2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

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2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record5–7 (2–6 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJamey Chadwell (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorMarvin Sanders (1st season)
Home stadiumBrooks Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Appalachian State xy$   7 1     11 2  
Troy x   7 1     10 3  
Georgia Southern   6 2     10 3  
Coastal Carolina   2 6     5 7  
Georgia State   1 7     2 10  
West Division
Louisiana xy   5 3     7 7  
Arkansas State x   5 3     8 5  
Louisiana–Monroe   4 4     6 6  
South Alabama   2 6     3 9  
Texas State   1 7     3 9  
Championship: Appalachian State 30, Louisiana 19
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant

The 2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Chanticleers were led by sixth-year head coach Joe Moglia and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. They competed as a member of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.

Preseason[edit]

Award watch lists[edit]

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Fred Biletnikoff Award[1] Malcolm Williams WR SR

Sun Belt coaches poll[edit]

On July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Chanticleers predicted to finish in last place of the East Division.[2]

East Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Appalachian State 46 (6)
2 Troy 44 (4)
3 Georgia State 26
4 Georgia Southern 22
5 Coastal Carolina 12

Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams[edit]

The Chanticleers had one player selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.[3]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1Noonat South Carolina*SECNL 15–4975,126
September 87:00 p.m.UAB*ESPN+W 47–249,776
September 12[a]2:00 p.m.at Campbell*ESPN3W 58–212,047
September 226:00 p.m.at LouisianaESPN+W 30–2817,125
September 293:30 p.m.at TroyESPN+L 21–4523,810
October 136:00 p.m.Louisiana–Monroe
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN+L 20–4511,506
October 203:30 p.m.at UMass*ELVNW 24–1311,134
October 272:00 p.m.at Georgia StateESPN+W 37–3415,648
November 35:00 p.m.Appalachian Statedagger
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN+L 7–2313,004
November 105:00 p.m.Arkansas State
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN+L 16–448,141
November 175:00 p.m.Georgia Southern
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN+L 17–419,886
November 233:00 p.m.at South AlabamaESPN+L 28–3110,670
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. ^ The game between Coastal Carolina and Campbell, originally scheduled to be a home game for Coastal Carolina, was relocated to Barker–Lane Stadium and moved to Wednesday September 12 due to Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries[edit]

At South Carolina[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 0 3 3 9 15
Gamecocks 14 14 14 7 49

UAB[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 14 10 0 0 24
Chanticleers 7 13 7 20 47

At Campbell[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 7 17 21 13 58
Fighting Camels 14 7 0 0 21

At Louisiana[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 3 13 7 7 30
Ragin' Cajuns 7 0 14 7 28

At Troy[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 0 14 7 0 21
Trojans 21 3 14 7 45

Louisiana–Monroe[edit]

Week Seven: Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Warhawks 14 10 71445
Chanticleers 3 10 7020

at Brooks StadiumConway, SC

  • Date: October 13
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: 76° · Sunny; clear skies · SSE – 2 mph.
  • Game attendance: 11,506
  • Referee: Jeremy Parker
  • TV: ESPN+
  • [1]
Game information

At UMass[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 3 0 14 7 24
Minutemen 3 3 7 0 13

At Georgia State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 17 3 7 10 37
Panthers 7 6 21 0 34

Appalachian State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountaineers 7 7 0 9 23
Chanticleers 7 0 0 0 7

Arkansas State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 14 13 14 3 44
Chanticleers 0 6 7 3 16

Georgia Southern[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 10 21 7 41
Chanticleers 7 3 0 7 17

At South Alabama[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 0 7 7 14 28
Jaguars 10 14 7 0 31

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Mountaineers, Red Wolves Selected as Division Favorites in 2018 Sun Belt Football Coaches' Preseason Poll".
  3. ^ "Sun Belt Announces 2018 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams".