2018 Jackson State Tigers football team

The 2018 Jackson State Tigers football team represented Jackson State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by second-year head coach Tony Hughes and played their home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

2018 Jackson State Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
DivisionEast Division
2018 record5–5 (4–3 SWAC)
Head coachTony Hughes (3rd season, first 7 games)
John Hendrick (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorHal Mumme (1st season, resigned after 4 games)
Derrick McCall (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Hendrick (3rd season)
Home stadiumMississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,492)
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 Tigers finished the 2017 season 3–8, 3–4 in SWAC play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.

Preseason

SWAC football media day

During the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Tigers were predicted to finish third in the East Division.[1] They did not have any players selected to any of the Presason All-SWAC Teams.

Media poll
East Division
Predicted finishTeamVotes
1Alcorn State95
2Alabama State72
3Jackson State55
4Alabama A&M51
5Mississippi Valley State27

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.at Southern Miss*
ESPN+L 7–5529,176
September 86:00 p.m.vs. Tennessee State*
 Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
September 154:30 p.m.at Florida A&M*
W 18–1617,643
September 294:00 p.m.Alabama A&M
L 16–2130,472
October 62:30 p.m.at Arkansas–Pine Bluff
W 30–274,200
October 132:00 p.m.Mississippi Valley State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 23–729,500
October 202:00 p.m.North Alabama*
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
L 7–2419,750
October 276:00 p.m.at Southern
L 7–4120,575
November 32:00 p.m.Prairie View A&M
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 34–2821,729
November 102:00 p.m.at Alabama State
W 20–214,428
November 172:00 p.m.at Alcorn State
L 3–2421,312
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
  1. The Tennessee State game was cancelled due to inclement weather.

Game summaries

at Southern Miss
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 7 0 7
Golden Eagles 14 27 7 7 55
See also: 2018 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2002 USM, 55–7

at Florida A&M
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 6 9 3 18
Rattlers 7 0 9 0 16
See also: 2018 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–7–2 2014 JSU, 22–17

Alabama A&M
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 7 14 0 21
Tigers 10 6 0 0 16
See also: 2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–11 2017 JSU, 10–7

at Arkansas–Pine Bluff
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 3 10 14 30
Golden Lions 7 0 13 7 27
See also: 2018 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–14–1 2017 APBU, 34–27

Mississippi Valley State
1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0
Tigers 0
See also: 2018 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
56–6–2 2017 JSU, 24–5

North Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0
Tigers 0
See also: 2018 North Alabama Lions football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Southern
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Jaguars 0
See also: 2018 Southern Jaguars football team and Jackson State–Southern University rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–34 2017 SU, 34–29

Prairie View A&M
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
Tigers 0
See also: 2018 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
37–18–2 2017 PVAM, 38–9

at Alabama State
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Hornets 0
See also: 2018 Alabama State Hornets football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
31–16–1 2017 ALST, 13–3

at Alcorn State
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Braves 0
See also: 2018 Alcorn State Braves football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
44–34–2 2017 JSU, 7–3
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References
  1. http://www.swac.org/news/2018/7/11/swac-football-all-conference-preseason-teams-released.aspx
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