2018 West Georgia Wolves football team
The 2018 West Georgia Wolves football team will represent the University of West Georgia in the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They will be led by second-year head coach David Dean. The Wolves will play their home games at University Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.
2018 West Georgia Wolves football | |
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Conference | Gulf South Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 16 |
Record | 10–2 (7–1 GSC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Sam Gregg (5th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Dustin Landry (1st season) |
Home stadium | University Stadium (Capacity: 9,500) |
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No. 1 Valdosta State $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 West Georgia ^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Tech ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Alabama ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Florida | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Greenville | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delta State | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi College | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shorter | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
West Georgia 2018 football schedule consists of six home and five away games in the regular season. The Wolves will host GSC foes Florida Tech, West Alabama, Delta State, and North Greenville, and will travel to Mississippi College, and Shorter, Valdosta State, and West Florida.[1]
The Wolves will host two of the three non-conference games against Catawba from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) and Limestone also from SAC and will travel to Albany State from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Two of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[2]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 2:00 p.m. | Catawba* | No. 19 | W 34-3 | 3,200 | ||
September 8 | 2:00 p.m. | Limestone* | No. 13 |
| W 42-14 | 2,900 | |
September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at Albany State* | No. 10 | W 45-21 | 5,000 | ||
September 22 | 2:00 p.m. | Florida Tech | No. 8 |
| W 30-21 | 2,524 | |
September 29 | 1:00 p.m. | at Shorter | No. 6 | W 58-27 | 1,345 | ||
October 6 | 2:00 p.m. | North Greenville | No. 5 |
| ESPN3 | W 31-7 | 1,788 |
October 13 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 10 West Florida | No. 4 | ESPN3 | W 27-7 | 6,838 | |
October 20 | 2:00 p.m. | West Alabama | No. 3 |
| W 27-25 | 3,687 | |
October 27 | 4:00 p.m. | at Mississippi College | No. 3 | W 36-21 | 6,872 | ||
November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | Delta State | No. 3 |
| W 29-17 | 3,281 | |
November 10 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 5 Valdosta State | No. 3 | ESPN3 | L 31-47 | 10,558 | |
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | Wingate | No. 10 | L 31-41 | 1,702 | ||
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- Schedule Source:[3]
Rankings
Week | |||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
AFCA | 19 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
Game summaries
Catawba
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Indians | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Wolves | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 34 |
Limestone
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Saints | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Wolves | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 42 |
At Albany State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wolves | 7 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 45 |
Rams | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Florida Tech
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Panthers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Wolves | 7 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 30 |
At Shorter
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wolves | 14 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 58 |
Hawks | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
North Greenville
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Crusaders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Wolves | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
At West Florida
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wolves | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
Argonauts | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
West Alabama
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tigers | 7 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 25 |
Wolves | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
At Mississippi College
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wolves | 7 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 36 |
Choctaws | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Delta State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Statesmen | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Wolves | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
At Valdosta State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wolves | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
Blazers | 10 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 47 |
Wingate
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 10 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
Wolves | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
References
- "UWG Announces 2018 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of West Georgia Department of Athletics. February 12, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- "GSC Announces 2018 Football Game of the Week Schedule". Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- "West Georgia 2018 Football Schedule". University of Georgia Department of Athletics. Retrieved July 10, 2018.