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2018 Albany Great Danes football team

The 2018 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Greg Gattuso, the Great Danes compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of 12 teams in the CAA. The team played home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in Albany, New York.

2018 Albany Great Danes football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record3–8 (1–7 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Davis (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJoe Bernard (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorKeith Dudzinski (1st season)
Home stadiumBob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Maine $^   7 – 1     10 – 4  
No. 9 James Madison ^   6 – 2     9 – 4  
No. 16 Stony Brook ^   5 – 3     7 – 5  
No. 20 Towson ^   5 – 3     7 – 5  
No. 24 Delaware ^   5 – 3     7 – 5  
No. 19 Elon ^   4 – 3     6 – 5  
Rhode Island   4 – 4     6 – 5  
William & Mary   3 – 4     4 – 6  
New Hampshire   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Villanova   2 – 6     5 – 6  
Richmond   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Albany   1 – 7     3 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason edit

CAA Poll edit

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Great Danes were predicted to finish in ninth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 James Madison 241 (21)
2 New Hampshire 206 (2)
3 Delaware 182
4 Stony Brook 169
5 Elon 168 (1)
6 Villanova 164
7 Richmond 127
8 Maine 81
9 Albany 78
10 Towson 74
11 William & Mary 55
12 Rhode Island 39

Preseason All-CAA Team edit

The Great Danes had one player selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13:30 p.m.at Pittsburgh*
ACCN ExtraL 7–3334,486
September 81:00 p.m.at Rhode Island
FCS, FSGOL 26–456,520
September 157:00 p.m.Morgan State*
UAlbany Live Events[2]W 30–276,503
September 227:00 p.m.Saint Francis (PA)*
  • Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
  • Albany, NY
UAlbany Live Events[2]W 35–283,840
October 63:30 p.m.at William & Mary
Cox YurviewL 22–257,530
October 137:00 p.m.Richmond
  • Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
  • Albany, NY
UAlbany Live Events[2]L 24–274,059
October 203:30 p.m.No. 13 Towson 
  • Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
  • Albany, NY
UAlbany Live Events[2]L 28–567,029
October 271:00 p.m.at No. 24 Maine
FCSL 9–289,248
November 33:30 p.m.No. 13 Delaware
  • Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
  • Albany, NY
UAlbany Live Events[2]L 16–213,182
November 101:00 p.m.at New Hampshire
NBCS BOSL 10–245,571
November 173:30 p.m.No. 10 Stony Brook
  • Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
  • Albany, NY (rivalry)
FCS, FSGOW 25–232,483
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3][4]

Game summaries edit

At Pittsburgh edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 7 0 0 0 7
Panthers 19 14 0 0 33
See also: 2018 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

At Rhode Island edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 7 0 0 19 26
Rams 14 17 14 0 45
See also: 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team

Morgan State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 13 7 7 27
Great Danes 3 14 3 10 30
See also: 2018 Morgan State Bears football team

Saint Francis (PA) edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 7 7 14 0 28
Great Danes 7 13 8 7 35
See also: 2018 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

At William & Mary edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 0 13 0 9 22
Tribe 7 3 0 15 25
See also: 2018 William & Mary Tribe football team

Richmond edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Spiders 7 10 7 3 27
Great Danes 7 7 7 3 24
See also: 2018 Richmond Spiders football team

Towson edit

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Tigers 10 28 11 7 56
Great Danes 7 14 0 7 28
See also: 2018 Towson Tigers football team

At Maine edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 0 0 3 6 9
No. 24 Black Bears 14 7 0 7 28
See also: 2018 Maine Black Bears football team

Delaware edit

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Fightin' Blue Hens 0 12 3 6 21
Great Danes 0 3 7 6 16
See also: 2018 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

At New Hampshire edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 3 0 0 7 10
Wildcats 7 3 7 7 24
See also: 2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

Stony Brook edit

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Seawolves 3 7 7 6 23
Great Danes 10 0 0 15 25
See also: 2018 Stony Brook Seawolves football team and Albany–Stony Brook football rivalry

References edit

  1. ^ Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Upcoming Live Events". The Official Athletics Site of the University of Albany. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "UAlbany Great Danes Schedule 2018". ESPN. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "2018 Football Schedule". University at Albany. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
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