American college football season
The 2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University as a member of Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by first-year head coach Dewayne Alexander , the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 1–10 overall with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of nine teams in the OVC. Tennessee Tech played home games at Tucker Stadium in Cookeville, Tennessee .
Preseason [ edit ] OVC media poll [ edit ] On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Golden Eagles predicted to finish in last place.[1] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Golden Eagles also predicted to finish in last 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 Golden Eagles had two players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[3]
Defense
Tim Collins – DL
Specialists
Nick Madonia – P
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 6:00 p.m. at Chattanooga * ESPN3 L 10–349,020 6:00 p.m. No. 7 Kennesaw State * ESPNU L 10–494,118 7:00 p.m. at Utah State * MW Net L 12–7315,011 September 22 6:00 p.m. at No. 10 Jacksonville State ESPN+ L 20–4817,403 September 29 6:00 p.m. Eastern Illinois Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN ESPN+ L 38–527,184 October 6 6:00 p.m. Southeast Missouri State Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN ESPN+ L 38–704,404 October 20 4:30 p.m. at Tennessee State ESPN+ L 14–4117,283 October 27 4:00 p.m. at Austin Peay ESPN+ L 10–417,236 November 3 1:30 p.m. Murray State Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN ESPN+ W 27–248,788 November 10 2:00 p.m. at UT Martin ESPN+ L 13–382,736 November 17 1:30 p.m. Eastern Kentucky Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN ESPN+ L 6–374,559
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Chattanooga [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 0 7 3 0 10 Mocs 6 7 21 0 34
Kennesaw State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 7 Owls 7 14 21 7 49 Golden Eagles 3 0 0 7 10
At Utah State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 3 3 3 3 12 Aggies 17 28 7 21 73
At Jacksonville State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 3 3 7 7 20 No. 10 Gamecocks 10 14 7 17 48
Eastern Illinois [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 7 14 10 21 52 Golden Eagles 10 0 7 21 38
Southeast Missouri State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Redhawks 21 28 14 7 70 Golden Eagles 3 14 7 14 38
At Tennessee State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 0 0 0 14 14 Tigers 17 10 14 0 41
At Austin Peay [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 0 3 7 0 10 Governors 6 14 21 0 41
Murray State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Racers 7 0 10 7 24 Golden Eagles 14 3 7 3 27
At UT Martin [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 0 13 0 0 13 Skyhawks 14 14 3 7 38
Eastern Kentucky [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 0 13 7 17 37 Golden Eagles 0 3 3 0 6
References [ edit ]
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