2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

The 2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Chanticleers were led by sixth-year head coach Joe Moglia and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. They competed as a member of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.

2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
DivisionEast Division
2018 record5–7 (2–6 Sun Belt)
Head coachJoe Moglia (6th season)
Offensive coordinatorJamey Chadwell (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorMarvin Sanders (1st season)
Home stadiumBrooks Stadium
(Capacity: 15,000)
2018 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Appalachian State xy$  7 –1     11 –2  
Troy x  7 –1     10 –3  
Georgia Southern  6 –2     10 –3  
Coastal Carolina  2 –6     5 –7  
Georgia State  1 –7     2 –10  
West Division
Louisiana xy  5 –3     7 –7  
Arkansas State x  5 –3     8 –5  
Louisiana–Monroe  4 –4     6 –6  
South Alabama  2 –6     3 –9  
Texas State  1 –7     3 –9  
Championship: Appalachian State 30, Louisiana 19
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant

Previous season

They finished the 2017 season 3–9, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for 10th place. The season marked the Chanticleers' first year in the Sun Belt and the FBS, and their second of a two-year transition period. They would not become bowl-eligible until the 2018 season. Offensive coordinator Jamey Chadwell served as the interim head coach of the Chanticleers this season due to Joe Moglia taking a medical leave.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Fred Biletnikoff Award[1] Malcolm Williams WR SR

Sun Belt coaches poll

On July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Chanticleers predicted to finish in last place of the East Division.[2]

East Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Appalachian State46 (6)
2Troy44 (4)
3Georgia State26
4Georgia Southern22
5Coastal Carolina12

Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams

The Chanticleers had one player selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.[3]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 112:00 p.m.at South Carolina*
SECNL 15–4975,126
September 87:00 p.m.UAB*
ESPN+W 47–249,776
September 12[lower-alpha 1]2:00 p.m.at Campbell*
ESPN3W 58–212,047
September 226:00 p.m.at Louisiana
ESPN+W 30–2817,125
September 293:30 p.m.at Troy
ESPN+L 21–4523,810
October 136:00 p.m.Louisiana–Monroe
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN+L 20–4511,506
October 203:30 p.m.at UMass*
ELVNW 24–1311,134
October 272:00 p.m.at Georgia State
ESPN+W 37–3415,648
November 35:00 p.m.Appalachian State
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN+L 7–2313,004
November 105:00 p.m.Arkansas State
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN+L 16–448,141
November 175:00 p.m.Georgia Southern
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN+L 17–419,886
November 233:00 p.m.at South Alabama
ESPN+L 28–3110,670
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. The game between Coastal Carolina and Campbell, originally scheduled to be a home game for Coastal Carolina, was relocated to Barker–Lane Stadium and moved to Wednesday September 12 due to Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

at South Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 0 3 3 9 15
Gamecocks 14 14 14 7 49
See also: 2018 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2013 SC, 70–10

UAB
1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 14 10 0 0 24
Chanticleers 7 13 7 20 47
See also: 2018 UAB Blazers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 UAB, 30–23

at Campbell
1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 7 17 21 13 58
Fighting Camels 14 7 0 0 21
See also: 2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Louisiana
1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 3 13 7 7 30
Ragin' Cajuns 7 0 14 7 28
See also: 2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Troy
1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 0 14 7 0 21
Trojans 21 3 14 7 45
See also: 2018 Troy Trojans football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 TROY, 42–17

Louisiana–Monroe
1 2 3 4 Total
Warhawks 14 10 7 14 45
Chanticleers 3 10 7 0 20
See also: 2018 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 ULM, 51–43

at UMass
1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 3 0 14 7 24
Minutemen 3 3 7 0 13
See also: 2018 UMass Minutemen football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2017 CCU, 38–28

at Georgia State
1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 17 3 7 10 37
Panthers 7 6 21 0 34
See also: 2018 Georgia State Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 GSU, 27–21

Appalachian State
1 2 3 4 Total
Mountaineers 7 7 0 9 23
Chanticleers 7 0 0 0 7
See also: 2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2017 APST, 37–29

Arkansas State
1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 14 13 14 3 44
Chanticleers 0 6 7 3 16
See also: 2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 ARST, 51–17

Georgia Southern
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 10 21 7 41
Chanticleers 7 3 0 7 17
See also: 2018 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 CCU, 28–17

at South Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Chanticleers 0 7 7 14 28
Jaguars 10 14 7 0 31
See also: 2018 South Alabama Jaguars football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting
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References
  1. "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  2. http://sunbeltsports.org/news/2018/7/18/mountaineers-red-wolves-selected-as-division-favorites-in-2018-sun-belt-football-coaches-preseason-poll.aspx
  3. http://www.sunbeltsports.org/news/2018/7/20/sun-belt-announces-2018-preseason-all-conference-football-teams.aspx


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