2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team

The 2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team represents Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs are led by first-year head coach Connell Maynor and play their home games at Louis Crews Stadium in Huntsville, Alabama as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
	East Division
2018 record	6-5 (4-3 SWAC)
Head coach	Connell Maynor (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Duane Taylor (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mark Debastiani (1st season)
Home stadium	Louis Crews Stadium (Capacity: 21,000)

2018 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Alcorn State x$		6	–	1					9	–	3
Alabama A&M		5	–	2					6	–	5
Jackson State		4	–	3					5	–	5
Alabama State		3	–	4					4	–	7
Mississippi Valley State		1	–	6					1	–	10
West Division
Southern xy		6	–	1					7	–	4
Grambling State		4	–	3					6	–	5
Prairie View A&M		4	–	3					5	–	6
Texas Southern		1	–	6					2	–	9
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		1	–	6					2	–	9
Championship: Alcorn State 37, Southern 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2017 season 4–7, 3–4 in SWAC play to finish in third place in the East Division.

Preseason

SWAC football media day

During the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Bulldogs were predicted to finish fourth in the East Division.[1]

Media poll

East Division
Predicted finish	Team	Votes
1	Alcorn State	95
2	Alabama State	72
3	Jackson State	55
4	Alabama A&M	51
5	Mississippi Valley State	27

Presason All-SWAC Team

The Bulldogs had three players selected to Preseason All-SWAC Teams.

Offense

2nd team

Jordan Bentley – Jr. RB

Defense

1st team

Vernon Moland – Sr. DL

Dylan Hamilton – Sr. DB

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Miles*	Louis Crews Stadium Huntsville, AL		W 37–0	11,900
September 8	6:00 p.m.	North Alabama*	Louis Crews Stadium Huntsville, AL		L 20–25	15,100
September 15	6:00 p.m.	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN3	L 7–63	28,834
September 22	4:00 p.m.	vs. Southern	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL (Gulf Coast Challenge)		L 27–29	20,000
September 29	2:00 p.m.	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		W 21–16	30,472
October 6	6:00 p.m.	at Texas Southern	BBVA Compass Stadium Houston, TX		W 42–21	2,112
October 13	2:00 p.m.	Alcorn State	Louis Crew Stadium Huntsville, AL		L 26–35	19,126
October 27	2:30 p.m.	vs. Alabama State	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Magic City Classic)		W 27–10	65,906
November 3	2:30 p.m.	at Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR		W 45–14	13,500
November 10	1:00 p.m.	Grambling State	Louis Crew Stadium Huntsville, AL		L 16–29	3,960
November 17	1:00 p.m.	at Mississippi Valley State	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS		W 42–14	1,879
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

• Source:[2]

Game summaries

Miles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Bears	0	0	0	0	0
Bulldogs	10	14	7	6	37

North Alabama

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

at Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	7	0	7
Bearcats	28	14	14	7	63

vs Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	6	9	14	0	29
Bulldogs	21	0	0	6	27

at Jackson State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	7	14	0	21
Tigers	10	6	0	0	16

at Texas Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	14	14	7	7	42
Tigers	7	7	7	0	21

Alcorn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Braves	3	7	22	3	35
Bulldogs	3	7	8	8	26

vs Alabama State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	7	0	3	10
Bulldogs	0	7	7	13	27

at Arkansas–Pine Bluff

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Lions					0
Tigers					0

Grambling State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers					0
Bulldogs					0

at Mississippi Valley State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Delta Devils					0
Tigers					0

References

1. http://www.swac.org/news/2018/7/11/swac-football-all-conference-preseason-teams-released.aspx
2. Schedule