2018 North Alabama Lions football team

The 2018 North Alabama Lions football team represented the University of North Alabama during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Chris Willis. The Lions played their home games at Braly Municipal Stadium and were competing as an FCS Independent. They finished the season 7–3.

2018 North Alabama Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–3
Head coach	Chris Willis (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Ryan Aplin (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Steadman Campbell (1st season)
Home stadium	Braly Municipal Stadium

2018 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Alabama			–						7	–	3
Hampton			–						7	–	3
North Dakota			–						6	–	5

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	Pluto TV	W 34–30	8,912
September 8	6:00 .m.	at Alabama A&M	Louis Crews Stadium Huntsville, AL		W 25–20	15,100
September 15	2:30 p.m.	at No. 1 North Dakota State	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ESPN+	L 7–38	18,557
September 22	6:00 p.m.	Azusa Pacific	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	Lion Vision	W 37–35	5,314
September 29	5:00 p.m.	at Campbell	Barker–Lane Stadium Buies Creek, NC	ESPN+	L 7–30	6,352
October 6	6:00 p.m.	West Florida	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	Lion Vision	L 19–24	6,811
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Mississippi College	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	Lion Vision	W 34–17	9,230
October 20	2:00 p.m.	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	Livestream	W 24–7	19,750
November 3	1:30 p.m.	Shorter	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	Lion Vision	W 41–14	6,289
November 10	1:30 p.m.	North Greenville	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	Lion Vision	W 31–28	6,130
Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

At Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	3	10	7	14	34
Thunderbirds	0	16	7	7	30

See also: 2018 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

At Alabama A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	8	10	0	7	25
Bulldogs	7	10	3	0	20

See also: 2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team

At North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	0	0	7	7
No. 1 Bison	7	10	7	14	38

See also: 2018 North Dakota State Bison football team

Azusa Pacific

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	6	0	14	15	35
Lions	3	6	10	18	37

At Campbell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	0	7	0	7
Fighting Camels	23	0	7	0	30

See also: 2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team

West Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Argonauts	3	7	7	7	24
Lions	7	3	3	6	19

See also: 2018 West Florida Argonauts football team

Mississippi College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Choctaws	7	7	3	0	17
Lions	21	10	0	3	34

See also: 2018 Mississippi College Choctaws football team

At Jackson State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	7	7	10	0	24
Tigers	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2018 Jackson State Tigers football team

Shorter

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	0	7	7	14
Lions	14	14	10	3	41

See also: 2018 Shorter Hawks football team

North Greenville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	7	7	0	14	28
Lions	5	7	9	10	31

See also: 2018 North Greenville Crusaders football team

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	—	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—