American college football season
The 2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Chanticleers were led by sixth-year head coach Joe Moglia and played their home games at Brooks Stadium . They competed as a member of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference . They finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
Sun Belt coaches poll
On July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Chanticleers predicted to finish in last place of the East Division.[2]
East Division
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Appalachian State
46 (6)
2
Troy
44 (4)
3
Georgia State
26
4
Georgia Southern
22
5
Coastal Carolina
12
Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams
The Chanticleers had one player selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.[3]
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 Noon at South Carolina * SECN L 15–4975,126
September 8 7:00 p.m. UAB * ESPN+ W 47–249,776
[a] 2:00 p.m. at Campbell * ESPN3 W 58–212,047
September 22 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana ESPN+ W 30–2817,125
September 29 3:30 p.m. at Troy ESPN+ L 21–4523,810
October 13 6:00 p.m. Louisiana–Monroe ESPN+ L 20–4511,506
October 20 3:30 p.m. at UMass * ELVN W 24–1311,134
October 27 2:00 p.m. at Georgia State ESPN+ W 37–3415,648
November 3 5:00 p.m. Appalachian State ESPN+ L 7–2313,004
November 10 5:00 p.m. Arkansas State ESPN+ L 16–448,141
November 17 5:00 p.m. Georgia Southern ESPN+ L 17–419,886
3:00 p.m. at South Alabama ESPN+ L 28–3110,670
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
^ The game between Coastal Carolina and Campbell, originally scheduled to be a home game for Coastal Carolina, was relocated to Barker–Lane Stadium and moved to Wednesday September 12 due to Hurricane Florence .
Game summaries
At South Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Chanticleers
0
3
3
9
15
Gamecocks
14
14
14
7
49
UAB
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
14
10
0
0
24
Chanticleers
7
13
7
20
47
At Campbell
1
2
3
4
Total
Chanticleers
7
17
21
13
58
Fighting Camels
14
7
0
0
21
At Louisiana
1
2
3
4
Total
Chanticleers
3
13
7
7
30
Ragin' Cajuns
7
0
14
7
28
At Troy
1
2
3
4
Total
Chanticleers
0
14
7
0
21
Trojans
21
3
14
7
45
Louisiana–Monroe
Week Seven: Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Warhawks
14
10
7 14 45
Chanticleers
3
10
7 0 20
at Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC
Date : October 13Game time : 5:00 p.m. CDT Game weather : 76° · Sunny; clear skies · SSE – 2 mph.Game attendance : 11,506Referee : Jeremy ParkerTV : ESPN+ [1]
Game information
First quarter
ULM - Austin Vaughn 4-yard TD run, Craig Ford kick good, 12:48 (ULM 7-0)
ULM - Derrick Gore 10-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 8:35 (ULM 14-0)
CCU - Massimo Biscardi 29-yard field goal, 1:07 (ULM 14-3)
Second quarter
CCU - Malcolm Williams 4-yard TD run, Biscardi kick good, 9:10 (ULM 14-10)
ULM - Marcus Green 37-yard TD pass from Caleb Evans, Ford kick good, 7:38 (ULM 21-10)
ULM - Ford 20-yard field goal, 0:50 (ULM 24-10)
CCU - Biscardi 40-yard field goal, 0:02 (ULM 24-13)
Third quarter
CCU - Marcus Outlaw 6-yard TD run, Biscardi kick good, 6:56 (ULM 24-20)
ULM - Evans 1-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 3:45 (ULM 31-20)
Fourth quarter
ULM - Evans 20-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 4:07 (ULM 38-20)
ULM - Gore 46-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 0:31 (ULM 45-20)
Leading Passers
ULM - Caleb Evans - 16/22, 224 yards, TD
CCU - Bryce Carpenter - 9/19, 133 yards, INT
Leading Rushers
ULM - Derrick Gore - 16 carries, 147 yards, 2 TD
CCU - Marcus Outlaw - 15 carries, 104 yards, TD
Leading Receivers
ULM - Marcus Green - 5 receptions, 111 yards, TD
CCU - Malcolm Williams - 4 receptions, 87 yards
At UMass
1
2
3
4
Total
Chanticleers
3
0
14
7
24
Minutemen
3
3
7
0
13
At Georgia State
1
2
3
4
Total
Chanticleers
17
3
7
10
37
Panthers
7
6
21
0
34
Appalachian State
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
7
7
0
9
23
Chanticleers
7
0
0
0
7
Arkansas State
1
2
3
4
Total
Red Wolves
14
13
14
3
44
Chanticleers
0
6
7
3
16
Georgia Southern
1
2
3
4
Total
Eagles
3
10
21
7
41
Chanticleers
7
3
0
7
17
At South Alabama
1
2
3
4
Total
Chanticleers
0
7
7
14
28
Jaguars
10
14
7
0
31
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