2018 Furman Paladins football team

The 2018 Furman Paladins team represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach Clay Hendrix, the Paladins compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, sharing the SoCon title with East Tennessee and Wofford. After tiebreakers, Furman did not receive the SoCon's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs and the team did not receive an at-large bid. Furman home games at Paladin Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina.

2018 Furman Paladins football
SoCon co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGeorge Quarles (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorChadd Staggs (2nd season)
CaptainHarris Roberts, Jaylan Reid, Aaquil Annoor
Home stadiumPaladin Stadium
(capacity: 16,000)
2018 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 13 Wofford +^  6 –2   9 –4  
No. 22 East Tennessee State +^  6 –2   8 –4  
Furman +  6 –2   6 –4  
Samford  5 –3   6 –5  
Chattanooga  4 –4   6 –5  
The Citadel  4 –4   5 –6  
Mercer  4 –4   5 –6  
Western Carolina  1 –7   3 –8  
VMI  0 –8   1 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Paladins predicted to finish in second place.[1] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Paladins predicted to finish in third place.[2]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford204 (20)
2Furman174 (2)
3Wofford163 (1)
4Mercer133
5Western Carolina114
6Chattanooga88
7The Citadel83
8East Tennessee State53
9VMI23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford63 (7)
2Wofford53 (1)
3Furman52 (1)
4Western Carolina39
5Chattanooga34
6Mercer32
7The Citadel28
8East Tennessee State15
9VMI8

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Paladins placed seven players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 112:20 p.m.at No. 2 (FBS) Clemson*No. 23
ACCNL 7–4880,048
September 86:00 p.m.at No. 15 Elon*No. 25
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveL 7–458,058
September 151:00 p.m.Colgate*
WYCWCancelled[lower-alpha 1]
September 227:30 p.m.at East Tennessee State
ESPN3L 27–298,453
September 292:00 p.m.Western Carolina
  • Paladin Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
WYCWW 44–387,201
October 131:00 p.m.No. 6 Wofford
  • Paladin Stadium
  • Greenville, SC (rivalry)
WYCWW 34–147,006
October 202:00 p.m.Samforddagger
  • Paladin Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
WYCWL 25–386,016
October 272:00 p.m.at The Citadel
ESPN+W 28–178,574
November 31:00 p.m.Chattanooga
  • Paladin Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
WYCWW 16–104,332
November 101:30 p.m.at VMI
ESPN+W 49–133,922
November 173:00 p.m.at Mercer
ESPN+W 35–308,811
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. This game has been cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

At Clemson
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Paladins 0 0 0 7 7
No. 2 (FBS) Tigers 10 17 14 7 48
See also: 2018 Clemson Tigers football team

At Elon
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Paladins 0 0 0 7 7
No. 15 Phoenix 14 14 10 7 45
See also: 2018 Elon Phoenix football team

At East Tennessee State
1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 7 6 14 0 27
Buccaneers 3 3 7 16 29
See also: 2018 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

Western Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 7 3 14 14 38
Paladins 14 17 7 6 44
See also: 2018 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

Wofford
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Terriers 0 7 7 0 14
Paladins 14 7 6 7 34
See also: 2018 Wofford Terriers football team

Samford
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 10 0 21 7 38
Paladins 3 9 7 6 25
See also: 2018 Samford Bulldogs football team

At The Citadel
1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 7 7 0 14 28
Bulldogs 3 7 7 0 17
See also: 2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team and The Citadel–Furman football rivalry

Chattanooga
1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0 0 3 7 10
Paladins 7 6 0 3 16
See also: 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team

At VMI
1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 21 14 14 0 49
Keydets 7 0 0 6 13
See also: 2018 VMI Keydets football team

At Mercer
1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 7 13 9 6 35
Bears 7 3 14 6 30
See also: 2018 Mercer Bears football team

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS2325RVRV———RV——RVRVRV
Coaches2121RV————————RVRV

References
  1. "Media picks Samford to win 2018 SoCon football title".
  2. "Football coaches select preseason all-conference teams, poll".


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