2018 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team

The 2018 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team represents the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Golden Lions are led by first-year head coach Cedric Thomas and play their home games at Golden Lion Stadium in Pine Bluff, Arkansas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

2018 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division	West Division
2018 record	2–9 (1–6 SWAC)
Head coach	Cedric Thomas (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jermaine Gales (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Juan Navarro (1st season)
Home stadium	Golden Lion Stadium (Capacity: 16,000)

2018 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Alcorn State x$		6	–	1					9	–	3
Alabama A&M		5	–	2					6	–	5
Jackson State		4	–	3					5	–	5
Alabama State		3	–	4					4	–	7
Mississippi Valley State		1	–	6					1	–	10
West Division
Southern xy		6	–	1					7	–	4
Grambling State		4	–	3					6	–	5
Prairie View A&M		4	–	3					5	–	6
Texas Southern		1	–	6					2	–	9
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		1	–	6					2	–	9
Championship: Alcorn State 37, Southern 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Previous season

The Golden Lions finished the 2017 season 2–9, 1–6 in SWAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.

On November 20, 2017, head coach Monte Coleman was fired.[1] He finished at APBU with a ten-year record of 40–71.

Preseason

SWAC football media day

During the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Golden Lions were predicted to finish last in the West Division.[2]

Media poll

West Division
Predicted finish	Team	Votes
1	Grambling State	96
2	Southern	78
3	Prairie View A&M	65
4	Texas Southern	31
5	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	30

Presason All-SWAC Team

The Golden Lions had three players at four positions selected to Preseason All-SWAC Teams.

Offense

1st team

KeShawn Williams – Sr. RB

Defense

2nd team

Kevin Agee – Sr. DL

Special teams

1st team

Jamie Gillan – Sr. P

KeShawn Williams – Sr. KR

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Morehouse College*	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR		L 30–34	5,734
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Cumberland*	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR		W 55–0	2,326
September 15	6:00 p.m.	at No. 3 South Dakota State*	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD		L 6–90	14,526
September 22	6:00 p.m.	Prairie View A&M	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR		L 13–62	2,675
September 29	6:30 p.m.	at FIU*	Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL	ESPN+	L 9–55	14,937
October 6	2:30 p.m.	Jackson State	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR		L 27–30
October 20	2:00 p.m.	at Mississippi Valley State	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS		L 47–48 ^2OT
October 27	2:00 p.m.	at Grambling State	Eddie Robinson Stadium Grambling, LA		L 38–45 ^OT
November 3	2:30 p.m.	Alabama A&M	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR		L 14–45	13,500
November 10	4:00 p.m.	at Southern	Ace W. Mumford Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		L 24–56	18,060
November 17	2:00 p.m.	at Texas Southern	BBVA Compass Stadium Houston, TX		W 15–10
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

Morehouse College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Maroon Tigers	7	21	0	6	34
Golden Lions	0	20	3	7	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2017	APBU, 23–10

Cumberland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix	0	0	0	0	0
Golden Lions	7	31	14	3	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Lions	6	0	0	0	6
No. 3 Jackrabbits	28	21	21	20	90

See also: 2018 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Prairie View A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	35	14	6	7	62
Golden Lions	3	7	0	3	13

See also: 2018 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–48–4	2017	PVAM, 35–12

at FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Lions	3	0	3	3	9
Panthers	17	21	17	0	55

See also: 2018 FIU Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Jackson State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers					0
Golden Lions					0

See also: 2018 Jackson State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–25–1	2017	PVAM, 34–27

at Mississippi Valley State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Lions					0
Delta Devils					0

See also: 2018 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–22–1	2017	MVSU, 38–31

at Grambling State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Lions					0
Tigers					0

See also: 2018 Grambling State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–33–2	2017	GRAM, 31–26

Alabama A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs					0
Golden Lions					0

See also: 2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–17	2017	ALAM, 27–14

at Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Lions					0
Jaguars					0

See also: 2018 Southern Jaguars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–48–4	2017	SU, 47–40

at Texas Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Lions					0
Tigers					0

See also: 2018 Texas Southern Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–26–1	2017	TXSO, 24–10

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2018-07-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. http://www.swac.org/news/2018/7/11/swac-football-all-conference-preseason-teams-released.aspx