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American college football season
The 2018 Elon Phoenix football team represented Elon University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Curt Cignetti and played their home games at Rhodes Stadium. They were members of the Colonial 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 the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to Wofford in the first round.
On December 14, head coach Curt Cignetti resigned to become the head coach at James 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]
Predicted finish
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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
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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. | at South Florida* | No. 12 | | ESPN3 | L 14–34 | 31,217 |
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 25 Furman* | No. 15 | | CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive | W 45–7 | 8,058 |
September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | at William & Mary | No. 14 | | | Canceled[a] | |
September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | at Charleston 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. 2 James Madison | No. 10 | | MASN/SNY | W 27–24 | 25,484 |
October 13 | 3:30 p.m. | at Delaware | 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![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 8 | | PAA | W 24–21 | 10,513 |
November 10 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 20 Towson | No. 7 | | PAA | L 10–41 | 5,927 |
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Maine | No. 14 | | FCS | L 26–27 | 6,584 |
November 24 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 13 Wofford* | No. 17 | | ESPN3 | L 7–19 | 2,157 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
|
- ^ The William & Mary game was postponed due to Hurricane Florence; it was intended to be rescheduled, but was canceled on September 19, 2018.[4]
Source:[5]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 12 Phoenix
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
14 |
Bulls
|
7
|
17
|
7
|
3 |
34 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 25 Paladins
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
No. 15 Phoenix
|
14
|
14
|
10
|
7 |
45 |
At Charleston Southern
[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 12 Phoenix
|
3
|
7
|
21
|
0 |
31 |
Buccaneers
|
13
|
6
|
3
|
0 |
22 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wildcats
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
0 |
9 |
No. 11 Phoenix
|
7
|
17
|
3
|
3 |
30 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 10 Phoenix
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
17 |
27 |
No. 2 Dukes
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
12 |
24 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 5 Phoenix
|
7
|
3
|
6
|
0 |
16 |
Fightin' Blue Hens
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
14 |
28 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Spiders
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
No. 11 Phoenix
|
14
|
7
|
14
|
3 |
38 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rams
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
21 |
No. 8 Phoenix
|
0
|
21
|
0
|
3 |
24 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 20 Tigers
|
7
|
7
|
10
|
17 |
41 |
No. 7 Phoenix
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 14 Phoenix
|
0
|
10
|
10
|
6 |
26 |
No. 16 Black Bears
|
0
|
13
|
14
|
0 |
27 |
At Wofford–First Round
[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 17 Phoenix
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
No. 13 Terriers
|
3
|
3
|
10
|
3 |
19 |
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking | Week |
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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 |