2018 Furman Paladins football | |
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SoCon co-champion | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 6–4 (6–2 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | George Quarles (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Chadd Staggs (2nd season) |
Captain | Harris Roberts, Jaylan Reid, Aaquil Annoor |
Home stadium | Paladin Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Wofford +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 22 East Tennessee State +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman + | 6 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Furman Paladins team represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach Clay Hendrix, the Paladins compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, sharing the SoCon title with East Tennessee and Wofford. After tiebreakers, Furman did not receive the SoCon's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs and the team did not receive an at-large bid. Furman home games at Paladin Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina.
Preseason
[edit]Preseason media poll
[edit]The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Paladins predicted to finish in second place.[1] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Paladins predicted to finish in third place.[2]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Samford | 204 (20) |
2 | Furman | 174 (2) |
3 | Wofford | 163 (1) |
4 | Mercer | 133 |
5 | Western Carolina | 114 |
6 | Chattanooga | 88 |
7 | The Citadel | 83 |
8 | East Tennessee State | 53 |
9 | VMI | 23 |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Samford | 63 (7) |
2 | Wofford | 53 (1) |
3 | Furman | 52 (1) |
4 | Western Carolina | 39 |
5 | Chattanooga | 34 |
6 | Mercer | 32 |
7 | The Citadel | 28 |
8 | East Tennessee State | 15 |
9 | VMI | 8 |
Preseason All-SoCon Teams
[edit]The Paladins placed seven players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.
Offense 1st team Kealand Dirks – RB 2nd team Reed Kroeber – OL Jake Walker – TE Thomas Gordon – WR |
Defense 1st team Elijah McKoy – LB Aaquil Annoor – DB 2nd team Jaylan Reid – DL |
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 12:20 p.m. | at No. 2 (FBS) Clemson* | No. 23 | ACCN | L 7–48 | 80,048 | |
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 15 Elon* | No. 25 | CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive | L 7–45 | 8,058 | |
September 15 | 1:00 p.m. | Colgate* | WYCW | Cancelled[a] | |||
September 22 | 7:30 p.m. | at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | L 27–29 | 8,453 | ||
September 29 | 2:00 p.m. | Western Carolina |
| WYCW | W 44–38 | 7,201 | |
October 13 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 6 Wofford |
| WYCW | W 34–14 | 7,006 | |
October 20 | 2:00 p.m. | Samford![]() |
| WYCW | L 25–38 | 6,016 | |
October 27 | 2:00 p.m. | at The Citadel | ESPN+ | W 28–17 | 8,574 | ||
November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | Chattanooga |
| WYCW | W 16–10 | 4,332 | |
November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | at VMI | ESPN+ | W 49–13 | 3,922 | ||
November 17 | 3:00 p.m. | at Mercer | ESPN+ | W 35–30 | 8,811 | ||
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- ^ This game has been cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.
Game summaries
[edit]At Clemson
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 23 Paladins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
No. 2 (FBS) Tigers | 10 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 48 |
At Elon
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 25 Paladins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
No. 15 Phoenix | 14 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 45 |
At East Tennessee State
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Paladins | 7 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
Buccaneers | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 29 |
Western Carolina
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Catamounts | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
Paladins | 14 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 44 |
Wofford
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 6 Terriers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Paladins | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 34 |
Samford
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 10 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 38 |
Paladins | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
At The Citadel
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Paladins | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
Bulldogs | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Chattanooga
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mocs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Paladins | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
At VMI
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Paladins | 21 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 49 |
Keydets | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
At Mercer
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Paladins | 7 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 35 |
Bears | 7 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
Ranking movements
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS FCS | 23 | 25 | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | — | — | RV | RV | RV | |
Coaches | 21 | 21 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV |
References
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