2018 Towson Tigers football team

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2018 Towson Tigers football
Towson Tigers wordmark.svg
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATSNo. 20
FCS CoachesNo. 22
Record7–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Jared Ambrose (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorLyndon Johnson (2nd season)
Home stadium Johnny Unitas Stadium
Seasons
  2017
2019  
2018 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Maine $^  7 1   10 4  
No. 9 James Madison ^  6 2   9 4  
No. 16 Stony Brook ^  5 3   7 5  
No. 20 Towson ^  5 3   7 5  
No. 24 Delaware ^  5 3   7 5  
No. 19 Elon ^  4 3   6 5  
Rhode Island  4 4   6 5  
William & Mary  3 4   4 6  
New Hampshire  3 5   4 7  
Villanova  2 6   5 6  
Richmond  2 6   4 7  
Albany  1 7   3 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

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.

Contents

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 finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1James Madison241 (21)
2New Hampshire206 (2)
3Delaware182
4Stony Brook169
5Elon168 (1)
6Villanova164
7Richmond127
8Maine81
9Albany78
10Towson74
11William & Mary55
12Rhode Island39

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.at Morgan State * MeTV Baltimore/SPORTSfever/ESPN3W 36–109,209
September 812:00 p.m.at Wake Forest * ACCN Extra L 20–5123,619
September 153:30 p.m.at No. 10 Villanova FCS/FSGO W 45–355,719
September 294:00 p.m. [2] The Citadel *No. 25CAA.tvW 44–277,323
October 64:00 p.m. [2] No. 13 Stony Brook No. 23
  • Johnny Unitas Stadium
  • Towson, MD
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveW 52–284,614
October 134:00 p.m. [2] William & Mary No. 17
  • Johnny Unitas Stadium
  • Towson, MD
CAA.tvW 29–138,022
October 203:30 p.m.at Albany No. 13UAlbany Live Events [3] W 56–287,029
October 273:30 p.m.at No. 21 Delaware No. 10FCS/FSGOL 36–4014,593
November 34:00 p.m. [2] No. 23 Maine No. 15
  • Johnny Unitas Stadium
  • Towson, MD
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveL 28–357,356
November 1012:00 p.m.at No. 7 Elon No. 20CAA.tvW 41–105,927
November 172:00 p.m. [2] No. 7 James Madison No. 15
  • Johnny Unitas Stadium
  • Towson, MD
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveL 17–387,208
November 242:00 p.m. [2] Duquesne No. 16
ESPN3 L 10–312,158

[4]

Game summaries

At Morgan State

1234Total
Tigers31414536
Bears703010

At Wake Forest

Week Two: Towson Tigers at Wake Forest Demon Deacons – Game summary [5]
Quarter1234Total
Tigers1460020
Demon Deacons142431051

at BB&T FieldWinston-Salem, NC

  • Date: September 8
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. ET [6]
  • Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C) • ESE 5 mph (8.0 km/h) • Overcast
  • Game attendance: 23,619
  • Referee: Jeff Heaser
  • TV announcers (ACCN Extra): Play-by-Play: Shawn Kenney • Color Analyst: Stan Lewter
  • Sources: [7] [8]
Game information

At Villanova

1234Total
Tigers21147345
No. 10 Wildcats1477735

The Citadel

1234Total
Bulldogs3714327
No. 25 Tigers71717344

Stony Brook

1234Total
No. 13 Seawolves0147728
No. 23 Tigers211410752

William & Mary

1234Total
Tribe0130013
No. 17 Tigers7371229

At Albany

1234Total
No. 13 Tigers102811756
Great Danes7140728

At Delaware

1234Total
No. 10 Tigers51310836
No. 21 Fightin' Blue Hens06211340

Maine

1234Total
No. 23 Black Bears7147735
No. 15 Tigers0714728

At Elon

1234Total
No. 20 Tigers77101741
No. 7 Phoenix037010

James Madison

1234Total
No. 7 Dukes7177738
No. 15 Tigers730717

FCS Playoffs

Duquesne–First Round

1234Total
Dukes03141431
No. 16 Tigers730010

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS RV25231713101520151620
Coaches RVRV241814101520161922

References

  1. Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Home Football Game Times Announced". Towson Athletics. May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  3. "Upcoming Live Events". The Official Athletics Site of the University of Albany. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  4. "2018 Football Schedule". Towson University Athletics. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  5. "Dortch scores 3 TDs in Wake Forest's 51–20 victory". ESPN. September 8, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  6. "ACC Announces Early Season Game Times and Networks for Football". The Official Site of Demon Deacon Athletics. May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  7. "Towson (1–0) vs. Wake Forest (1–0)" (PDF). The Official Site of Wake Forest Demon Deacons Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 7, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Dortch Named ACC Specialist of the Week". The Official Site of Wake Forest Demon Deacons Athletics. September 10, 2018. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.