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American college football season
The 2018 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by fifth-year head coach Greg Gattuso , the Great Danes compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of 12 teams in the CAA. The team played home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in Albany, New York .
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Great Danes were predicted to finish in ninth place.[ 1]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
James Madison
241 (21)
2
New Hampshire
206 (2)
3
Delaware
182
4
Stony Brook
169
5
Elon
168 (1)
6
Villanova
164
7
Richmond
127
8
Maine
81
9
Albany 78
10
Towson
74
11
William & Mary
55
12
Rhode Island
39
Preseason All-CAA Team [ edit ] The Great Danes had one player selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
Special teams
Donovan McDonald – PR
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 3:30 p.m. at Pittsburgh * ACCN Extra L 7–3334,486 September 8 1:00 p.m. at Rhode Island FCS , FSGO L 26–456,520 September 15 7:00 p.m. Morgan State * UAlbany Live Events[ 2] W 30–276,503 September 22 7:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) * Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY UAlbany Live Events[ 2] W 35–283,840 October 6 3:30 p.m. at William & Mary Cox Yurview L 22–257,530 October 13 7:00 p.m. Richmond Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY UAlbany Live Events[ 2] L 24–274,059 October 20 3:30 p.m. No. 13 Towson Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY UAlbany Live Events[ 2] L 28–567,029 October 27 1:00 p.m. at No. 24 Maine FCS L 9–289,248 November 3 3:30 p.m. No. 13 Delaware Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY UAlbany Live Events[ 2] L 16–213,182 November 10 1:00 p.m. at New Hampshire NBCS BOS L 10–245,571 November 17 3:30 p.m. No. 10 Stony Brook Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY (rivalry ) FCS, FSGO W 25–232,483 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
7
0
0
0
7
Panthers
19
14
0
0
33
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
7
0
0
19
26
Rams
14
17
14
0
45
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
13
7
7
27
Great Danes
3
14
3
10
30
1
2
3
4
Total
Red Flash
7
7
14
0
28
Great Danes
7
13
8
7
35
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
0
13
0
9
22
Tribe
7
3
0
15
25
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
7
10
7
3
27
Great Danes
7
7
7
3
24
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 13 Tigers
10
28
11
7
56
Great Danes
7
14
0
7
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
0
0
3
6
9
No. 24 Black Bears
14
7
0
7
28
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 13 Fightin' Blue Hens
0
12
3
6
21
Great Danes
0
3
7
6
16
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
3
0
0
7
10
Wildcats
7
3
7
7
24
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Seawolves
3
7
7
6
23
Great Danes
10
0
0
15
25
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