American college football season
The 2018 Jackson State Tigers football team represented Jackson State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Tigers were led by second-year head coach Tony Hughes and played their home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
Preseason [ edit ] During the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Tigers were predicted to finish third in the East Division.[1] They did not have any players selected to any of the Presason All-SWAC Teams.
Media poll [ edit ] East Division Predicted finish Team Votes 1 Alcorn State 95 2 Alabama State 72 3 Jackson State 55 4 Alabama A&M 51 5 Mississippi Valley State 27
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 p.m. at Southern Miss * ESPN+ L 7–5529,176 September 8 6:00 p.m. vs. Tennessee State * Cancelled [a] September 15 4:30 p.m. at Florida A&M * W 18–1617,643 September 29 4:00 p.m. Alabama A&M L 16–2130,472 October 6 2:30 p.m. at Arkansas–Pine Bluff W 30–274,200 October 13 2:00 p.m. Mississippi Valley State Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS W 23–729,500 October 20 2:00 p.m. North Alabama * Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS L 7–2419,750 October 27 6:00 p.m. at Southern L 7–4120,575 November 3 2:00 p.m. Prairie View A&M Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS W 34–2821,729 November 10 2:00 p.m. at Alabama State W 20–214,428 November 17 2:00 p.m. at Alcorn State L 3–2421,312 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
^ The Tennessee State game was cancelled due to inclement weather. Game summaries [ edit ] At Southern Miss [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 0 7 0 7 Golden Eagles 14 27 7 7 55
At Florida A&M [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 6 9 3 18 Rattlers 7 0 9 0 16
Alabama A&M [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 7 14 0 21 Tigers 10 6 0 0 16
At Arkansas–Pine Bluff [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 3 3 10 14 30 Golden Lions 7 0 13 7 27
Mississippi Valley State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Delta Devils 0 Tigers 0
North Alabama [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lions 7 7 10 0 24 Tigers 0 0 0 7 7
At Southern [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 0 7 0 7 Jaguars 14 7 20 0 41
Prairie View A&M [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 0 Tigers 0
At Alabama State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 Hornets 0
At Alcorn State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 Braves 0
References [ edit ]
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