2018 South Carolina State Bulldogs football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record5–6 (4–3 MEAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDaniel Lewis (2nd season)
Home stadiumOliver C. Dawson Stadium
2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 12 North Carolina A&T $  6 –1   9 –2  
Bethune–Cookman  5 –2   7 –5  
Florida A&M  5 –2   6 –5  
South Carolina State  4 –3   5 –6  
Howard  4 –3   4 –6  
North Carolina Central  3 –4   5 –6  
Morgan State  3 –4   4 –7  
Norfolk State  2 –5   4 –7  
Delaware State  2 –5   3 –8  
Savannah State  1 –6   2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Oliver Pough and played their home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 5–6, 4–3 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Preseason

MEAC preseason poll

In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Bulldogs were picked to finish in seventh place.[1]

Predicted finish Team
1North Carolina A&T
2Howard
3North Carolina Central
4Bethune–Cookman
5Florida A&M
6Norfolk State
7South Carolina State
8Savannah State
9Morgan State
10Delaware State

Preseason All-MEAC Teams

The Tigers had four players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.at Georgia Southern*
ESPN+L 6–3715,260
September 86:00 p.m.at No. 19 (FBS) UCF*
ESPN3L 0–3843,269
September 226:00 p.m.Norfolk State*
ESPN3L 7–177,820
September 277:00 p.m.at No. 12 North Carolina A&T
ESPNUL 16–3111,530
October 61:00 p.m.at Morgan State
ESPN3W 21–188,103
October 132:00 p.m.Bethune–Cookman
  • Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
L 26–2812,213
October 201:30 p.m.Delaware Statedagger
  • Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
W 30–1914,477
October 271:00 p.m.at Howard
W 27–217,501
November 104:00 p.m.at Florida A&M*
W 44–2112,608
November 171:30 p.m.Savannah State
  • Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
W 21–177,365
November 24[lower-alpha 1]12:30 p.m.North Carolina Central
  • Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
L 17–213,996
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Despite also being members of the MEAC, games against Florida A&M and Norfolk State will be considered non-conference games and will not have an effect on the MEAC standings.[3]

  1. ↑ This game was originally scheduled for September 15, but was moved in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

At Georgia Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 6 0 6
Eagles 13 3 7 14 37

At UCF

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
Knights 14 10 14 0 38

Norfolk State

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 7 7 0 3 17
Bulldogs 0 0 7 0 7

At North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 9 0 0 16
No. 12 Aggies 3 7 7 14 31

At Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 7 0 7 21
Bears 11 0 0 7 18

Bethune–Cookman

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 10 15 0 3 28
Bulldogs 0 13 7 6 26

Delaware State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 0 7 12 19
Bulldogs 0 7 13 10 30

At Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 13 0 7 27
Bison 0 7 0 14 21

At Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 10 14 6 14 44
Rattlers 0 14 7 0 21

Savannah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 14 0 0 17
Bulldogs 0 7 7 7 21

North Carolina Central

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 7 14 21
Bulldogs 0 10 0 7 17

References

  1. ↑ "North Carolina A&T State Picked To Win 2018 MEAC Championship". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. July 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ "NCAT's Raynard, NCCU's Reynolds Headline 2018 All-MEAC Preseason Football Team". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. July 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ "SC State Releases 2018 Football Schedule". www.scsuathletics.com. South Carolina State University Athletics. March 3, 2018.
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