2018 Albany Great Danes football team

The 2018 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Greg Gattuso, who was in his fifth season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field. The Great Danes played as members of the Colonial Athletic Association for the fifth season. They finished the season 3–8, 1–7 in CAA play to finish in last place.

2018 Albany Great Danes football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
2018 record3–8 (1–7 CAA)
Head coachGreg Gattuso (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorJoe Davis (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorKeith Dudzinski (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJoe Bernard (5th season)
Home stadiumBob Ford Field
(Capacity: 8,500)
2018 CAA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Maine $^  7 –1     10 –4  
No. 9 James Madison ^  6 –2     9 –4  
No. 16 Stony Brook ^  5 –3     7 –5  
No. 20 Towson ^  5 –3     7 –5  
No. 24 Delaware ^  5 –3     7 –5  
No. 19 Elon ^  4 –3     6 –5  
Rhode Island  4 –4     6 –5  
William & Mary  3 –4     4 –6  
New Hampshire  3 –5     4 –7  
Villanova  2 –6     5 –6  
Richmond  2 –6     4 –7  
Albany  1 –7     3 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Great Danes finished the 2017 season 4–7, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.

Preseason

CAA Poll

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)
1James Madison241 (21)
2New Hampshire206 (2)
3Delaware182
4Stony Brook169
5Elon168 (1)
6Villanova164
7Richmond127
8Maine81
9Albany78
10Towson74
11William & Mary55
12Rhode Island39

Preseason All-CAA Team

The Great Danes had one player selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13:30 p.m.at Pittsburgh*
ACCN ExtraL 7–3334,486
September 81:00 p.m.at Rhode Island
FCS/FSGOL 26–456,520
September 157:00 p.m.Morgan State*
UAlbany Live Events[2]W 30–276,503
September 227:00 p.m.Saint Francis (PA)*
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
UAlbany Live Events[2]W 35–283,840
October 63:30 p.m.at William & Mary
Cox YurviewL 22–257,530
October 137:00 p.m.Richmond
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
UAlbany Live Events[2]L 24–274,059
October 203:30 p.m.No. 13 Towson
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
UAlbany Live Events[2]L 28–567,029
October 271:00 p.m.at No. 24 Maine
FCSL 9–289,248
November 33:30 p.m.No. 13 Delaware
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
UAlbany Live Events[2]L 16–213,182
November 101:00 p.m.at New Hampshire
NBCS BOSL 10–245,571
November 173:30 p.m.No. 10 Stony Brook
FCS/FSGOW 25–232,483
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Pittsburgh
1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 7 0 0 0 7
Panthers 19 14 0 0 33
See also: 2018 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Rhode Island
1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 7 0 0 19 26
Rams 14 17 14 0 45
See also: 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2017 L, 14–31

Morgan State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 13 7 7 27
Great Danes 3 14 3 10 30
See also: 2018 Morgan State Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2016 W, 26–0

Saint Francis (PA)
1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 7 7 14 0 28
Great Danes 7 13 8 7 35
See also: 2018 Saint Francis Red Flash football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–0 2016 W, 20–9

at William & Mary
1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 0 13 0 9 22
Tribe 7 3 0 15 25
See also: 2018 William & Mary Tribe football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Richmond
1 2 3 4 Total
Spiders 7 10 7 3 27
Great Danes 7 7 7 3 24
See also: 2018 Richmond Spiders football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–5 2017 L, 38–41OT

Towson
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Tigers 10 28 11 7 56
Great Danes 7 14 0 7 28
See also: 2018 Towson Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–3 2013 L, 17–44

at Maine
1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 0 0 3 6 9
No. 24 Black Bears 14 7 0 7 28
See also: 2018 Maine Black Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–6 2017 L, 10–12

Delaware
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Fightin' Blue Hens 0 12 3 6 21
Great Danes 0 3 7 6 16
See also: 2018 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–5 2017 L, 3–22

at New Hampshire
1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 3 0 0 7 10
Wildcats 7 3 7 7 24
See also: 2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–4 2017 W, 15–0

Stony Brook
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Seawolves 3 7 7 6 23
Great Danes 10 0 0 15 25
See also: 2018 Stony Brook Seawolves football team and Albany–Stony Brook football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–8 2017 L, 21–28
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References
  1. Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. "Upcoming Live Events". The Official Athletics Site of the University of Albany. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  3. "Football - Schedule - The Official Athletics Site of the University at Albany". www.ualbanysports.com.
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