American college football season
The 2018 North Greenville Crusaders football team will represent North Greenville University during the 2018 NCAA Division II football season . They will be led by sixth-year head coach Jeff Farrington . The Crusaders will play their home games at Younts Stadium , and are members of the Gulf South Conference .
The 2018 season marks as the first season as members of the Gulf South Conference.[2]
Preseason
Gulf South Conference coaches poll
On August 2, 2018, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Crusaders predicted to finish in 7th place in the conference.[3]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
West Alabama
62 (6)
2
West Florida
59 (3)
3
West Georgia
44
4
Delta State
41
5
Valdosta State
38
6
Florida Tech
32
7
North Greenville
24
8
Mississippi College
16
9
Shorter
8
Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Team
The Crusaders had no players selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[4]
Schedule
North Greenville 2018 football schedule consists of five home and six away games in the regular season. The Crusaders will host GSC foes Mississippi College , Shorter , West Alabama , and West Florida , and will travel to Delta State , Florida Tech , Valdosta State , and West Georgia .[5]
The Crusaders will host one of the three non-conference games against Lenoir–Rhyne from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC), and will travel to North Alabama , which is a FCS Independent team and Tusculum from the SAC.
Two of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3 , as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[6]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 7:00 p.m. at Tusculum * W 13–32,920
September 8 7:00 p.m. Lenoir–Rhyne * L 24–513,486
September 15 7:00 p.m. Mississippi College Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC canceled[a]
September 22 6:00 p.m. at Delta State W 33–206,660
September 29 7:00 p.m. No. 21 West Alabama Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC ESPN3 W 20–163,695
October 6 2:00 p.m. at No. 5 West Georgia ESPN3 L 7–311,788
October 13 2:30 p.m. Shorter Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC W 41–73,102
October 20 3:00 p.m. at No. 7 Valdosta State L 21–445,514
October 27 1:00 p.m. West Florida Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC L 10–262,687
November 3 2:00 p.m. at Florida Tech L 7–372,800
November 10 2:30 p.m. at North Alabama * L 28–316,130
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[5]
^[a] The game between Mississippi College and North Greenville was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Florence .[7] The game will not be rescheduled.
Game summaries
at Tusculum
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
0
3
7
3
13
Pioneers
0
0
3
0
3
Lenoir–Rhyne
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
27
10
14
51
Crusaders
3
7
0
14
24
at Delta State
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
14
3
13
3
33
Statesmen
10
0
3
7
20
West Alabama
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
0
9
0
16
Crusaders
0
10
0
10
20
at West Georgia
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
0
0
0
7
7
Wolves
7
17
7
0
31
Shorter
1
2
3
4
Total
Hawks
0
7
0
0
7
Crusaders
6
14
14
7
41
at Valdosta State
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
0
0
7
14
21
Blazers
13
10
7
14
44
West Florida
1
2
3
4
Total
Argonauts
7
6
13
0
26
Crusaders
0
3
0
7
10
at Florida Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
0
0
7
0
7
Panthers
20
10
7
0
37
at North Alabama
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
7
7
0
14
28
Lions
5
7
9
10
31
References
^ "Trey Elder tabbed as NGU's next offensive coordinator" (Press release). North Greenville University Department of Athletics. March 7, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018 .
^ "North Greenville Joins GSC as Football Affiliate" . Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018 .
^ "West Alabama Tops GSC Football Preseason Poll" . Gulf South Conference. August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018 .
^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gulfsouthconference.com/documents/2018/8/2/Football_2018_Preseason_All_GSC_Table.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ a b "NGU football releases 2018 schedule" (Press release). North Greenville University Department of Athletics. January 9, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018 .
^ "GSC Announces 2018 Football Game of the Week Schedule" . Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018 .
^ "MC football game against NGU canceled ahead of Hurricane Florence" . WLBT3. September 12, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018 .
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