American college football season
The 2018 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by second-year head coach Mark Ferrante and played their home games at Villanova Stadium . They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association . They finished the season 5–6, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.
Preseason [ edit ] CAA Poll [ edit ] In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in sixth 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 Wildcats had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team including quarterback Trevor Knight being selected as offensive player of the year.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 12:00 p.m. at Temple * No. 19 ESPNews W 19–1732,357 September 8 12:30 p.m. at Lehigh * No. 12 Stadium W 31–95,104 September 15 3:30 p.m. Towson No. 10 FCS /FSGO L 35–455,719 September 22 6:00 p.m. Bucknell * No. 15 Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA W 49–79,341 September 29 6:00 p.m. at No. 18 Stony Brook No. 13 FCS/FSGO L 27–297,720 October 6 3:30 p.m. at No. 25 Maine No. 19 FCS L 10–136,894 October 13 1:00 p.m. No. 6 James Madison Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA FCS/FSGO L 0–375,219 October 27 3:30 p.m. New Hampshire Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA CBSI Digital /CBS SportsLiveL 0–343,919 November 3 3:00 p.m. at Richmond NBCS WA W 45–218,117 November 10 1:00 p.m. William & Mary Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA FCS/FSGO L 17–244,105 November 17 12:00 p.m. at No. 17 Delaware NBCS PHIL /SNY W 42–2118,752 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Temple [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 19 Wildcats 13 0 0 6 19 Owls 3 7 7 0 17
At Lehigh [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 12 Wildcats 7 13 11 0 31 Mountain Hawks 3 0 0 6 9
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 21 14 7 3 45 No. 10 Wildcats 14 7 7 7 35
Bucknell [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bison 0 7 0 0 7 No. 15 Wildcats 28 14 0 7 49
At Stony Brook [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 13 Wildcats 7 14 0 6 27 No. 18 Seawolves 0 6 17 6 29
At Maine [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 19 Wildcats 3 0 7 0 10 No. 25 Black Bears 0 3 7 3 13
James Madison [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 6 Dukes 6 10 14 7 37 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
New Hampshire [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total UNH Wildcats 10 14 7 3 34 Nova Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
At Richmond [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 7 13 18 7 45 Spiders 0 7 7 7 21
William & Mary [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tribe 0 14 10 0 24 Wildcats 0 7 0 10 17
At Delaware [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 14 7 7 14 42 No. 17 Fightin' Blue Hens 7 0 14 0 21
Ranking movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 19 12 10 15 13–T 19 RV — — — — — — Coaches 19 11 10 14 14 19 25 RV — — — — —
References [ edit ]
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