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The 2018 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season and were in the third year of their second stint as football members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They were led by first-year head coach Randy Sanders and played their home games at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium .[ 1]
The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Buccaneers predicted to finish in eighth place.[ 2] [ 3]
Media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Samford
204 (20)
2
Furman
174 (2)
3
Wofford
163 (1)
4
Mercer
133
5
Western Carolina
114
6
Chattanooga
88
7
The Citadel
83
8
East Tennessee State 53
9
VMI
23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Samford
63 (7)
2
Wofford
53 (1)
3
Furman
52 (1)
4
Western Carolina
39
5
Chattanooga
34
6
Mercer
32
7
The Citadel
28
8
East Tennessee State 15
9
VMI
8
Preseason All-SoCon Teams [ edit ] The Buccaneers placed five players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.
Offense
2nd team
Matt Pyke – OL
Defense
1st team
Nasir Player – DL
2nd team
Dylan Weigel – DL
Specialists
2nd team
JJ Jerman – K
Quan Harrison – RS
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 7:30 p.m. Mars Hill * ESPN+ W 28–78,518 September 8 4:00 p.m. at Tennessee * SECN L 3–5996,464 [ a] 2:30 p.m. at VMI ESPN+ W 27–242,764 September 22 7:30 p.m. Furman William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN ESPN3 W 29–278,453 September 29 7:30 p.m. Chattanooga William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN ESPN+ W 17–149,277 October 6 3:35 p.m. Gardner–Webb * William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN ESPN+ W 45–08,501 October 13 2:00 p.m. at The Citadel No. 23 ESPN3 W 26–2311,043 October 20 1:30 p.m. at No. 12 Wofford No. 21 ESPN+ L 17–306,745 October 27 3:30 p.m. Western Carolina No. 25 William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN ESPN+ W 45–43 3OT 7,121 November 3 3:00 p.m. at Mercer No. 22 ESPN3 W 21–1810,002 November 17 1:00 p.m. Samford No. 19 William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN ESPN3 L 27–388,749 November 24 6:30 p.m. at No. 8 Jacksonville State * No. 22 ESPN3 L 27–3411,024 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[ 4] [ 5]
^ This game was originally scheduled for September 15. It was moved up one day in anticipation of Hurricane Florence .
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountain Lions
7
0
0
0
7
Buccaneers
0
7
7
14
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Buccaneers
0
0
3
0
3
Volunteers
10
28
7
14
59
1
2
3
4
Total
Buccaneers
7
6
7
7
27
Keydets
0
17
7
0
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Paladins
7
6
14
0
27
Buccaneers
3
3
7
16
29
1
2
3
4
Total
Mocs
0
0
0
14
14
Buccaneers
14
3
0
0
17
1
2
3
4
Total
Runnin' Bulldogs
0
0
0
0
0
Buccaneers
7
10
14
14
45
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Buccaneers
3
6
7
10
26
Bulldogs
6
3
0
14
23
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 21 Buccaneers
0
10
0
7
17
No. 12 Terriers
3
14
7
6
30
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT
Total
Catamounts
0
13
10
7 0 7 6
43
No. 25 Buccaneers
6
6
3
15 0 7 8
45
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Buccaneers
0
14
7
0
21
Bears
7
3
5
3
18
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
10
7
14
38
No. 19 Buccaneers
10
14
3
0
27
[ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Buccaneers
10
10
0
7
27
No. 8 Gamecocks
7
3
10
14
34
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS — — — — RV RV 23 21 25 22 19 19 22 22 Coaches — — — — — RV 24 21 25 23 17 17 21 21
Venues Bowls & rivalries People Seasons
Pre-SEC Pre-ACC Post-ACC I-AA/FCS National championships in bold
