2018 Jackson State Tigers football team

The 2018 Jackson State Tigers football team represented Jackson State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by second-year head coach Tony Hughes and played their home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

2018 Jackson State Tigers football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
	East Division
2018 record	5–5 (4–3 SWAC)
Head coach	Tony Hughes (3rd season, first 7 games) John Hendrick (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Hal Mumme (1st season, resigned after 4 games) Derrick McCall (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	John Hendrick (3rd season)
Home stadium	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,492)

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 Tigers finished the 2017 season 3–8, 3–4 in SWAC play to finish in fourth 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 Tigers were predicted to finish third in the East Division.[1] They did not have any players selected to any of the Presason All-SWAC Teams.

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN+	L 7–55	29,176
September 8	6:00 p.m.	vs. Tennessee State*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Southern Heritage Classic)		Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
September 15	4:30 p.m.	at Florida A&M*	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 18–16	17,643
September 29	4:00 p.m.	Alabama A&M	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		L 16–21	30,472
October 6	2:30 p.m.	at Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR		W 30–27	4,200
October 13	2:00 p.m.	Mississippi Valley State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		W 23–7	29,500
October 20	2:00 p.m.	North Alabama*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		L 7–24	19,750
October 27	6:00 p.m.	at Southern	Ace W. Mumford Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (BoomBox Classic)		L 7–41	20,575
November 3	2:00 p.m.	Prairie View A&M	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		W 34–28	21,729
November 10	2:00 p.m.	at Alabama State	New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL		W 20–2	14,428
November 17	2:00 p.m.	at Alcorn State	Jack Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS		L 3–24	21,312
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

1. The Tennessee State game was cancelled due to inclement weather.

Game summaries

at Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	7	0	7
Golden Eagles	14	27	7	7	55

at Florida A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	6	9	3	18
Rattlers	7	0	9	0	16

Alabama A&M

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

at Arkansas–Pine Bluff

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	3	3	10	14	30
Golden Lions	7	0	13	7	27

Mississippi Valley State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Delta Devils					0
Tigers					0

North Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions					0
Tigers					0

at Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers					0
Jaguars					0

Prairie View A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers					0
Tigers					0

at Alabama State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers					0
Hornets					0

at Alcorn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers					0
Braves					0

References

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