [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
14
6
0
0
20
Demon Deacons
14
24
3
10
51
at Villanova [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
21
14
7
3
45
No. 10 Wildcats
14
7
7
7
35
The Citadel [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
3
7
14
3
27
No. 25 Tigers
7
17
17
3
44
Stony Brook [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 13 Seawolves
0
14
7
7
28
No. 23 Tigers
21
14
10
7
52
William & Mary [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tribe
0
13
0
0
13
No. 17 Tigers
7
3
7
12
29
at Albany [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 13 Tigers
10
28
11
7
56
Great Danes
7
14
0
7
28
at Delaware [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Tigers
5
13
10
8
36
No. 21 Fightin' Blue Hens
0
6
21
13
40
Maine [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Black Bears
7
14
7
7
35
No. 15 Tigers
0
7
14
7
28
at Elon [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 20 Tigers
7
7
10
17
41
No. 7 Phoenix
0
3
7
0
10
James Madison [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 7 Dukes
7
17
7
7
38
No. 15 Tigers
7
3
0
7
17
FCS Playoffs [ ]
Duquesne–First Round [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Dukes
0
3
14
14
31
No. 16 Tigers
7
3
0
0
10
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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
NR
NR
RV
25
23
17
13
10
15
20
15
16
20
Coaches
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
24
18
14
10
15
20
16
19
22
References [ ]
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