American college football season
The 2018 Davidson Wildcats football team represented Davidson College in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by first-year head coach Scott Abell and played their home games at Richardson Stadium . They were members of the Pioneer Football League (PFL). They finished the season 6–5, 3–5 in PFL play to finish in sixth place. Davidson finished 2018 ranked #1 in the FCS for total offense, averaging 561.9 yards per game.[1]
Preseason [ edit ] Preseason All-PFL team [ edit ] The PFL released their preseason all-PFL team on July 30, 2018, with the Wildcats having one player selected.[2]
Offense
Wesley Dugger – RB
Preseason coaches poll [ edit ] The PFL released their preseason coaches poll on July 31, 2018, with the Wildcats predicted to finish in last place.[3]
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 San Diego 81 (9) 2 Dayton 72 (1) 3 Drake 58 T–4 Butler 48 T–4 Valparaiso 48 6 Jacksonville 47 7 Marist 44 8 Morehead State 22 9 Stetson 19 10 Davidson 11
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 7:00 p.m. Brevard * MI-CONN W 34–134,109 September 8 7:00 p.m. Chowan * Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC MI-CONN W 49–283,941 [a] 7:00 p.m. Guilford * Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC MI-CONN W 91–612,922 September 22 1:00 p.m. at Dayton Facebook Live L 21–424,700 September 29 1:00 p.m. at Valparaiso ESPN3 W 40–354,605 October 6 1:00 p.m. Jacksonville Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC MI-CONN W 44–373,524 October 13 1:00 p.m. Morehead State Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC MI-CONN L 28–353,721 October 20 1:00 p.m. at Marist L 41–48 2OT 1,442 October 27 1:00 p.m. Stetson Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC MI-CONN L 53–563,992 November 10 5:00 p.m. at San Diego L 52–563,115 November 17 1:00 p.m. Butler Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC MI-CONN W 41–383,675 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries [ edit ] Brevard [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tornados 0 0 6 7 13 Wildcats 13 21 0 0 34
1 2 3 4 Total Hawks 7 6 0 15 28 Wildcats 21 21 0 7 49
Guilford [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Quakers 6 20 13 22 61 Wildcats 30 27 14 20 91
At Dayton [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 14 0 0 7 21 Flyers 0 14 21 7 42
At Valparaiso [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 14 20 0 6 40 Crusaders 14 7 7 7 35
Jacksonville [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Dolphins 6 3 0 28 37 Wildcats 16 7 21 0 44
Morehead State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 14 7 7 7 35 Wildcats 7 14 0 7 28
At Marist [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Wildcats 6 21 7 0 7 0 41 Red Foxes 7 10 6 11 7 7 48
Stetson [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Hatters 7 21 21 7 56 Wildcats 10 7 21 15 53
At San Diego [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 24 14 7 7 52 Toreros 7 28 7 14 56
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 10 10 7 11 38 Wildcats 6 21 7 7 41
References [ edit ]
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