American college football season
The 2018 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by third-year head coach Mark Elder and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference . They finished the season 7–4, 5–2 in OVC play to finish in third place.
Preseason [ edit ] OVC media poll [ edit ] On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Colonels predicted to finish in sixth place.[1] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Colonels predicted to finish in fifth place.[2]
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Jacksonville State 134 (14) 2 Austin Peay 114 (1) 3 UT Martin 96 4 Tennessee State 91 5 Eastern Illinois 83 6 Eastern Kentucky 64 7 Murray State 39 8 Southeast Missouri State 35 9 Tennessee Tech 19
Coaches poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Jacksonville State 126 (14) 2 Austin Peay 112 (4) 3 UT Martin 95 4 Eastern Illinois 73 5 Eastern Kentucky 69 6 Tennessee State 64 7 Southeast Missouri State 62 8 Murray State 24 9 Tennessee Tech 23
Preseason All-OVC team [ edit ] The Colonels had three players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[3]
Offense
Dan Paul – TE
Aaron Patrick – DL
Specialists
LJ Scott – KR
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. Morehead State * ESPN+ W 49–2310,230 September 8 6:30 p.m. at Marshall * ESPN+ L 16–3224,304 September 15 4:00 p.m. at Bowling Green * ESPN3 L 35–4217,542 September 22 4:00 p.m. Southeast Missouri State Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY ESPN+ W 23–147,720 October 6 4:00 p.m. No. 8 Jacksonville State Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY ESPN+ L 7–566,820 October 13 3:00 p.m. at UT Martin ESPN+ W 35–341,769 October 20 3:00 p.m. Murray State Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY ESPN+ L 6–3410,440 October 27 1:00 p.m. Eastern Illinois Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY ESPN+ W 31–234,400 November 3 5:00 p.m. at Austin Peay ESPN+ W 17–136,094 November 10 1:00 p.m. Robert Morris * Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY ESPN+ W 40–39 OT 4,165 November 17 2:30 p.m. at Tennessee Tech ESPN+ W 37–64,559 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ edit ] Morehead State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 7 0 16 23 Colonels 18 0 14 17 49
At Marshall [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 0 6 7 3 16 Thundering Herd 13 7 7 5 32
At Bowling Green [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 14 7 14 0 35 Falcons 0 28 6 8 42
Southeast Missouri State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Redhawks 7 0 0 7 14 Colonels 3 7 7 6 23
Jacksonville State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 8 Gamecocks 14 14 7 21 56 Colonels 0 0 0 7 7
At UT Martin [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 21 0 7 7 35 Skyhawks 7 24 3 0 34
Murray State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Racers 0 10 14 10 34 Colonels 3 0 3 0 6
Eastern Illinois [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 10 7 0 6 23 Colonels 3 7 7 14 31
At Austin Peay [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 3 0 7 7 17 Governors 7 6 0 0 13
Robert Morris [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Colonials 10 13 0 10 6 39 Colonels 6 10 7 10 7 40
At Tennessee Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 0 13 7 17 37 Golden Eagles 0 3 3 0 6
References [ edit ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold