2018 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

The 2018 Saint Francis Red Flash football team represented Saint Francis University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Chris Villarrial and played their home games at DeGol Field. They were a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 2–4 in NEC play to finish in a tie for fifth place.

2018 Saint Francis Red Flash football
Conference	Northeast Conference
2018 record	4–7 (2–4 NEC)
Head coach	Chris Villarrial (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Eric Long
Defensive coordinator	Marco Pecora
Home stadium	DeGol Field (Capacity: 3,450)

2018 Northeast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 21 Duquesne +^		5	–	1					8	–	3
Sacred Heart +		5	–	1					7	–	4
Central Connecticut		4	–	2					6	–	5
Wagner		3	–	3					4	–	7
Saint Francis (PA)		2	–	4					4	–	7
Bryant		2	–	4					6	–	5
Robert Morris		0	–	6					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Red Flash finished the 2017 season 5–6, 3–3 in NEC play to finish in fourth place.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award	Player	Position	Year
Walter Payton Award[1]	Kamron Lewis	WR	SR

NEC coaches poll

The NEC released their preseason coaches poll on July 24, 2018, with the Red Flash predicted to finish in fourth place.[2]

Predicted finish	Team
1	Central Connecticut
2	Duquesne
3	Bryant
4	Saint Francis
5	Wagner
6	Sacred Heart
7	Robert Morris

Preseason All-NEC team

The Red Flash placed five players on the preseason all-NEC team.[3]

Offense Kamron Lewis – WR Mederick Flavius– OL

Defense Hakeem Kinard – DB Nick Rinella – DB

Special teams Andrew Zecca – P

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:30 p.m.	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium	L 19–21	4,216
September 8	Noon	Delaware State*	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NECFR	W 45–14	1,074
September 13[lower-alpha 1]	5:00 p.m.	Richmond*	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NECFR	L 27–35	1,234
September 22	7:00 p.m.	at Albany*	Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	UAlbany Live Events[4]	L 28–35	3,840
September 29	4:00 p.m.	West Virginia Wesleyan*	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NECFR	W 59–3	1,563
October 13	Noon	at Wagner	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	ESPN3	L 22–23	1,438
October 20	Noon	Duquesne	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NECFR	L 20–27	1,532
October 27	Noon	at Robert Morris	Joe Walton Stadium Moon Township, PA	NECFR	W 20–7	1,359
November 3	Noon	Bryant	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NECFR	W 27–14	1,489
November 10	Noon	Central Connecticut	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	ESPN3	L 14–30	912
November 17	Noon	at Sacred Heart	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	NECFR	L 7–13	1,852
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

1. This game was originally scheduled as home game for Richmond at Robins Stadium. It was moved to DeGol Filed and moved up two days in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

at Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Flash	7	3	3	6	19
Mountain Hawks	0	14	7	0	21

See also: 2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1993	LEH, 37–0

Delaware State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	7	7	0	0	14
Red Flash	28	0	17	0	45

See also: 2018 Delaware State Hornets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2006	DSU, 63–28

Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spiders	2	7	3	23	35
Red Flash	0	3	17	7	27

See also: 2018 Richmond Spiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Flash	7	7	14	0	28
Great Danes	7	13	8	7	35

See also: 2018 Albany Great Danes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–14	2016	UALB, 20–9

West Virginia Wesleyan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	0	0	3	3
Red Flash	21	21	3	14	59

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Wagner

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Flash	0	0	7	15	22
Seahawks	3	7	6	7	23

See also: 2018 Wagner Seahawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–22	2017	SFU, 31–6

Duquesne

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dukes	0	6	7	14	27
Red Flash	10	3	7	0	20

See also: 2018 Duquesne Dukes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–36	2017	DUQ, 24–7

at Robert Morris

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Flash	0	13	7	0	20
Colonials	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2018 Robert Morris Colonials football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–14–1	2017	SFU, 36–7

Bryant

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	14	0	0	14
Red Flash	17	7	0	3	27

See also: 2018 Bryant Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–6	2017	SFU, 30–14

Central Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	14	7	9	30
Red Flash	7	0	0	7	14

See also: 2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–6	2017	CCSU, 28–10

at Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Flash	0	7	0	0	7
Pioneers	3	3	7	0	13

See also: 2018 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–10	2017	SHU, 16–7

References

1. "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
2. http://www.northeastconference.org/news/2018/7/24/football-defending-champ-ccsu-tops-preseason-coaches-poll-places-league-high-seven-on-all-nec-team.aspx
3. http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/northeastconference.org/documents/2018/7/24/FB_18_All_NEC_preseason_list.pdf?id=18285
4. "Upcoming Live Events". The Official Athletics Site of the University of Albany. Retrieved November 2, 2018.