2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

The 2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Dewayne Alexander and played their home games at Tucker Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in last place.

2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2018 record	1–10 (1–7 OVC)
Head coach	Dewayne Alexander (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Tre Lamb (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Donnie Suber (1st season)
Home stadium	Tucker Stadium (Capacity: 16,500)

2018 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 Jacksonville State $^		7	–	1					8	–	3
No. 15 Southeast Missouri State ^		6	–	2					8	–	3
Eastern Kentucky		5	–	2					7	–	4
Murray State		5	–	3					5	–	6
Tennessee State		3	–	4					4	–	5
Eastern Illinois		3	–	5					3	–	8
Austin Peay		3	–	5					5	–	6
UT Martin		2	–	6					2	–	9
Tennessee Tech		1	–	7					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Golden Eagles finished the 2017 season 1–10, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in last place.

On November 19, 2017, head coach Marcus Satterfield was fired.[1] He finished at Tennessee Tech with a two-year record of 6–16.

Preseason

OVC media poll

On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Golden Eagles predicted to finish in last place.[2] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Golden Eagles also predicted to finish in last place.[3]

Media poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Jacksonville State	134 (14)
2	Austin Peay	114 (1)
3	UT Martin	96
4	Tennessee State	91
5	Eastern Illinois	83
6	Eastern Kentucky	64
7	Murray State	39
8	Southeast Missouri State	35
9	Tennessee Tech	19

Coaches poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Jacksonville State	126 (14)
2	Austin Peay	112 (4)
3	UT Martin	95
4	Eastern Illinois	73
5	Eastern Kentucky	69
6	Tennessee State	64
7	Southeast Missouri State	62
8	Murray State	24
9	Tennessee Tech	23

Preseason All-OVC team

The Golden Eagles had two players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[4]

Defense Tim Collins – DL Specialists Nick Madonia – P

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	at Chattanooga*	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	L 10–34	9,020
September 6	6:00 p.m.	No. 7 Kennesaw State*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	ESPNU	L 10–49	4,118
September 13	7:00 p.m.	at Utah State*	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	MW Net	L 12–73	15,011
September 22	6:00 p.m.	at No. 10 Jacksonville State	JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL	ESPN+	L 20–48	17,403
September 29	6:00 p.m.	Eastern Illinois	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	ESPN+	L 38–52	7,184
October 6	6:00 p.m.	Southeast Missouri State	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	ESPN+	L 38–70	4,404
October 20	4:30 p.m.	at Tennessee State	Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ESPN+	L 14–41	17,283
October 27	4:00 p.m.	at Austin Peay	Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ESPN+	L 10–41	7,236
November 3	1:30 p.m.	Murray State	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	ESPN+	W 27–24	8,788
November 10	2:00 p.m.	at UT Martin	Graham Stadium Martin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ESPN+	L 13–38	2,736
November 17	1:30 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	ESPN+	L 6–37	4,559
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	7	3	0	10
Mocs	6	7	21	0	34

Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 7 Owls	7	14	21	7	49
Golden Eagles	3	0	0	7	10

at Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	3	3	3	3	12
Aggies	17	28	7	21	73

at Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	3	3	7	7	20
No. 10 Gamecocks	10	14	7	17	48

Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	7	14	10	21	52
Golden Eagles	10	0	7	21	38

Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redhawks	21	28	14	7	70
Golden Eagles	3	14	7	14	38

at Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	0	0	14	14
Tigers	17	10	14	0	41

at Austin Peay

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	3	7	0	10
Governors	6	14	21	0	41

Murray State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Racers	7	0	10	7	24
Golden Eagles	14	3	7	3	27

at UT Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	13	0	0	13
Skyhawks	14	14	3	7	38

Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	0	13	7	17	37
Golden Eagles	0	3	3	0	6

References

1. "Head football coach Marcus Satterfield relieved of duties, national search to begin immediately". Tennessee Tech Athletics. November 19, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
2. http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/media-pollsters-tab-jacksonville-state-as-2018-ovc-football-preseason-favorites.aspx
3. http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/jacksonville-state-picked-as-2018-ohio-valley-conference-football-favorites.aspx?path=football
4. http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/semos-terry-jsus-bridges-named-ovc-preseason-football-players-of-the-year.aspx?path=football