2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

The 2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University as a member of Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Dewayne Alexander, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 1–10 overall with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of nine teams in the OVC. Tennessee Tech played home games at Tucker Stadium in Cookeville, Tennessee.

2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
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
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

v t e	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

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.^[1] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Golden Eagles also predicted to finish in last place.^[2]

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.^[3]

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	Burgess–Snow Field at 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

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Game summaries

At Chattanooga

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

See also: 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team

Kennesaw State

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

See also: 2018 Kennesaw State Owls football team

At Utah State

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

See also: 2018 Utah State Aggies football team

At Jacksonville State

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

See also: 2018 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

Eastern Illinois

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

See also: 2018 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

Southeast Missouri State

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

See also: 2018 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

At Tennessee State

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

See also: 2018 Tennessee State Tigers football team and Sgt. York Trophy

At Austin Peay

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

See also: 2018 Austin Peay Governors football team and Sgt. York Trophy

Murray State

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

See also: 2018 Murray State Racers football team

At UT Martin

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

See also: 2018 UT Martin Skyhawks football team and Sgt. York Trophy

Eastern Kentucky

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

See also: 2018 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

References

1. "Media Pollsters Tab Jacksonville State as 2018 OVC Football Preseason Favorites".
2. "Jacksonville State Picked as 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Football Favorites".
3. "SEMO's Terry, JSU's Bridges Named OVC Preseason Football Players of the Year".
4. "2018 Golden Eagle Football Schedule". Tennessee Tech Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2022.