2018 Georgetown Hoyas football team

The 2018 Georgetown Hoyas football team represented Georgetown University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Rob Sgarlata and played their home games at Cooper Field. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 5–6, 4–2 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for second place.

2018 Georgetown Hoyas football
Conference	Patriot League
2018 record	5–6 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach	Rob Sgarlata (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rob Spence (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Doherty (2nd season)
Home stadium	Cooper Field (Capacity: 2,500)
Uniform

2018 Patriot League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 8 Colgate $^		6	–	0					10	–	2
Holy Cross		4	–	2					5	–	6
Georgetown		4	–	2					5	–	6
Lehigh		2	–	4					3	–	8
Lafayette		2	–	4					3	–	8
Fordham		2	–	4					2	–	9
Bucknell		1	–	5					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Hoyas finished the 2017 season 1–10, 0–6 in Patriot League play to finish in last place.

Preseason

Preseason coaches poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches poll on July 26, 2018, with the Hoyas predicted to finish in last place.[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Colgate	71 (11)
2	Lehigh	63 (3)
3	Fordham	45
4	Holy Cross	40
T–5	Bucknell	31
T–5	Lafayette	31
7	Georgetown	13

Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Hoyas placed two players on the preseason all-Patriot League team.

Defense Khristian Tate – DL Special teams Ahmad Wilson – Non-specialist player

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	1:00 p.m.	at Marist*	Leonidoff Field Poughkeepsie, NY	RFN	W 39–14	1,904
September 8	12:30 p.m.	Campbell*	Cooper Field Washington, DC	Stadium[2]	L 8–13	1,837
September 15	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	L 0–41	4,815
September 22	2:00 p.m.	Columbia*	Cooper Field Washington, DC	Stadium[2]	L 15–23	1,865
September 29	1:00 p.m.	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPN+	L 7–35	3,926
October 6	1:00 p.m.	at Fordham	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	Stadium	W 23–11	2,010
October 13	3:30 p.m.	at Lafayette	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	Stadium	W 13–6	4,657
October 20	2:00 p.m.	Lehigh	Cooper Field Washington, DC	Stadium[2]	W 22–16 ^2OT	1,871
October 27	1:00 p.m.	at Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	Stadium[2]	L 0–38	1,827
November 10	12:30 p.m.	Bucknell	Cooper Field Washington, DC	Stadium[2]	W 14–3	1,825
November 17	12:30 p.m.	Holy Cross	Cooper Field Washington, DC	Stadium[2]	L 31–32	1,803
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Marist

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	11	0	21	7	39
Red Foxes	0	0	7	7	14

See also: 2018 Marist Red Foxes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–5	2017	MAR, 14–12

Campbell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Camels	3	0	7	3	13
Hoyas	0	6	0	2	8

See also: 2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2017	GEORG, 16–10

at Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	0	0	0	0
Big Green	6	14	14	7	41

See also: 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2015	DARTM, 31–10

Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	10	0	6	7	23
Hoyas	0	0	0	15	15

See also: 2018 Columbia Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	2017	COL, 35–14

at Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	0	7	0	7
Bears	14	7	7	7	35

See also: 2018 Brown Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2015	GEORG, 17–3

at Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	8	0	7	8	23
Rams	0	8	3	0	11

See also: 2018 Fordham Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–37–3	2017	FORD, 17–9

at Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	13	0	0	13
Leopards	0	3	0	3	6

See also: 2018 Lafayette Leopards football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–14	2017	LAF, 7–0

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Mountain Hawks	6	0	0	3	7	0	16
Hoyas	9	0	0	0	7	6	22

See also: 2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–18	2017	LEH, 54–35

at Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	0	0	0	0
Raiders	0	24	0	14	38

See also: 2018 Colgate Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–14	2017	COLG, 38–10

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	0	0	3	0	3
Hoyas	0	7	7	0	14

See also: 2018 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–18–1	2017	BUCK, 12–0

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	5	0	7	20	32
Hoyas	7	17	7	0	31

See also: 2018 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–19	2017	HC, 24–10

References

1. http://patriotleague.org/news/2018/7/26/patriot-league-football-preseason-major-awards-poll-and-all-league-announced-7-26-18.aspx
2. "Six Georgetown Football Games To Be Broadcast on Facebook Watch". Georgetown University Athletics. September 5, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2018.