American college football season
The2018 Elon Phoenix football team representedElon University in the2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coachCurt Cignetti and played their home games atRhodes Stadium. They were members of theColonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 6–5, 4–3 in CAA play to finish in sixth place. They received an at-large bid to theFCS Playoffs where they were lost toWofford in the first round.
On December 14, head coach Curt Cignetti resigned to become the head coach atJames Madison.[1] He finished at Elon with a two-year record of 14–9.
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Phoenix were predicted to finish in fifth place.[2]
Preseason All-CAA Team
[edit]The Phoenix had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
Offense CJ Toogood – OL Defense Warren Messer – LB |
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | atSouth Florida* | No. 12 | | ESPN3 | L 14–34 | 31,217 |
| September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 25Furman* | No. 15 | | CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive | W 45–7 | 8,058 |
September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | atWilliam & Mary | No. 14 | | | Canceled[a] | |
| September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | atCharleston Southern* | No. 12 | | ESPN+ | W 31–22 | 2,465 |
| September 29 | 1:30 p.m. | New Hampshire | No. 11 | | PAA | W 30–9 | 10,856 |
| October 6 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 2James Madison | No. 10 | | MASN/SNY | W 27–24 | 25,484 |
| October 13 | 3:30 p.m. | atDelaware | No. 5 | | NBCS PHIL | L 16–28 | 19,209 |
| October 20 | 1:30 p.m. | Richmond | No. 11 | | FCS/FSGO | W 38–28 | 5,982 |
| November 3 | 1:30 p.m. | Rhode Island | No. 8 | | PAA | W 24–21 | 10,513 |
| November 10 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 20Towson | No. 7 | | PAA | L 10–41 | 5,927 |
| November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 16Maine | No. 14 | | FCS | L 26–27 | 6,584 |
| November 24 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 13Wofford* | No. 17 | | ESPN3 | L 7–19 | 2,157 |
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- ^The William & Mary game was postponed due toHurricane Florence; it was intended to be rescheduled, but was canceled on September 19, 2018.[4]
Source:[5]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 12 Phoenix | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Bulls | 7 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
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| No. 25 Paladins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| No. 15 Phoenix | 14 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 45 |
At Charleston Southern
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| No. 12 Phoenix | 3 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
| Buccaneers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Wildcats | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| No. 11 Phoenix | 7 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
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| No. 10 Phoenix | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 27 |
| No. 2 Dukes | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 24 |
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| No. 5 Phoenix | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| Fightin' Blue Hens | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
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| Spiders | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| No. 11 Phoenix | 14 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Rams | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| No. 8 Phoenix | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
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| No. 20 Tigers | 7 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 41 |
| No. 7 Phoenix | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
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| No. 14 Phoenix | 0 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| No. 16 Black Bears | 0 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
At Wofford–First Round
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| No. 17 Phoenix | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| No. 13 Terriers | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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| STATS FCS | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 19 |
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| Coaches | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 19 |
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Players drafted into the NFL
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National championship seasons in bold |
